Team Leader, Communications

AgriCorp; Guelph; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AgriCorp is seeking a Team Leader for Communications to provide leadership to communication specialists. This permanent position involves guiding the team to achieve business objectives and ensuring the effective communication of corporate messages to various stakeholders. Candidates should have strong management skills and experience in corporate communications.

Qualifications

• Experience in Corporate Communications.
• Ability to manage risks and achieve high standards.
• Proven track record of leading teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of communication specialists.
• Manage communications projects ensuring best practices are used.
• Advise on corporate communications aligned with strategy.

Skills

Corporate Communications

Team Leadership

Critical Judgment

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Planning & Organizing

Job description

Agricorp is looking for a Team Leader, Communications to join the Strategic Management & Communications team.

The Role

The Team Leader, Communications provides supervision and leadership to a group of communications professionals to ensure productive and coordinated performance in achieving their business objectives. This includes proactive and professional leadership within the team to recommend and execute work plans, and implement programs and initiatives as directed by the Senior Manager, Corporate Communications. Responsibilities include:

1. Providing leadership, coaching, mentoring, training, and performance reviews for the team of communication specialists and consultants.
2. Ensuring the team uses corporate communications best practices, standards, tools, and techniques for planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluating projects and operational functions.
3. Providing advice and effective corporate communications expertise aligned with organizational strategy to the public, government, and stakeholders.
4. Managing tactical and operational aspects to deliver the team work plan in line with the department's business plan.
5. Offering expertise on all aspects of the corporate communication process, including research, planning, writing, editing, proofreading, approvals, and evaluations to ensure consistency with corporate positioning.
6. Understanding, linking, and analyzing information to identify issues and make sound decisions through appropriate channels.
7. Leading corporate communications on large cross-divisional teams, small departmental outcomes, and outputs.
8. Understanding the public environment and government policy and processes to make informed recommendations.
9. Liaising and collaborating with other departments across Agricorp to understand high-level business processes.
10. Participating in the hiring process for your team.

Job status: Permanent

Salary: [to be specified]

Work status: Full-time in-office, remote, and hybrid work arrangements are available.

Location: Must reside in Ontario to perform this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in Corporate Communications — effectively communicating corporate messages to target audiences.
• Achieving quality results — managing efforts to achieve high standards and measures while managing risks.
• Initiative — proactively identifying and addressing situations and issues.
• Leading Teams — supporting team performance to achieve excellent results.
• Critical Judgment, Decision Making, and Problem Solving — making decisions involving complexity, ambiguity, and risk.
• Planning & Organizing — developing, implementing, evaluating, and adjusting plans to reach goals while optimizing resources.

Background

Agricorp, an agency of the government of Ontario, delivers government programs that support over [number missing] Ontario farmers against various risks. Our skilled professionals respond to industry and government needs, manage public funds with integrity, and deliver quality customer service.

We help grow Ontario agriculture by underwriting $7 billion in risk annually. Established in [year missing], we made billion in payments to farmers in our early years.

Apply online

To apply, please visit our application portal and submit your application by October 4, 2023.

We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.