Communications Officer, Adaptation

Who we are at GMF:

At the Green Municipal Fund (GMF), we create change where it matters most—in Canada’s municipalities.

As the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ flagship program and backed by a $2.4 billion endowment from the Government of Canada, GMF helps Canadian municipalities, big and small, invest in their future by supporting homegrown sustainability and resilience projects that work for Canadians by creating jobs, lowering costs, and strengthening local economies.

Through our unique mix of funding, resources and training, GMF is enhancing the quality of life for people in Canada by accelerating a transformation to sustainable and resilient communities.

Since 2000, GMF has invested over $1.6 billion in local projects helping communities avoid 2.9 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, while also contributing $1.24 billion to the national GDP and creating more than 13,000 person-years of national employment.

About This Role:

Under the general direction and supervision of the Manager, Communications – Adaptation, the Communications Officer develops and implements communications and marketing plans and provides communications and marketing services in support of FCM’s Green Municipal Fund.

At GMF, we empower our people to create change where it has the most impact – municipalities. GMF is a globally unique, made-in-Canada solution – leveraging and managing a $2.4 billion in programs funded by the Government of Canada, to drive on-the-ground change in Canadian communities building sustainable, resilient infrastructure that delivers both economic and environmental benefits to communities.

Our unique mix of funding and training gives municipalities the tools they need to build resiliency — and create better lives for Canadians.

We are hiring for the role of Communications Officer for GMF’s Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation initiative, which provides funding and skills development support to communities to adapt and build long-term resiliency to the impacts of climate change.

The Communications Officer leads and contributes to the development of communications and marketing products and activities such as digital promotion, social media content, website content, digital communications, videos, case studies, reports, presentation materials, digital images and other resources, in both official languages.

The Communications Officer contributes to the development, monitoring and evaluation of communications and marketing strategies, plans and trends. They also support the assessment of communications activities and recommends measures, processes and tools for quality assurance, effective dissemination of resources and continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing:

Key Responsibilities

• Creates and/or edits copy for promotional and social media content in both French and English
• Coordinates the production of communications tools (e.g. web content, promotional material, social media content, e-bulletins, reports, presentations, guidebooks, case studies, videos) from concept, design, writing, editing and translation through to production, quality assurance and publication;
• Substantively edits, copy-edits and conducts quality assurance, ensures appropriate document structure, grammatical accuracy, adherence to editorial standards and FCM style guide in both French and English;
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of FCM-wide editorial and design standards for communications materials;
• Gathers analytics related to social media and website to ensure continuous improvement in the development and dissemination of program information and resources;
• Assesses the quality of existing communications vehicles and the efficiency of document development processes among FCM business units and with external suppliers, and recommends to manager and implement methods to improve existing vehicles, systems and processes to meet communications and performance objectives;
• May be called upon to participate in cross-functional teamwork.

Knowledge and Experience

• Post-secondary education in a communications or related field such as Public Relations, Journalism, Communications, Marketing or similar
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a professional communications or marketing role
• Strong knowledge in the areas of communications project management, writing and editing
• Strong knowledge of best practices and experience in developing digital communications products, writing for the web, blogs and social media
• Experience with paid social media campaign management, search engine optimization, content strategy or content marketing best practices
• Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
• Knowledge of financial services, climate change adaptation, infrastructure projects, municipal government environmentally sustainable development
• Knowledge of collecting and analyzing digital analytics and campaign KPIs
• Ability to use graphic design tools such as Canva
• Ability to use video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects
• Strong political acumen and tact
• Excellent planning and priority management skills
• Strong adaptability and problem-solving skills
• Strong customer service orientation
• Excellent oral and written capacity in English and French is an asset

Additional Information

• This is a newly budgeted position
• This position is a fixed-term 24 months contract

Salary Range:

$68,330.00 - $76,612.00

What we offer:

We offer a flexible work model grounded in accountability, collaboration, and delivering results. It is designed to support both performance and well‑being. While work is primarily virtual, occasional travel to our Head Office in Ottawa is expected. The majority of the team is based in the National Capital Region.

Where applicable, you may also have opportunities to travel across Canada to engage with the communities we support and better understand the impact of our work.

Employee experience and supports:

We are committed to creating an environment where people can do their best work while maintaining a healthy balance including:

• Flexible work arrangements that support productivity and collaboration
• Summer schedule (July 1 to Labour Day):
  • 7-hour workdays
  • Fridays off, aligned with team and operational needs
• Ongoing commitment to employee development
• Comprehensive range of employee benefits and services designed to support employee wellbeing and development. Please note: details and eligibility may vary depending on the role
• Modern office space in Ottawa’s ByWard Market and downtown core

We’re committed to fostering an organizational culture that embraces equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, where individuals from diverse racial and ethnic identities, ages, nationalities, social economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and physical and mental abilities can thrive and be fully engaged at their best level.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.

The future of work at FCM includes a hybrid work model; therefore, this role will be a combination of virtual and on-site work. The successful candidate is required live within 80kms of downtown Ottawa, unless otherwise specified, and be authorized to work in Canada.

As part of our recruitment process, we use automated artificial intelligence tools to screen applicants. All AI-generated assessments are reviewed and validated by our People and Culture team.

In closing....

If this role speaks to you and the impact you want to make, we’d love to hear from you!

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process will be contacted by a member of our People and Culture Team.

Work with us!

You’ll like it here. We support the order of government closest to people’s daily lives. With your help, we can continue to build better communities and a better Canada.