Description
Are you a passionate communications professional looking to apply your creative energy and talents to meaningful work that serves your community? If so, join the Council Services communications team!
During this 12 month parental leave coverage, you will deliver communications support to the Mayor's Office, the Mayor, Councillors and their administrative teams. The types of communications products developed will include briefing notes, speeches, letters, proclamations and certificates that celebrate and support significant achievements of Edmonton residents, businesses and community groups!
Coordinators provide elected officials and their administrative representatives with professional, well-informed communication products that align with City messaging and priorities, provide a consistent voice and are appropriately targeted.
Your success will be measured by your ability to achieve results in a respectful, inclusive and service-minded way.
What will you do?
- Exercise initiative, discretion and judgement during all phases of work
- Provide high-quality written communications products for the Mayor, City Councillors and their respective administrative representatives. Communications products will appropriately promote and enhance the City's priorities, image, brand and reputation
- Use judgement to prioritize competing requests and escalate to the supervisor for clarification when required
- Act as a trusted advisor on communications issues, challenges and opportunities
- Collaborate, as appropriate, within Council Services, other section and branch colleagues, operational staff and external partners to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the communications products they develop
- Be responsive to emergent client requests for support
- Maintain current knowledge and understanding of corporate and council priorities and translate related messaging, as appropriate, into the written content they produce
- Perform other related duties as required
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