Manager Communications – Whitehorse General Hospital

Competition #2023-235 (Management/Excluded Group)

Regular Full Time – 1.0 FTE

Job description and salary under review

Are you looking to be part of an exceptional and passionate health care team in one of Canada’s most spectacular natural environments with vast and stunning wilderness at your doorstep?

Yukon Hospitals strives to cultivate an environment of passionate and engaged people with a culture that values growth, work/life balance, and wellness in helping all our people reach optimal ability. Our organization is an integrated system of hospitals: Whitehorse General Hospital (58 beds), Watson Lake Community Hospital (6 beds) and Dawson City Community Hospital (6 beds).

The Manager, Communications is a senior consultant that develops, coordinates and oversees internal and external (including media relations) corporate communications activities to support our work and care environments in Yukon’s hospitals. The Manager provides strategic communications advice; builds communications plans, strategies and messages; and coordinates publications, events and other materials to get information out to our community, partners and people.

Knowledge and Skills required:

• Excellent knowledge of communications and engagement strategies, methods and practices;
• Knowledge of practice and procedures in hospital operations and/or health and social services program delivery;
• Knowledge of trends and developments in First Nations governments and Yukon politics;
• Outstanding communication (speaking, writing and presentation) skills;
• Good analytical, problem solving and evidence-based, decision-making skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships, model appropriate behaviour and influence others to work effectively as a team;
• Excellent engagement and facilitation skills;
• Strong computer skills including proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), website content management systems and other relevant software
• Strong organizational, coordination, and time-management skills;
• Ability to proficiently use and optimize communications and engagement through tools such as websites, social media and surveys
• Ability to mobilize knowledge, set goals and achieve desired outcomes in a way that supports an organization’s values and direction;
• Ability to exercise tact, political astuteness and diplomacy when dealing with all of our people, partners and stakeholders;
• Ability to be self-directed, take initiative, be assertive, and prioritize work demands;
• Ability to deal with a variety of highly stressful situations;
• Ability to think/work independently, be accountable, and operate with minimal direction;
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment and reliability;
• Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.