Contract Position

Contract: Strategic Communication Specialist Contract
Organization: Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific
Location: remote; prefer BC-based candidates

The Marine Plan Partnership (MaPP) is seeking a creative, strategic communicator to help shape and share the MaPP story through the development of a communications strategy and compelling storytelling content. This short-term contract will support strategic communications and storytelling that reflect MaPP’s collaborative approach and diverse accomplishments.

The Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast (MaPP) is a unique collaboration between 17 First Nations and the Government of B.C. that developed and is implementing sub-regional plans for marine uses on B.C.’s North Pacific Coast. The four MaPP sub-regions are Haida Gwaii, North Coast, Central Coast, and North Vancouver Island. By coming together under a collaborative governance structure, the MaPP Partners have developed a ground-breaking ‘blueprint’ for sustainable ocean use, first ratified in 2015, covering 10.2 million hectares of the North Pacific, a region rich in biological and cultural diversity. Together with the Great Bear Rainforest, B.C. now boasts a globally significant area of both land and sea managed under ecosystem-based management (EBM). This innovative approach is a model for renewal of the Crown-Indigenous relationship, and for others embarking on modern approaches to land use and marine planning. It’s an achievement to be celebrated and shared.

As MaPP moves forward with its next 10 years of implementation, documenting and sharing impactful stories across the topics that the MaPP marine plans address – such as reconciliation, climate change, cumulative effects, EBM indicator monitoring, coastal community health, and cultural continuity – will help to apply lessons learned more widely, inspire action, and demonstrate the tangible values of MaPP’s collaborative approach to marine planning.

MaPP is therefore seeking a creative, talented writer and communicator for the dual role of creating a strategic communications plan and initiating meaningful storytelling content to reach MaPP audiences using traditional and new media. The core purpose of this role is to ensure that there is a consistent and compelling regional story for multiple communication platforms and audiences in support of MaPP Partners’ shared objectives.

Please find the full position description on the MaPP website: MaPP Strategic Communications Specialist

To apply, please submit the following materials by 5pm on July 1, 2025 to:

Strategic Communication Specialist
c/o Philip Akins and Kathryn Sheps

E-mail: pakins@mappocean.org ; ksheps@mappocean.org

Your application should include:

• A cover letter that outlines your interest in the role and how you meet the qualifications,
• A resume or Curriculum Vitae,
• Daily/hourly rate for services,
• A brief proposed approach to completing the work, including
  • how you would carry out the deliverables described;
  • estimated number of working days;
  • and a high-level budget breakdown.
• Three examples of your communications work, and
• Three references.

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Applicants will be assessed based on their demonstrated qualifications, experience including creativity and impact in previous communications work and the cost and quality of services.

Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation (Coast Funds) is supporting the MaPP partners by, among other activities, administering funds on behalf of MaPP for implementation activities.