MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS

Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries; Canada; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries is seeking a Manager, Communications to bridge our internal team with an external marketing agency. This role will help guide strategy, oversee brand stewardship, create content, engage digitally, and analyze impact in line with our mission.

You will collaborate across teams, learn from the agency, and ensure communications align with our values and focus on mental health and faith communities worldwide.

Qualifications

• Strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Ability to shape language and storytelling to create connection.
• Comfort with emerging tools including AI.
• Interest in learning from working with an external agency.
• Alignment with Sanctuary's mission and Christian foundation.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Storytelling

AI tools

Agency collaboration

Mission alignment

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries equips the global Church to support mental health and wellbeing. Since 2018, over 365,000 people in more than 100 countries have engaged with The Sanctuary Course, transforming how faith communities understand mental health. Our resources are created in collaboration with theologians, mental health professionals, and those with lived experience of mental health challenges. These resources prepare communities of faith around the world to raise awareness, reduce stigma, support mental health, and promote mental wellbeing.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We're entering a new chapter at Sanctuary. We're partnering with an external marketing agency to expand our reach while building internal communications capacity. As Manager, Communications, you'll be the key connection point between the agency and our team—learning from their expertise while contributing your own insights and ensuring alignment with our mission and values.

This role offers broad exposure across communications: strategy, brand stewardship, content creation, digital engagement, and analytics. You'll work at the intersection of faith and mental health, developing skills that will serve you well in your career while contributing to work that genuinely matters. If you're looking to grow your communications expertise in a mission-driven context, this role offers that opportunity.

WHO YOU ARE

You're a capable communications professional who wants to continue developing your skills. You bring:

• Strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution
• Interest in how language and story create connection
• Comfort with emerging tools, including AI
• Desire to learn from working with an experienced external agency
• Alignment with Sanctuary's mission and Christian foundation

Our organization’s values include: practicing compassion, cultivating hope, building relationships, pursuing excellence, and demonstrating integrity. If you share these values and the job description below matches your career goals, we hope you will apply; applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.