Public Engagement Officer

Description:

Under the supervision of the Manager, Public Engagement, the Public Engagement Officer is responsible for engaging WUSC’s network of international volunteers and volunteer alumni to deliver public engagement activities and actively participate in WUSC’s campaigns. The Public Engagement Officer also plays a key role in planning, delivering, monitoring and evaluating WUSC’s public engagement initiatives and events.

Communications and Digital Engagement

• Develop written content (blogs, webpages) and and support the dissemination of communications;
• Collaborate with country offices and partners to collect and disseminate stories of change to the Canadian public;
• Lead on social media content development to support public engagement campaigns or events promotion;
• Contribute to developing marketing material and other content to support the work of the public engagement team (in both official languages);
• Support the development of digital engagement tools and campaigns;
• Collaborate closely with the corporate communications team to amplify volunteer and program stories, and public engagement activities of volunteers through corporate communications channels to corporate communications audiences.