Director, Communications

🕒 May 29

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Doctors of BC

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1900

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Non-profit • Education • Healthcare Insurance

Doctors of BC is a professional non-profit association representing physicians in British Columbia that provides advocacy, negotiated benefits, practice supports, education, and resources to help doctors deliver high-quality patient-centered care. It offers services including pay and contract guidance, billing and audits support, insurance and benefits administration, physician health programs, continuing medical education, digital health policy engagement, and member-exclusive programs and discounts. Doctors of BC also partners with government and health authorities on policy, quality improvement, and Indigenous reconciliation efforts.

📋 Description

• Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, this role requires exceptional leadership and negotiation skills, in-depth experience with government relations, and a passion for developing and leading creative communications strategies. • Key responsibilities include oversight of multiple communications portfolios, driving awareness of the JCCs, directing of content development and communications planning, advancing the JCC’s digital content strategy and digital media profile along with proactive and reactive media relations strategies and issues management. • Continuously learning global industry trends and creative, innovative communication strategies and practices are also expected, as is razor-sharp strategic advice. • The successful candidate will have already established government relationships and be an exceptional problem-solver when faced with competing priorities, complexity, and ambiguity. • They must understand the complexities of government, the political arena and how to collaborate with a purpose to elevate communications to a new and creative level. • They will be able to build and foster strategic, collaborative relationships with a diverse range of internal and external partners. • They are passionate about creating mechanisms for feedback and developing key performance indicators, tracking progress, continuously seeking improvement opportunities, and regularly reporting on the status of the communications strategy and operational plans. • The Director, Communications JCC leads a team of communications professionals in implementing long-term communications strategies and projects, including developing comprehensive strategic plans, creative content for online and print, managing multiple websites and channels, special events, marketing and branding, media relations, and providing guidance and advice to divisions of family practice, and other partners and audiences.

🎯 Requirements

• A graduate degree in communications, public relations, political science, marketing, journalism or a related field with more than ten years of progressive and related experience; or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and/or specialized training. • Strong leadership ability with experience leading a team, a real champion for and developer of people. • Passion for creativity, strategy, innovation and expertise to stay modern and current with communications trends. • Exceptional relationship management skills and strong collaboration skills as a participant in complex multi-faceted projects. • Critical thinking and decision-making skills with the ability to manage large projects and meet deadlines. • Strong knowledge of communications strategic principles and best practices. • Knowledge of brand development and design. • Experience supervising and managing teams and partners in complex systems and working collaboratively with senior and executive management. • Excellent verbal communication, presentation skills, and writing skills with a proven ability to develop clear, concise, and comprehensive written reports, presentation materials, website, and newsletter content. • Excellent judgment and acumen in organization, prioritizing, identifying issues, and determining action required when working under pressure. • Demonstrated expertise with partner or government relations, especially related to helping diverse groups to develop and work together towards shared goals and improved collective impact. • Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and project management programs. • Knowledge of in Drupal and/or WordPress, Hootsuite, Google Analytics, and Canva an asset.