Senior Manager, Public Relations

ubc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 98,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Manager, Public Relations at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine leads strategic communications across research, innovation, media relations and public affairs, aligning with university priorities. This role shapes reputation and counsel senior leadership with a focus on integrated campaigns and proactive storytelling.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Creative & Communications, you will collaborate with faculty and external partners to advance visibility,

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Develops, establishes and directs comprehensive and integrated communications strategies for the Research & Innovation/Public Relations portfolio across Faculty schools, departments, research centres and institutes, setting priorities and communications approaches that support Faculty and institutional objectives.
• Leads and is accountable for the Faculty's overarching research and innovation communications strategy, integrating communications priorities across research leadership, institutes, centres and external partners and ensuring alignment with broader Faculty and University positioning.
• Provides senior strategic counsel to F

Job description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Information Services, Level C2

Job Title

Senior Manager, Public Relations

Department

Communications Management | Communications | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$8,810.92 - $13,202.50 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End Date

September 28, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Public Relations provides strategic leadership and is accountable for the development, integration and implementation of the Faculty of Medicine's Research & Innovation and Public Relations communications portfolio. The position establishes strategic communications direction across research and innovation, media relations, public affairs and reputation management, ensuring alignment with Faculty and University priorities.

Organizational Status

The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC's entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

Our Vision: To Transform Health for Everyone

Ranked among the world's top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty of Medicine -comprised of approximately 2,600 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well approximately 620 full-time academic and over 14,000 clinical faculty members-is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, 3 schools, and 26 research centres and institutes. Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty of Medicine delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences. Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations territory.

This position reports to Executive Director, Office of Creative and Communications, Faculty of Medicine. The incumbent is a strategic leader responsible for advancing and protecting the reputation of the UBC Faculty of Medicine through integrated communications, media relations, public affairs and issues management strategies. Reporting to the Executive Director, Creative & Communications, the role operates with a high degree of autonomy and strategic judgement to establish communications direction across a complex, multi-stakeholder academic, research and health system environment.

The Senior Manager provides counsel to the Executive Director and Faculty leadership on media engagement, reputation management, government and stakeholder communications, crisis and issues management, and institutional positioning. The role develops and maintains strong relationships with Faculty leadership, communicators across the province, central university portfolios and external partners, including government, healthcare and industry organizations.

Work Performed

• Develops, establishes and directs comprehensive and integrated communications strategies for the Research & Innovation/Public Relations portfolio across Faculty schools, departments, research centres and institutes, setting priorities and communications approaches that support Faculty and institutional objectives.
• Leads and is accountable for the Faculty's overarching research and innovation communications strategy, integrating communications priorities across research leadership, institutes, centres and external partners and ensuring alignment with broader Faculty and University positioning.
• Provides senior strategic counsel to F