Responsibilities

• Oversee BCCLA’s social media presence, including content creation, scheduling, and monitoring content, alongside direct engagement with our audiences, across various digital platforms, with a particular focus on the production of video content (ideation, planning, scripting, recording, and editing).
• Monitor, analyse, and report on performance of social media content, and use this analysis to improve reach and impact of future content.
• Design visual assets for social media, email marketing software, and small publications (for example, know your rights factsheets).
• Create and update content for WordPress website, and support in ongoing website maintenance.
• Assist the Communications and Outreach Manager with media relations, including uploading and sending pre-prepared media releases, monitoring media coverage, and triaging media inquiries.
• Support the Campaigns Manager with the building and execution of digital action campaigns (such as petitions) with copywriting, creating tools, and creating campaign visuals.
• Contribute to the Engagement team’s copywriting, editing, and proofreading work (newsletters, press releases, announcements, annual report), as needed.
• Collaborate with the Communications and Outreach Manager on the production of publications, including the annual report, research, and public legal education publications.
• Plan and carry out the Association’s Annual Youth Conference(s) and/or other youth-focused programming.
• In collaboration with the Engagement team, plan and carry out the Association’s public legal education, campaign, and outreach events, including the Annual General Meeting.

Requirements

• Combination of education and/or work experience in one or more of the following field: communications, event management, campaigning, and/or community engagement.
• Strong ability to record, edit, and produce video content for social media essential; being comfortable on camera and/or supporting others to be on camera an asset.
• High level of experience with social media platforms, content planning tools, WordPress and other digital communications tools.
• Experience designing digital materials essential, and experience with print materials an asset. Prior experience with the Adobe Create Suite a strong asset. Ability to design visual assets in line with organizational brand and campaign tone essential.
• Experience with event planning, promotion, sponsorship and logistics coordination.
• Must have excellent time management, project coordination skills, and be well-organized.
• Well developed relationship building and inter-personal skills, including the ability to speak with groups and strangers, and work with diverse populations.
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in managing external relationships with stakeholders and community members an asset.
• Experience collaborating and working with contractors an asset.

Preferred

• Experience translating written content from legal or other specialized fields into plain language writing for a general audience an asset;
• Experience collaborating and working with contractors an asset.
• Experience in managing external relationships with stakeholders and community members an asset.
• Lived experience of or experience (paid or volunteer) working on issues related to BCCLA’s mandate are assets.
• Languages other than English are assets.
• Passion for civil liberties and human rights issues are strong assets.

Benefits

• - Unionized position
• - Comprehensive health benefits that include a personal Health Savings Account, as well as an extended health and dental plan for all staff, spouses and dependents.
• - Life insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, and AD&D for staff, family and dependents included within health benefits.
• - Health benefits starting immediately and not dependent on completion of probationary period.
• - 20 days of paid Annual Vacation, plus an additional 2 week December office closure.
• - 13 Paid holidays every year.
• - 24 days of paid leave, including 15 sick days, 4 family care days, and 5 personal days.
• - A generous parental leave policy including a parental leave top-up.
• - Annual professional development funding for each staff.
• - Team-wide staff celebrations and staff appreciation.