Tag: strategic

Company: University of Toronto

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary: $75223 per year

Job date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:59:26 GMT

Job description: Date Posted: 10/31/2024
Req ID: 40465
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Office of the Vice Dean, Research & Health Science Education
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00057303Description:About us:Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.Your opportunity:The Office of the Vice Dean, Research & Health Science Education oversees all research undertaken for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and coordinates with its counterparts at the affiliated hospital research institutes for clinical research. This includes grant proposal development, administering internal funding allocations, collecting and reporting on research productivity metrics, and managing core research facilities.As the H2i Strategic Communications Officer, you will play an integral role in implementing marketing and advertising plans to increase uptake of programs and activities relevant to health innovation and knowledge mobilization. You will work closely with the H2i Director and other stakeholders to produce communication and outreach materials that support partnership and commercialization initiatives. You will also be responsible for supporting data analysis and metrics to assess and report on programs offered by H2i both domestic and international to strengthen and grow the program and to benchmark annual performance. You will also support workshops, events and pitch competitions offered through H2i and their partners. Additionally, you will play an important role in implementing a digital media and communications plan that will elevate the broader impact of our work. Your exceptional communication skills and creativity will enable you to shape compelling content to optimize the H2i footprint.Your responsibilities will include:

• Implementing marketing and advertising plans to increase revenue-generating activities for H2i
• Implementing community relations outreach plans for target audiences (i.e., Research Hospitals)
• Advising on branding, marketing, and advertising strategies for multimedia channels to boost revenue-generating activities
• Producing, advising, and editing promotional and outreach materials (i.e., brochures, newsletters, websites) while ensuring alignment to university brand identity and style guides
• Cconceptualizing, organizing, and executing event activities including establishing event logistics and conducting post-event evaluation and analysis
• Researching potential prospects and target markets for outreach collaborations, and fostering networks for collaboration opportunities
• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance and generating strategic reports through metric tracking and data consolidation
• Providing administrative support where needed and serving as the first point of contact for H2i inquiries and advising clients on options available to them

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum four years of relevant experience in communications in a university, hospital, or comparable complex multi-stakeholder environment
• Experience implementing communication strategies and plans for commercialization and partnership initiatives in health innovation
• Experience implementing marketing/advertising plans
• Demonstrated ability to create concise, effective written content, drawing from interviews with sources as well as translation of clinical and scientific materials for lay audiences
• Experience producing promotional and outreach materials for a highly-visible and complex organization
• Experience conceptualizing, organizing, and executing events including conducting post-event evaluation and analyses
• Experience building and maintaining strategic partnerships with internal and external parties, including news reporters and media contacts
• Demonstrated experience with various social media platforms including but not limited to LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter/X, Facebook, and TikTok.
• Experience providing administrative support and serving as a first point of contact for health innovation program delivery including managing innovation data tools such as CRMs
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Creative Suite
• A creative, resourceful and solutions-oriented self-starter possessing the ability to work independently in a high-profile, time-sensitive environment while balancing competing priorities

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Articulate
• Organized
• Proactive
• Self-directed

Closing Date: 11/08/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget – Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 11 — $75,223. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $96,196. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Communication/Media/Public Relations
Recruiter: Sharon HungLived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

The University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine is looking for a Strategic Communications Officer to work with the Office of the Vice Dean, Research & Health Science Education. The role involves implementing marketing and advertising plans to increase uptake of health innovation programs, producing communication and outreach materials, and supporting data analysis and metrics. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s Degree and at least four years of relevant experience in communications, as well as experience in marketing and advertising, event planning, and building partnerships. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.