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About the Role
This role is responsible for shaping and advancing Toronto Hydro's executive narrative through strategic communications, speechwriting, and thought leadership. You will craft compelling messages for senior leaders, enhance executive engagement, and provide insights on industry trends.
Responsibilities
- Leads the strategic development of executive and leadership communications, providing expert advice and messaging guidance to senior leaders on high-profile initiatives, stakeholder engagements, and emerging issues.
- Elevates Toronto Hydro’s visibility and reputation through compelling storytelling, executive narratives, thought leadership platforms, speeches, and key messages that strengthen leadership presence and organizational credibility.
- Conducts ongoing monitoring of industry trends, emerging issues and external developments to identify risks and opportunities and provide proactive insights and recommendations that support executive decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and corporate positioning.
- Applies strong editorial judgment to ensure clarity, consistency, and effectiveness across executive, corporate, and stakeholder communications.
- Ensures all communications are consistent with Toronto Hydro’s brand voice and style guidelines, while identifying opportunities to strengthen reputation, build trust, and enhance engagement through proactive and audience-centered communications.
- Contributes to issues management, crisis communications planning and response strategies, providing communications expertise and support as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism or a related field.
- Ten (10) or more years of experience in corporate communications, including at least five (5) years working directly with senior leaders providing strategic communications advice on complex initiatives and stakeholder engagements.
- Proven experience developing and creating dynamic presentations, speeches, briefing materials, thought leadership content and strategic communications content.
- Deep understanding of current events, industry trends and emerging issues with the ability to assess business impacts and translate insights into actionable communications strategies.
- Exceptional writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to craft authentic, persuasive, and impactful narratives aligned with organizational priorities.
- Demonstrated political acumen and sound judgment in navigating sensitive, complex, and high-profile issues.
- Strong research skills with the ability to uncover insights and develop meaningful stories.
- Experience or familiarity with the utilities, energy, or other regulated sectors is considered an asset.
- Strong familiarity with traditional and digital storytelling channels, speechwriting, social media, executive communications, podcasts, and internal communications platforms.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to establish credibility and build partnerships across all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Strategic communications
- Speechwriting
- Thought leadership
- Executive communications
- Storytelling
- Editorial judgment
- Brand voice and style guidelines
- Issues management
- Crisis communications
- Research
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing skills
- Traditional and digital storytelling channels
- Social media
- Podcasts
- Internal communications platforms
Location
- Ontario
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote (2 days/week)
- Onsite (Tuesday-Thursday)
Experience Level
- Ten (10) or more years of experience in corporate communications
- At least five (5) years working directly with senior leaders
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $109832 - $137290 Annually
- Target Variable Performance Pay: 10%
Benefits
- 100% employer paid Health & Dental benefits
- 24/7 access to Employee & Family Assistance Program and Virtual Healthcare
- Company-paid life insurance and long term disability
- Spending account to support fitness goals (e.g. gym memberships)
- Competitive paid time off (including vacation and parental leave)
- Defined Benefits Pension Plan through OMERS
- Career development and tuition reimbursement
- Exciting employee engagement and appreciation events throughout the year
About the Company
- Toronto Hydro is committed to leveraging new technologies to support an efficient and inclusive recruitment process.
- Toronto Hydro is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
- Toronto Hydro is pleased to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals throughout the job application process.