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TRANSPORTATION AND WORKS DEPARTMENT

TRANSPORTATION PROJECT OFFICE AND BUSINESS SERVICES DIVISION

OFFICE SERVICES SECTION

Requires a

WEB/COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

(contract up to 1 year)

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
Graduate from a recognized community college and/or university program in public relations, marketing, journalism, or a related field

Minimum of 2 – 3 years of relevant work experience including web authoring, preferable in a municipal setting

Experience in all aspects of public relations including communications planning and implementation, as well as research and writing for internal and external audiences

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, ability to deal with all levels of the department and organization, able to work independently as well as in a team setting

Strong project management and coordination skills are required combined with excellent organizational, problem solving and time management skills

Detail oriented and able to manage concurrent projects and work to sometimes tight and conflicting deadlines

Creative with a good sense of webpage design as well as content management

Good technical skills; experienced in ATG publishing and SharePoint

Excellent knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat

Experience in the use of Social Media

Knowledge of Photoshop and Dreamweaver an asset

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will report to the Manager, Office Services and will be responsible for:

Performing the duty of a web author and administrator for the department’s external web site (“e-City”) as well as internal web site (“Inside Mississauga”)

Create an inventory of the department’s external web pages and make recommendations to ensure that content reflect the department’s strategic priorities

Benchmark with other municipalities to establish best practises, gather metrics and other information re website visits and make recommendations to stakeholders

Research, write and edit articles, ensuring that key messages are accurate, relevant and appropriate for the target audiences

Act as a consultant to project teams and staff and assist with communications plans, strategies and use of appropriate communications tools for delivery of key messages

Work closely with DLT and Corporate Communications to plan and execute the strategic roadmap for web based communication

Create new or update existing web pages with relevant content to ensure quality and effectiveness and post pages to the web

Problem solve technical issues

Work closely with the IT Enterprise team on new initiatives such as dynamic portals

Coordinate/write/edit copy for non-web based communications

Provide support to Inside Mississauga content contributors

Solicit and post articles and other communication material for Inside Mississauga, e-newsletters, blogs and other forms of web and non-web communication

Promote use of Social Media as a communication tool when appropriate

Perform other related duties as assigned

SALARY: $54,330 - $72,440

Applications will be received only on-line by September 7, 2012.

A Criminal Record Search will be required of the successful candidate, at their own expense, to verify the absence of a criminal record for which a pardon has not been granted.

We thank all who apply, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted

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Please note that once you have submitted your resume an on-line questionnaire will appear on screen and must be completed in order to be considered for this position.
City of Mississauga - 8 months ago