Issues and Communications Coordinator

Job Term
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Permanent Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 Hours per week

Bargaining Unit: OPSEU/SEFPO

Job Code: 02701 – Information Officer 1

Salary Range: $1,298.35 – $1,525.17 /week
* Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement

Posting Status
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Open

Reason for Job Posting: Vacancy

As the Issues and Communications Coordinator, you will be accountable for identifying, monitoring, and analyzing news reports of relevance to Supply Ontario programs and issues. Preparing media monitoring packages for use by staff at Supply Ontario. Determining top and emerging issues and tracking accordingly. Providing analysis of media coverage on selected announcements and issues. Providing support to the communications team as needed on a number of projects.

• Daily media and website monitoring including local, provincial, regional, national and trade media to anticipate and identify emerging issues, trends and policies with potential implications for the organization.
• Analyze news coverage and identify relevant trends, narratives and opportunities or risks for the Agency.
• Choosing news items of interest and relevance to the Agency for inclusion in daily electronic media scans, to support the issues management process and media analysis. Organize articles for media scan so that significant stories are prominently positioned. Flag contentious media items to the Director, Communications.
• Utilizing current trends in media monitoring and social listening to gain insight into the procurement and supply chain landscape in Ontario and beyond.
• Identifying top and emerging issues and create a mechanism for tracking and monitoring.
• Identifying search criteria to obtain stories of interest and relevance to the Agency Reviewing key search word database periodically to ensure current programs and contentious issues are being included in media scan(s).
• Reviewing social media feeds (e.g., X, Facebook, Linked In) and other social media sites to track relevant conversations and emerging stories for related issues/topics. Flag contentious items to the Director, Communications
• Collaborate with the Chief of Staff and Director of Communications to identify and elevate emerging issues, and work closely with the Chief of Staff in managing and responding to contentious Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
• Liaising with media monitoring vendors as needed.
• Conducting qualitative media analysis on selected announcements and/or trending issues and media/stories events. Prepare reports that analyze media coverage in terms of volume, source, tone, tenor, and geographic scope.
• Write, edit, and design a broad range of communication products to support internal and external initiatives (i.e., social postings, external announcements, speaking remarks and other informational subjects) ensuring a consistent presentation format.
• The work is performed within established procedures and processes but requires a high degree of independence. Job requires incumbent to report to work at 8:00 am daily to commence media monitoring. Position also requires some weekend work in order to monitor Saturday/Sunday media.
• Problem solving skills required in the event of technical difficulties or other unexpected circumstances.
• Providing support to Senior Communications Advisors as needed.
• Other related duties as required.

• Degree or diploma in journalism or public relations.
• 1-2 years of communications or media experience.
• Experience with media monitoring platform / tools, issues tracking, and communications.
• Knowledge of agency programs and issues to determine news stories relevant to operations and the ministry, judgement to determine relative significance to the ministry of news items.
• An understanding of news cycles, including print, digital, and social media outlets, covering the Agency, activities of provincial ministries, and relevant stakeholders, to identify and analyze emerging issues and trends.
• An understanding of journalism and current event trends.
• Written communication skills required to prepare media analysis summaries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with…