Senior Manager, Strategic Communications

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- Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried
- Information Services, Level C2 Job Title Senior Manager, Strategic Communications Department Communications Management | Communications | Faculty of Medicine Compensation Range $8,810.92 - $13,202.50 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position.

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Posting End Date September 28, 2026

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Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date Ongoing This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Communications leads strategic communications planning and provides tactical expertise within the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Reporting to the Executive Director, Creative & Communications, Faculty of Medicine, the Senior Manager oversees employees and directs the communications activities for multiple Faculty of Medicine education and training programs and initiatives across the province. With more than 20 thousand faculty, clinical faculty, staff and learners spanning multidisciplinary undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral programs across British Columbia, the Senior Manager, Communications serves as a senior advisor and works closely with the Faculty’s Vice-Dean of Education, Regional Associate Deans and Department Heads and School Directors, and liaises with academic partners across British Columbia to advise, develop and implement strategic communications initiatives that highlight, advocate and elevate the reputation, impact and profile of the UBC Faculty of Medicine at the local, provincial, national and international level.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Communications provides strategic leadership and is accountable for the development, integration and implementation of the Faculty of Medicine’s Education, Public Affairs & Issues Management communications portfolio. The position establishes communications direction across the Faculty’s distributed education and training mandate, including strategic communications, advocacy, government and stakeholder communications, issues management and crisis communications.

The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

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To Transform Health for Everyone Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty of Medicine —comprised of approximately 2,600 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well approximately 620 full-time academic and over 14,000 clinical faculty members—is composed of 19 academic basic…