Closing Date: Wednesday, October 12

The Director is responsible for providing leadership and animating the vision for Renovate the Public Hearing, a participatory democracy initiative housed at the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. The Director plays a key role in developing partnerships, co-creating positive change with impacted groups, performing strategic analysis to position the program to achieve Centre goals and funder performance targets, and to ensure program continuity with earlier phases. As part of the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue community, the Director is expected to advance the Centre’s mission and values, work collaboratively with existing Centre teams, and engage the wider SFU research and learning community. 

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Closing Date: Tuesday, October 4

The City of Calgary is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and equitable workplace which is representative of the community we serve. We welcome those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism and reconciliation. Applications are encouraged from members of groups that are historically disadvantaged and underrepresented. Accommodations are available during the hiring process, upon request.

As an Engage Planner, you will be responsible for developing engagement strategies and plans, leading implementation of engagement activities, analyzing feedback and creation of related reporting.

Primary duties include:

- Provide strategic counsel to Project Managers, Communicators, Managers, Directors, General Managers and Members of Council.

- Provide leadership in identifying opportunities for meaningful public input on projects.

- Develop engagement strategies, budgets, implementation plans and ongoing reports to successfully execute and manage diverse corporate engagement projects.

- Assess and improve the engagement process and knowledge of engagement within The City of Calgary.

- Contribute to the Engage Resource Unit (ERU) work plan deliverables and provide updates to ERU leadership.

- Provide written and verbal progress reports on engagement initiatives including: engagement feedback, emerging issues, relevant risk mitigation and emerging themes from input.

- Prepare facilitation guides, host event briefing sessions for team members, mentor staff on facilitation and de-escalation techniques and conduct facilitation of small and large groups in a variety of settings and on diverse topics.

- Collaborate with communications/marketing staff to prepare for and promote engagement events.

For more information or to apply, please go to calgary.ca/careers, under Communications/Marketing. 

Closing Date: Thursday, September 29

Engagement Coordinator (Continuous) - Engagement Department, City of Victoria

POSITION FUNCTION

Provide engagement and communications advice to internal client groups.  Plan, develop and implement a variety of engagement plans and communications projects to support City programs services, and initiatives.

KEY DUTIES

Develop and implement strategic communications plans and tools including media releases, advertising, brochures and website content. Draft issues briefings for management and City Council. Assist in developing and refining communications policy, guidelines and evaluation methods.

Develop, implement and evaluate engagement plans for community and stakeholder input on strategy, program or service and report findings to leadership. Develop engagement tools and communications materials to support the engagement initiative.

Coordinate and manage communications projects and programs with internal stakeholders and with government and community partners; develop and evaluate long-term strategies; monitor effectiveness of communications programs and tools.
Research, write and edit copy for public information materials targeted at internal and external audiences; prepare presentations on various topics; write and edit internal staff communications including weekly electronic newsletter. Develop and implement project-specific communication plans. Work with City departments to initiate communications items.

Coordinate print production projects such as the annual report and brochures; coordinate, write, monitor and edit website content. Provide communications assistance to directors, managers and departmental staff; provide advice, information and media support.

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