Strategic Communications & Information Lead

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

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.