Senior Manager, Public Relations (Research & Innovation)

Location: hirify.global Vancouver Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Salary: $8,810.92–$13,202.50 CAD monthly

Company

hirify.global is a research-intensive public university whose Faculty of Medicine delivers education, health and life sciences research, and clinical academic programs across British Columbia.

What you will do

• Develop and direct integrated communications strategies for the Faculty of Medicine’s Research & Innovation and Public Relations portfolios.
• Provide strategic counsel on media engagement, public affairs, reputation management, government and stakeholder communications, and sensitive issues.
• Lead research and innovation communications across schools, departments, centres, institutes, and external partners.
• Direct executive, media, public-facing, digital, social media, web, and brand-aligned communications materials.
• Manage faculty news releases, strategic messaging, major announcements, public-facing events, and external engagement initiatives.
• Establish performance metrics for media relations and oversee communications staff and cross-unit collaboration.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least seven years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic communications, public relations, media relations, issues management, and reputation management.
• Ability to advise senior leaders, make informed decisions, and handle confidential or sensitive information with diplomacy and discretion.
• Experience leading teams and large communications projects from analysis and planning through implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills across media releases, speaking notes, print, web, and social media.
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, content management systems, and collaborative tools such as SharePoint.

Nice to have

• Experience in a large, research-intensive university setting.
• Experience developing communications plans for institutional research priorities and measuring return on investment.
• Experience building and leading communications teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time staff position in a non-union employee category.
• Work with Faculty, University, government, healthcare, industry, and research partners.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy within broad policy guidelines and mandates.
• Support an environment focused on equity, diversity, inclusion, respectful dialogue, and continuous learning.