Job Title: Communications Coordinator
Program Area: Community Programs and Development
Reports to: Director of Community Programs and Development
Hours/Week: 35
Employment Status: 13 month contract, starting November 2025
What We Live By:
- Our Vision:A community without barriers to health and wellbeing.
- Our Mission: We work with our community to promote and sustain health and wellbeing for all.
- Our Values: Compassion, Social Justice, Courage, Integrity, Adaptability.
Guelph Community Health Centre prioritizes people who face barriers to health and accessing services, and people who identify as:
- Homeless or at risk of homelessness
- Living on low income
- Newcomers to Canada with language barriers
- Having moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues
- Having moderate to severe disabilities
- Indigenous First Nations, Inuit and Métis
- Black, mixed race and racialized populations
- Experiencing intersectional oppression
- 2SLGBTQIA+
- Vulnerable children and their families experiencing conflict, isolation or attachment struggles
Working as part of an interdisciplinary team, the Communications Coordinator provides support with agency wide promotions and communications.
Main Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Director of Community Programs and Development and other staff to develop the annual Communications Plan and Workplan
- Promote and enhance the image of Guelph Community Health Centre in the community
- lead internal communications, including monthly calendar and newsletter
- Support print material and presentation development for programs as required
- Work alongside Advocacy Working Group and Leadership team to implement advocacy strategy
- Provide communications support for internal team projects (i.e. building wayfinding and signage)
- Produce effective and engaging social media content to build trust and share impact in the community
- Work with Leadership team and external PR consultant on GCHC media releases
- Maintain Guelph Community Health Centre Website and social media channels
- Supervise and mentor summer staff and/or student placements
- Monitor contractors and external partners (i.e. web developers and photographers)
- Ensure brand and style guidelines are up to date, accessible, and in use
Key Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum 3-5 years of relevant communications experience
- Relevant degree/certificate(s) or experience in fundraising, marketing, branding, communications and/or public relations
- Excellent social, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience with design software
- Experience with digital marketing tools (i.e. WordPress, Hubspot)
- Event planning experience is an asset
- Knowledge of the Guelph community is an asset
- Experience managing and creating content across various social media platforms
- Deep understanding of the equity deserving groups GCHC prioritizes. Preference given to those with lived experience
- Knowledge and experience applying accessible communications principles
We know that experience comes in many forms. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you. Please visit our website www.guelphchc.ca and apply using the online application tool. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter outlining how your skills, qualifications, and experience meet the position requirements.
Guelph Community Health Centre is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including individuals from priority populations who may identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals, and members of Black and other racialized communities.
We thank, in advance, those who apply, but will contact only those who qualify for interviews.
If at any stage in the selection process you require accommodation, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.
We require that all finalist applicants undergo a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screen through their local Police Services Branch prior to start date.
