COMPANY BIO

North York General Hospital (NYG), affiliated with the University of Toronto and partnering with over 50 different academic institutions, is one of Canada’s leading community academic hospitals. We offer our diverse community a wide range of acute care, ambulatory and long-term care services across multiple sites. Through partnerships, collaboration and academic endeavours, we seek to set new standards for people-centred care. Working together with our patients and their families, we are making a world of difference.
Our staff, physicians and volunteers have a history of transforming health care to better serve our patients. We are leaders who adopt the most innovative health information technology, strategists who carefully chart patient flow and find ways to reduce wait times, and visionaries who dream of, and work towards, the ideal patient experience. From boardroom to bedside, we go above and beyond to offer the best and safest care. We put our patients first in everything we do.

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the President and CEO, the Chief Communications and External Relations Officer will help profile NYG as Canada’s leading academic community hospital system. The Chief Communications and External Relations Officer will be responsible for the development and implementation of an integrated communications strategy for both internal and external audiences. With an opportunity to strengthen NYG’s external communications presence, this role will encompass government relations, media relations, digital communications, social media, stakeholder and community engagement.

QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will bring a record of accomplishment in strategic communications, ideally in the Ontario health system or broader public sector. This key leadership role requires someone that excels at team development, multi-faceted communications execution, government relations, stakeholder engagement, and who is skilled at working on multiple complex projects with a variety of programs and partners. The successful candidate will possess outstanding executive competencies including exemplary communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to define and achieve a vision through to execution. Academic preparation in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field is required.

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