Specialist, Social Media

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You will experience Christian faith in action helping to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Join the World Vision Canada team and be part of a powerful and effective force for good:

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Position: Specialist, Social Media
Reports to: Marketing Manager, Social Media
Position Term: Full Time Permanent
Primary Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Workplace Type: Remote (Within Canada)

Job Purpose:
If you are deeply passionate about working with social media, emerging platforms and thrive from doing amazing, impactful, and purposeful work that makes a real and lasting difference in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children, then you could be the perfect fit to join our Social Media team as our Social Media Specialist. In this role, you’ll help ideate, create, and execute content on our executive social and brand social accounts and engage Canadians to invite and inspire more people to join us on our mission to do more for more children.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Social Media content and engagement

• Create, curate and publish compelling content for our executive and brand accounts across various social media channels
• Create social media reports providing key insights and actionable next steps to key stakeholders throughout the organization
• Create social media content for specific audience segments throughout the customer journey
• With brand narrative and affinity, priorities and mission in mind, recommend opportunities to add context to relevant breaking news
• Collaborate with the team to create social media focus for key moments and campaign opportunities.
• Apply monitoring and social listening, data and insights to inform themes and content that support World Vision’s brand, social justice topics, and humanitarian, development and advocacy work
• Keep an eye on current and upcoming social media trends and stay up to date with social media best practices

Cross functional teamwork

• Work cross-functionally to identify and shape content opportunities.
• Collaborate and storyboard opportunities with creative, design and video team support
• Collaborate with supporter care regarding any concerns or issues.
• Develop ongoing World Vision presence on emerging platforms and make recommendations on engagement.
• Represent Canada in related World Vision International meetings and collaborate on strategic global opportunities.

Operations

• Recommend and/or leverage operational tools and tracking systems, including monitoring and social media listening, content analysis and performance
• Participate in setting objectives and goals using OKRs, KPIs.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Communications, Digital Marketing or relevant fields
• Minimum two years experience developing, curating and driving social media content and demonstrated engagement
• In-depth understanding of social trends, channels and their audience reach; you understand the competitive market, customers, and stays on top of emerging platforms
• Knowledge of international development, Canadian non-profit and fundraising sector a plus
• Have an understanding of the role of social media in mainstream media, entertainment, news
• Highly organized and takes initiative
• Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, communication, relationship building, and negotiation skills
• Knowledge of social media tools including Sprout Social and Later

Why Consider Us?

• World Vision Canada has consistently been awarded Canada’s and the GTA’s top employers. Other awards granted are for financial transparency, marketing, customer service and for the work we do in the field.
• We are Canada’s largest development, relief and advocacy non-profit.
• We embody an agile mindset here.
• We offer competitive pay and benefits. Our comprehensive health benefits start at day 1 which includes a Health Spending Account. We match pension contributions up to 6% and give up a top-up for pregnancy & parental leaves up to 25%.
• You get extra time off for restoration. We close for an additional day on long weekends, 6 times a year. You can get up to six weeks’ vacation, plus paid sick days, personal days & wellness days.
• We offer a family-friendly, caring, and flexible work environment.

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We bring life-saving support in times of disaster. We help poor communities to take charge of their futures. We provide small loans and training that boost family livelihoods. We work with policy makers to change the way the world is run. Our Christian faith teaches us that every child, regardless of gender, faith or race, is a precious gift to the entire world - and that their wellbeing concerns us all. We shall never rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed.

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Our Core Values: We are committed to the Poor. We are Christian. We are Stewards. We value People. We are Partners. We are Responsive.

Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to the core values and mission of the World Vision partnership.

World Vision Canada takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.

World Vision Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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