CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE ACTION

Position: Communications Specialist
Organization: The Atmospheric Fund
Location: Toronto ON. Hybrid, with 1-2 days/week in our downtown Toronto office. Fully remote work will be considered for the right candidate.
Term: full time (40 hours/week) for approximately four to six months between May 1 – October 31.

Have you heard about TAF? We’re a regional climate agency that invests in low-carbon solutions for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and helps scale them up for broad implementation. We are experienced leaders and collaborate with stakeholders in the private, public and non-profit sectors who have ideas and opportunities for reducing carbon emissions. We advance the most promising concepts by investing, providing grants, influencing policies and running programs.

TAF teams are building our GTHA network and need to include more allies working on interconnected issues like housing, affordability, economic opportunity, and health. We leverage an integrated team approach, meaning many relationships across the org. The Campaigns & Communications team’s objectives this summer are to update our CRM (Salesforce) with new contacts and subscribers, and to support TAF teams to develop new relationships, including through content development and updates to our website.

As Communications Specialist, you'll help to improve our inter-team contact sharing to ensure we're up-to-date on current relationships, build new partner lists for TAF to collaborate with on future initiatives, and work with subject matter experts to develop engaging new digital content.

Project Opportunities

Contact research and outreach

• Review existing stakeholder lists in Salesforce and identify gaps and opportunities in contacts, organizations, and contact info related to TAF campaigns.
• Connect with new contacts and organizations to broaden TAF’s network in strategic areas and provide introductions and meeting scheduling.
• Research events TAF should participate in or attend to broaden our network and build our follower lists.

Content production

• With support from the communications team, support the development original content to profile and showcase examples of urban climate solutions to drive new followers, boost engagement and create subscribers.

Website CMS

• Make updates to online content as needed using Word Press

The kind of skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Currently completing (or a recent graduate) from a business, communications, policy or related program and have a demonstrated interest in sustainability and urban climate solutions.
• Experience using Microsoft Suite or similar tools, and experience with Salesforce is helpful but not essential – you’ll get on-the-job training.
• Strong research and analytical skills and comfortable working with data and databases
• Demonstrated ability to express ideas clearly and effectively in speech or writing.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Key details:

Compensation: $27/hour plus financial support for wifi associated with work. A laptop will be provided.

Employment term: full time (40 hours/week) for approximately four to six months between May 1 – October 31. Flexible schedule and hours to be determined in consultation with your manager.

Other perks:

• Experience what it’s like to work in the climate sector, with a team of climate action professionals.
• Enjoy socials, lunch n’ learns, training sessions and other staff-wide experiences.
• Benefit from other hands-on learning and networking opportunities.

How to apply:

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Building an inclusive community with a shared purpose is critical to our work and mandate. We are Equalx30 signatories and believe that equity, diversity, and inclusion make climate action more just and effective. We believe that teams work best when they vary in background and approach, including diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different.

We understand that candidates come with different experience and backgrounds that might not align perfectly with the skills and experience we’ve listed here, and that’s okay. When you fill in your application, you'll be asked to tell us why you're the best candidate for the role, and what you hope to gain from the experience. We look forward to hearing from you!