City : Toronto

Category : Full Time

Industry : Healthcare

Employer : The Hospital for Sick Children

About Sickkids

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.  As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education.  Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.  SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Posting Description

Help tell the stories shaping the future of child health. The Senior Communications Advisor (Strategic Initiatives) will join SickKids' dynamic Communications & Public Affairs team to bring some of the organization's most ambitious priorities to life. Working across high-profile initiatives such as Precision Child Health, the Precision Child Health Partnership, SickKids Artificial Intelligence (SKAI), the Labatt Family Thriving Minds Program and other emerging focus areas, you will help audiences understand how SickKids is advancing care, research and innovation in support of SickKids 2030.

As a trusted advisor and skilled storyteller, you will work closely with leaders, subject-matter experts and partners to develop strategic communications plans and compelling content for internal and external audiences. From translating complex ideas into accessible stories to supporting executive communications, announcements, events and digital content, you will play a central role in building awareness, engagement and momentum around work that is transforming the hospital.

Reporting to the Manager, Communications (Research Institute & Strategic Initiatives), this role is well suited to a strategic and collaborative communications professional who can confidently manage multiple priorities, provide thoughtful counsel and turn complex information into engaging and meaningful communications.  

Please note this is a maternity leave contract.  

Here's What You'll Get To Do

• Work with leaders and staff to profile innovative initiatives by developing stories, content and communications plans
• Write and edit for a variety of channels and formats, including news releases and stories, web and social content, newsletters, presentation decks and speaking notes
• Provide strategic communications advice to clients and internal partners, championing the SickKids brand, messaging, processes and tools across portfolio projects
• Support event planning and execution for related events
• Act as the primary liaison with internal and external partners, foundations and vendors
• Participate in the on-call rotation for Communications & Public Affairs

Here's What You'll Need

Essential requirements

• Degree/diploma in Communications or a related area, or relevant experience
• 5+ years of progressive communications experience
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills, with ability to use storytelling and plain language to communicate complex information for different audiences
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with ability to manage multiple projects and clients independently  
• Demonstrated commitment and actions in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion objectives

Assets

• Working knowledge of SharePoint, Mailchimp and/or Canva is an asset
• Experience working in health care, a hospital environment or a matrixed organization

Employment Type

• Full-time, 1.0 FTE (35 hours per week), 14-month maternity leave contract
• Hybrid working environment (currently 3 days/week on-site, 2 days/week remote)
• Eligible for pension and employee health and dental benefits

Submission Instructions

Please submit a cover letter and resume explaining your interest in and alignment with the role. In addition, submit one example of your writing or communications work (maximum file size: 5MB).

Our Commitment to Diversity

SickKids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve. Learn more about workplace inclusion.

Accessibility & Accommodation

If you require accommodation during the application process, please reach out to our aSKHR team.  SickKids can provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and selection process as well as to ensure candidates are able to perform their duties once successfully hired.  If you are invited for an interview and require accommodation, please let us know at the time of your invitation to interview. Information received related to access, inclusion or accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

How to Apply

Technical difficulties? Email ask.hr@sickkids.ca with a short description of the issues you are experiencing. We will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.

Tip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document of 20 pages or less as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application.

Every application is reviewed by a human recruiter and all hiring decisions are made by people. In some cases, AI-assisted tools are used to help review applications based on job-related qualifications.

All positions posted on the SickKids Hospital's Careers Site represent current vacancies, unless otherwise posted in the job description.