Organizational Lead - Communications

CELC01 Compass Early Learning and Care; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 61,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Early Learning and Care (CELC) has been serving East-Central Ontario since 1981, with 700+ staff and 46 centres. We seek an Organizational Lead - Communications to steward messaging, information systems, and public presence across the organization, ensuring accessibility and alignment with our values.

The role offers a 35-hour work week at our Peterborough administration office, with a one-year contract that may extend. Start January 2027; end January 2028, with a potential extension.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, business or equivalent.
• 3-5 years' experience working in a communications position.
• Clear Vulnerable Sector Check.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Strong time management and organizational skills. Solid understanding of effective marketing strategies.
• Leads with a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion lens.
• Local community connections and networking.

Responsibilities

• Practices Collaborative Leadership and compassionate communication.
• Aligns messaging with CELC’s vision framework and policies.
• Develops and stewards consistent organizational messaging and communications strategy.
• Maintains accessible, value-based communication across the organization.
• Builds relationships internally across teams and externally with families, members of CELC and community partners.
• Stewards Compass brand, visual identity and public presence; collaborates on the social media strategy and analytics.
• Identifies opportunities to evolve information systems and guides best practices.
• Collaborates with the IT lead to develop an organizational technology strategy aligned with Compass' needs.
• Stewards organizational practices related to information security and privacy and acts as the privacy officer.
• Builds strong relationships across communications, IT and grant project teams, the organization, and the broader community.
• Collaborates with Corporate lead on advocacy strategy.
• Identifies and supports opportunities for grant proposals.
• Develops and steward the website's review and implementation process for accuracy, accessibility, engaging and alignment with values.

Skills

Communications experience

Writing & editing

Clear communication

Time management

Organizational skills

DEI lens

Community networking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Position Details

Organizational Lead - Communications

Location: Administration Office - Peterborough, Ontario

Role Title: Organizational Lead - Communications

Job Type: Contract

Hours and Schedule: 35 hours/week - Monday to Friday

Hiring Range: 33.60-38.73hr/week

Anticipated Start Date: January 2027

Anticipated End Date: January 2028

*Please note that this contract may extend beyond the 12 months

Please apply by November 9, 2026

Hiring Declarations

Compass Early Learning and Care does not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make hiring decisions. We value authentic applications that accurately reflect each candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications. Applicants are responsible for ensuring all information submitted is truthful and represents their own work and experience.

About Company

Compass Early Learning and Care (CELC) has been in operation since 1981 and is one of the largest not-for-profit child care organizations serving East-Central Ontario. With over 700 Staff and 80 Home childcare providers, we offer 46 high-quality licensed childcare centres and over 80 licensed homes serving over 4,000 families. For over forty years, Compass ELC has been dedicated to early learning and child care. We believe in creating nurturing environments that celebrate children's curiosity and whole selves. Our organization fosters a culture of growth, collaboration, and inclusivity, where every team member has the opportunity to thrive. We are committed to supporting children and families in our community.

About the role

As the Organizational Lead - Communications you would steward the organization’s communication and information systems so that people feel supported with functional tools, accessible information and a sense of interconnectedness.

Accountabilities

• Practices Collaborative Leadership - compassionate communication, giving and receiving feedback, use the decision-making protocol when working through dilemmas or proposals.
• Lives into Compass ELC's vision framework, values, diversity, equality and inclusion in accordance with CELC Policies and all other relevant legislation.
• Develops and stewards consistent organizational messaging and communications strategy aligned with CELC's vision framework.
• Nurtures the conditions for clear, accessible, value-based communication across the organization.
• Builds relationships internally across teams and externally with families, members of CELC and community partners.
• Stewards the Compass brand, visual identity and public presence and works collaboratively with the Communications Coordinator on the social media strategy and analytics.
• Identifies opportunities to evolve information systems and provides experience and knowledge to guide best practices.
• Collaborates with the IT lead to develop an organizational technology strategy aligned with Compass' operational needs and vision framework.
• Stewards' organizational practices related to information security and privacy and acts as the privacy officer.
• Builds strong relationships across the communications, IT and grant project teams, the organization, and the broader community.
• Collaborates with Corporate lead on advocacy strategy.
• Identifies and supports with opportunities for grant proposals.
• Develops and steward the website's review and implementation process for accuracy, accessibility, engaging and alignment with the organization's values, brand and communication priorities.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, business or equivalent.
• 3-5 years' experience working in a communications position.
• Clear Vulnerable Sector Check.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.Solid understanding of effective marketing strategies.
• Leads with a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion lens.
• Local community connections and networking.

Inclusivity and Accessibility

To address issues of systemic inequity within our communities, we strongly encourage individuals from communities and groups that have historically been disadvantaged and/or marginalized, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous Peoples of Canada, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, individuals who identify as women and/or gender diverse, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and persons with lived or living experience of homelessness to apply. We are committed to reducing barriers to employment, providing accommodations upon request, and ensuring an accessible interview process. We encourage you to bring your true or whole self and way of being to the interview process. For assistance, please contact our Human Relations - Recruitment and Hiring Coordinators at 705-749-3488 ext. 217 and ext. 245 or [e-mail].

Administrative Note

CC900 Admin Compass ELC is a non-profit, charitable organization established in 1981. We are a purpose-led, value-based organization where children are at the heart of all that we do. We currently offer early learning and care (licensed infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten and school age; EarlyON; Forest and Nature programs) at over 40 locations and support many licensed Home Child Care programs.