CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER - ISSUES

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We are a fast-paced, issues-focused ministry and we are looking for a communications professional who specializes in managing issues.

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About the job

You will be responsible for providing exceptional customer service to a broad-range of internal clients, providing solid issues management advice and services.
To be successful in this role, you must be a strategic thinker with strong writing abilities. You will have knowledge and experience in managing contentious issues, preparing strategies and materials to respond to them and comfort making and defending recommendations to senior and political staff.

Please note: In this role, you will work out of our communications branch in Toronto and will need the flexibility to work early-mornings, when required.

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What you bring to the team

Analytical and problem-solving skills:

• You can see the big picture, connect people and files, as well as anticipate trends and emerging problems.
• You can resolve contentious and politically sensitive issues by developing communications strategies and products and get buy-in from senior management and political staff.

Technical knowledge:

• You have knowledge and understanding of the principles and theories of issues management, public relations and media relations.
• You can interpret policies and have a clear understanding of government political decision making and legislative process.

Interpersonal and relationship building skills:

• You can build strong and productive relationships with a variety of clients with wide-ranging and often conflicting interests, using tact, judgment and negotiation skills.
• You possess interpersonal and relationship building skills to interact effectively with staff at all levels and the diplomacy and political insights to interact with political staff.

Communication skills:

• You can research and write a variety of issues management materials, including key messages, questions and answers and house notes.
• You can take complex and technical information, interpret it and communicate it in a simple and concise way.

Project management and coordination skills:

• You have project management planning, co-ordination and organizational skills to manage a number of concurrent projects
• You can be organized and focused in a deadline-charged and challenging environment.
• You can balance multiple deliverables and tasks at once and prioritize work.

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Additional information:

Note:

• N-NR-113376/17

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.