Manager of Communications

West Coast LEAF; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 67,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

West Coast LEAF in Vancouver, BC is seeking a Manager of Communications to lead strategic communications that strengthen public understanding, organizational visibility and movement relationships.

Reporting to the ED, the Manager will lead communications planning, media relations, public-facing content and organizational storytelling, helping ensure WCL’s work reaches diverse audiences clearly, accurately and responsibly.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading strategic communications in a nonprofit or advocacy setting.
• Excellent writing and plain-language communication, including sensitive issues.
• Experience developing and implementing communications strategies and plans.
• Capability to create accessible, ethical, community-accountable communications.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of communications strategy and annual plan.
• Advise leadership on audience, messaging, channels, timing and risks.
• Oversee website, email, media, social media and public campaigns.
• Translate complex issues into clear, accessible content.
• Support advocacy, education, fundraising and events.

Skills

Strategic communications

Nonprofit communications

Writing & editing

Digital communications

Project management

Stakeholder relations

Tools

Content-management systems

Email marketing platforms

Job description

Compensation $67,000 – $71,000 depending on experience, already prorated to 0.8 FTE

About West Coast LEAF

West Coast LEAF(WCL)is a feminist legal advocacy organization based in Vancouver, BC, on the homelands of thexʷməθkʷəy̓əm(Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish)andsəlílwətaʔɬ(Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Through litigation, law reform and public legal education, we work toward gender justice in collaboration with people and communities most affected by overlapping systems of oppression. We are committed to decolonization, anti-racism, accessibility, movementsolidarityand meaningful accountability.

We are a provincially based non-profit society and federally registered charity, funded through a mix of foundation and government grants, individualdonationsand sponsorships of our annual International Women’s Day Equality Breakfast. WCL is a unionized workplace.

Position Summary

WCL is seeking a Manager of Communications to lead strategic communications that strengthen public understanding, organizationalvisibilityand movement relationships. Reporting to theED, the Manager will lead communications planning, media relations, public-facingcontentand organizational storytelling, helping ensure that WCL’s legal,policyand community-informed workreachesdiverse audiences clearly,accuratelyand responsibly. The Manager will combine strategic thinking, communicationsexpertiseand practical implementation to support WCL’s advocacy, public legal education,fundraisingand organizational priorities.

The position provides leadership for external and internal communications, advocacy campaigns, media relations, digitalcommunicationsand public-facing content. The Manager collaborates closely with program, legal, development,operationsand community-engagement staff, supports fundraising and governance communications, and plays a key role in planning,executingand promoting major organizational events and initiatives. The role also supervises theCommunicationsCoordinator and helps strengthen communication systems, knowledge-sharingand information flow across WCL.

We are looking for someone with strengths in strategic communications, relationship-building and project management who enjoys translating complex issues into accessible language and helping diverse audiences connect with WCL’s work. This position is part of the Union and may require occasional travel and meetings outside of regular business hours.

Key Responsibilities

The Manager will:

• Lead the development and implementation of WCL’s communications strategy and annual communications plan.
• Adviseleadership andstaffoncommunication approaches,audiences, messaging, channels,timingand risks.
• Lead communications acrossWCL’swebsite, email, media, social media,publicationsand public-facing campaigns.
• Translate complex legal,policyand community-informedissues into clear,accurateand accessible content.
• Support advocacy, public legal education, movement-building,fundraisingand organizational events.
• Work withthe Manager ofCommunityEngagementtosharecommunity-informed work respectfully,ethicallyand responsibly.
• Strengthen internal information-sharingacross the organization.
• Supervise the Communications Coordinator andoverseecontractors,vendorsand production workflows.
• Maintain accessible, consistent, ethical,and values-aligned communications standards.

About You

You area skilledcommunications professional who can move comfortably between strategy and execution. You enjoy shaping communications direction while also writing, editing, coordinatingprojectsandbringing content to lifeacross multiple channels.You are comfortable balancing competing priorities andidentifyingwhat will have the greatest impact.

You can communicate about complex, sensitive or legally significant issues with clarity,careand sound judgment. You understand that effective communications require context, accessibility,consentand accountability. You build strong working relationships, welcomefeedbackandwork collaboratively to help ensurecommunicationssupportorganizationalpriorities, community-informedworkand available capacity.

Knowledge,SkillsandExperience

You bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading strategic communications in a nonprofit, advocacy, public-interestor community-based setting.
• Excellent writing, editing and plain-languagecommunicationskills, including communicatingcomplex, sensitive, policy or legally significant issues.
• Experience developing and implementing communications strategies and plans.
• Experience creatingaccessible,ethical, consent-basedor community-accountable communicationsacross digital and print formats.
• Experience with digital communications,includingwebsites, email, social media, mediarelationsandcampaigns.
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills.
• Strong project-management,planningand prioritization skills.
• Experience using content-management, email-marketing, customer-relationshipor project-management systems.
• Demonstrated commitment to WCL’s values, which include decolonial, trans-inclusive, and intersectional feminism, and an understanding oftheongoing impacts of colonial systems and Indigenous-specific discrimination in British Columbia.

Assets

The following would strengthen an application:

• Experience in intersectional feminist, social-justiceor movement-building communications.
• Experience working with Indigenous organizations, communitypartnersor advisory bodies.
• Experience with media relations, issues management or public-interest media.
• Experience in graphic design, video, visual storytelling,analyticsor eventcommunications.
• Experience with accessible web practices and inclusive digital communications.

Commitment to Equity and Accessibility

West Coast LEAF encourages applications from people with diverse experiences and perspectives, including Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from 2SLGBTQ+ communities,newcomersand people with relevant lived experience.

Candidates may self-identifyany knowledge,experienceor perspective they would bring to advance WCL’s commitment to equity and inclusion. Accommodation is available throughout recruitment and employment. Applications are kept confidential.

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