• Job Description

  Req#: 31282

  Date Posted: 05/25/2023
  Req ID: 31282
  Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
  Department: Acceleration Consortium
  Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
  Position Number: 00049086

  Description:

  About us:
  
  Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto has evolved into Canada’s leading institution of learning, discovery and knowledge creation. We are proud to be one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, driven to invent and innovate.
  
  U of T is home to some of the world’s most talented thinkers, inventors, innovators, and educators, who are advancing knowledge and making critical discoveries for a healthier, more sustainable, prosperous, and secure future.
  
  
  Your opportunity:

  The Acceleration Consortium (AC) at the University of Toronto (U of T) is leading a transformative shift in scientific discovery that will accelerate technology development and commercialization. The AC is a global community of academia, industry, and government that leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, materials sciences, and high-throughput chemistry to create self-driving laboratories (SDLs), also called materials acceleration platforms (MAPs). These autonomous labs rapidly design materials and molecules needed for a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future, with applications ranging from renewable energy and consumer electronics to drugs. AC Staff Scientists will advance the infield of AI-driven autonomous discovery and develop the materials and molecules required to address society’s largest challenges, such as climate change, water pollution, and future pandemics.

  The Acceleration Consortium received a $200M Canadian First Research Excellence Grant for seven years to develop self-driving labs for chemistry and materials, the largest ever grant to a Canadian University.

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  This Communications Specialist, Acceleration Consortium, reports to the Associate Director, Marketing & Communications and supports the Consortium's mission by communicating research advances to a broader audience of stakeholders. The position also provides external relations and outreach strategies by planning, developing and implementing an integrated multi-channel communication strategy through community engagement with external collaborations and partnerships. The role promotes the consortium via social media platforms, develops promotional and marketing materials, writes news stories and blog posts, and reports and drafts opinion pieces in collaboration with leadership.
  
  
  Your responsibilities will include:

  • Implementing communication plans that support outreach goals and objectives
  • Creating and maintaining a presence on social media platforms
  • Developing content for marketing and/or promotional materials
  • Conceptualizing, organizing, promoting, and executing events for target audiences
  • Advising on strategies to align websites with marketing/communication objectives
  • Fostering positive relationships with project partners
  • Informing stakeholders of project progress
  • Conducting systematic literature reviews

  Essential Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in marketing, communications, journalism, a related field or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum five years of relevant communications, media and/or marketing-related activities or equivalent.
  • Experience planning and developing an integrated multi-channel communication strategy with a relevant portfolio of proven outcomes.
  • Experience writing content, developing themes and maintaining consistent brand identity for multiple audiences and platforms, including print, online, and digital websites and social media platforms.
  • Experience advising on the effectiveness of digital marketing, social media strategies, and web strategies.
  • Experience managing an organizational website.
  • Experience conceptualizing, organizing, and executing events.
  • Ability to assimilate, interpret, translate, and distill research from primary sources into compelling, engaging, and enlightening communications for various audiences.
  • Exceptional writing, editing, and oral communication skills and proficiency in communicating and engaging effectively with a wide range of constituencies
  • Superior fact-checking and proofreading skills with a strong portfolio of clear, accurate, and compelling writing.
  • Strong time management skills to achieve results and meet critical timelines in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Strong computer skills including MS Office, InDesign, Photoshop, LaTex, Mailchimp, ClickUP or equivalent

  
  Assets (Nonessential):

  • Familiarity with technological subject matter.

  
  To be successful in this role you will be:

  • Achievement oriented
  • Communicator
  • Cooperative
  • Efficient
  • Organized
  • Resourceful
  • Team player

  This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

  Internal applicants may request a copy of the job description by contacting: adminhr.artsci@utoronto.ca.

  Closing Date: 10/10/2023, 11:59PM ET
  Employee Group: USW
  Appointment Type: Grant - Continuing
  Schedule: Full-Time
  Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
  USW Pay Band 13 -- $83,150 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $106,336. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
  Job Category: Communication/Media/Public Relations
  Recruiter: Kecha Holland

  Lived Experience Statement
  Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

• About the company

  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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