Summer Student - Strategic Communications Job Details

Date: Feb 13, 2025

Location:

Pickering, ON, CA

Type of Position: Summer Student ( Student Req )

Type of Position:

Number of Positions: TBD

Salary Min: $17.20

Salary Max: $18.95

Do you want to be part of a team helping to strengthen every community across Ontario? Are you interested in seeing the importance of your work firsthand?

Become a Summer Student - Strategic Communications with MPAC

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is made up of a team of experts who understand local communities and assess every property in Ontario. What we do provides the very foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for the services we use every day.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

MPAC is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism. We are taking important steps towards ensuring that all voices are respected, valued and being heard. MPAC is dedicated to fostering an environment where employees can bring their full, unique and authentic selves and are inspired to do their best work.

Job Description

What makes you great for this role?
You are an organized team player who can provide support to the Strategic Communications branch leveraging communications and marketing knowledge and experience.

We have:

A team of highly skilled, dedicated and collaborative staff
Leadership that supports you
An enterprise that embraces change
A work environment that has flexible work locations (including remote), hours of work and overall employee wellness support

You have:

Enrolment in secondary or post-secondary education, with a preference for post-secondary education in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or related studies; returning to studies in the next academic term
Demonstrated experience with graphic design and video editing software
General proficiency in all MS Office suite of applications
Excellent organization skills to work on concurrent priorities with tight timelines and ability to meet deadlines without compromising accuracy
Must meet Ontario's minimum working age for the job duties required

What you will do:

Support the Strategic Communications team in researching and creating written and visual marketing materials and presentations
Assist in researching and recommending appropriate distribution methods or channels for marketing materials
Contribute to the planning of social media campaigns and the monitoring of social media accounts
Assist with posting content on the website and intranet
Provide administrative and clerical support by filing, organizing shared drives, and scanning branch documentation
Assist in the editing and writing of internal newsletters, intranet banners, engagement stories, etc.
Help the Strategic Communications team with various projects, tracking project deadlines and bringing issues forward to the manager, ensuring that they have been resolved within the appropriate time standards
Assist with monitoring the communications mailbox and distributing related messages to the Strategic Communications team in an efficient manner

Summer Student Wage Rates:

Summer Students currently enrolled in secondary school or students working solely on administrative activity: $17.20 per hour
Summer Students enrolled in post-secondary, first-time hire: $17.95 per hour
Summer Students enrolled in post-secondary, returning employment: $18.95 per hour

Duration of Employment: May through to the end of August

Additional Information:

Requisition ID: 2459
Job Type: Union
Closing Date: February 28, 2025

Ready to apply?

Please note, only applications submitted through the Applicant Tracking System will be accepted.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background verification with Mintz Global Screening. By applying to this job posting, you are providing your consent to MPAC to share your name, email address and phone number with Mintz, to conduct the criminal and driver abstract check and for Mintz to disclose the results to MPAC, should you be the successful incumbent.

MPAC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflect the diversity of the public and communities we serve.

Persons with disability who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may email their request to careers@mpac.ca.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Please note that MPAC prohibits employees from holding a current/valid real estate license and successful applicants must at least suspend their real estate licenses during their period of employment at MPAC as outlined in our Employee Code of Conduct.

Job advertisements for positions that have been designated bilingual will be posted in both English and French on our website. Positions that are not designated bilingual are not translated and are only posted in English on the English version of our website.

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