Job Description
Content Strategist, Volunteer
About the Pet Cancer Foundation
The Pet Cancer Foundation’s vision is to increase the life expectancy and improve the quality of life of pets diagnosed with cancer. Estimates suggest that 12M dogs and cats are developing cancer every year, roughly 6x the number of humans getting cancer yearly within North America.
We need to do more for our furry friends, and we're building a large team of distributed, animal-loving passionate volunteers to help them and their families. We're searching for a skilled and talented communications professional to lead one of our content development teams, that increases awareness, informs, and educates our communities about pet cancer. That's where and how you can help us.
About the position
The Content Strategist is responsible for communicating the Pet Cancer Foundation story through compelling written and visual content for a new section of our website. The Strategist will develop and create and drive completion of our content calendar that aligns with other ongoing organization wide efforts to drive engagement and growth, while ensuring content is representative of the organization’s direction, voice, and standards. The Strategist will work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the Foundation to incorporate PCF initiatives and campaigns into the content being published.
Please note this role requires an active and curious mind able to consistently generate veterinary health topics for our audience. The incumbent will be more communications focused than marketing driven.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Leads strategic content planning for a section of the PCF website that enables PCF’s short, medium, and long-term objectives of supporting pet owners through the sharing of credible health information and awareness initiatives that lead to the improved education of pet owners on animal cancer-related topics.
- Develops and manages a monthly strategic plan for their assigned section, while working collaboratively with peers, and cross-functionally with relevant stakeholders to understand and include PCF objectives in their content plans.
- Leads a team of writers and editors through our editorial process on non-scientific articles (when incumbent is not a PhD or DVM).
- Guides, mentors and coaches their team to produce high-quality articles, while successfully meeting deadlines.
About You:
You are well-versed in targeted content creation and have an in-depth understanding of what it takes to generate content for a difficult subject like cancer and animal health in general. Your career in communications has provided the depth of character that comes from compassionately listening and telling the stories of others. At your core, you are a storyteller, and have experience in leading other passionate creators. The Pet Cancer Foundation is an organization that provides education and awareness on a very sensitive topic and the incumbent will understand that the content being published by our organization needs to be created within its core principles and in its distinct voice. You have:
- 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role or capacity as a communications professional, editor, assignment editor, or senior editor
- A Diploma or bachelor’s degree in communications, or a related field.
- Having a PhD in a biological science or being a DVM would be a bonus.
- Excellent leadership, organizational and analytical skills.
- Excellent oral communication skills.
- Experience in leading teams would be an asset.
- Experience in project management would be an asset.
What we provide you with
This is an amazing role for anyone who is looking to either go into private or non-profit sectors. You will develop excellent networking and strategy skills and will continue to keep current knowledge of the latest industry trends and developments.
Footnotes
- There are 2 different positions in different departments available, with placement decided by experience and fit.
- This position is virtual and can be completed from anywhere in Canada or the United States.
- The time commitment is approximately 6-8 hours per week.
- Some projects are deadline dependent and may require more hours from time to time, your flexibility to adapt as required is a must.
- Please visit our website at www.petcancerfdn.org for more information on the organization
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 6-8 per week
Application question(s):
- We are experiencing higher than 70% of applicants who state they missed seeing the volunteer nature of the role in the posting above. Please leave us a short acknowledgement that you are aware of the volunteer nature of the role to allow us to properly consider your application. Thank you!
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Experience:
- Leadership: 4 years (preferred)
- Team management: 4 years (preferred)
- Communications, or senior editing: 5 years (preferred)
Work Location: Remote
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