Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Communications and Engagement Coordinator
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08-05-2025
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Job Description
Job Title:Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Department: Community Development
Reports To:Manager Social Planning and Research
Hours of Work: 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
Standard Work Schedule: 37.5 Hours Per Week (Mandatory)
Location: 458 Fairall Street Unit 4 Ajax ON L1S 1R6
Job purpose
Under the direction of the Manager of Social Planning and Research the Communications and Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the GAP Committee activities providing administrative support and promoting their events developing and maintaining a communityoriented website for homelessness in Durham Region and providing support to agency wide communications work.
The Communications and Engagement Coordinator will Chair the Hope in our Community: Homelessness in Durham Website Advisory Committee and ensure that the website contains information and features deemed necessary by key partners and stakeholders. In addition the Communications and Engagement Coordinator will stay uptodate on developments in the homelessness serving sector by participating on sector tables established by the Region of Durham and other provincewide networks.
The role will work in collaboration with CDCDs Community Development and other department to inform plan and contribute to a communications strategy within the agency.
Company Overview
The Community Development Council Durham (CDCD) is an independent notforprofit social planning organization that has been working to enhance the quality of life for individuals families and communities in Durham for over 55 years. We organize a variety of research community development and social planning initiatives as well as administer and deliver front line social service programs. Please visit us at for more information.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Use a clientcentered antioppression antiracism traumainformed gender equity and strengthbased approaches to coordinate and administratively support the GAP Committee (organizing meetings booking space creating agendas and taking minutes).
- Organizes special events (booking space ordering food sending out invitations) that help the GAP Committee achieve their goals of stigma reduction and zero homelessness in the Durham Region.
- Organize and Chair Hope in our Community: Homelessness in Durham website advisory group meetings and implement their recommendations for the website. Organize an official launch of the website in the Durham Region
- Provide support guidance information and referral to appropriate services to inquiries made via the Hope in our Community website. Collect and display accurate resource information on housing advocacy for clients and other stakeholders.
- Collect information on and participate in team agency and partner communication on systemic housing issues.
- Ensure the Hope in Our Community website is maintained with uptodate information and fully functioning links to the Region and other Housing service providers websites.
- Serves as an informational resource and advocate for individuals and families operating with a high level of integrity confidentiality and trust for those experiencing homelessness and at risk of homelessness in the Durham Region.
- Identify and attend events to increase CDCDs community outreach and public education about housing homelessness prevention and best practices for engaging people with lived experience.
- In partnership with CDCDs Housing Department GAP and the Ajax Homelessness Taskforce create and facilitate group sessions and presentations on housingrelated topics relevant to community stakeholders housing providers and residents.
- Engage in activities to reach isolated households/individuals and atrisk families.
- Maintain relationships with the website Advisory members and establish new relationships with all Durhambased Housing service providers to gain their input into the website and determine whats most relevant for their work and advocacy efforts.
- Provide monthly analytics on the Hope in our Community website
- Prepare and respond to funder and agency requests for information or reports.
- In partnership with the Communications Social Media and AGM Committees plan and implement a communications strategy for CDCDs housing newcomer services and community development departments.
- Participate in the Region of Durhams Homelessness Sector Tables.
- Completes other teamrelated administrative tasks as required.
- Seeks partnership opportunities with relevant community stakeholders.
- Works as a member of the Community Development Department supporting initiatives and projects as needed.
- Helps to build and develop CDCD Community Development and Research program through outreach and participation in communitybased initiatives.
- Participates in promoting a positive workplace culture through agency committee membership and activities.
- Completes other duties as assigned.
Core Competencies
Valuing Diversity and Social Justice
Supports and promotes an environment that ensures opportunities for all residents regardless of race ancestry ethnic origin citizenship religion gender sexual orientation gender identity age family status or disability. Fosters a climate of inclusion where diverse thoughts are freely shared and integrated and works to ensure that all groups and individuals receive fair treatment and an equitable share of the benefits of society.
CulturallySensitive
Recognizing understanding and applying attitudes and practices that are sensitive to and appropriate for people with diverse cultural socioeconomic and educational backgrounds and persons of all ages genders health status sexual orientations and abilities.
Advocacy
CDCD firmly believes in the importance of education and dialogue to enhance the quality of life for all Durham residents. Our mandate as an organization is to ensure that we work with our community to ensure that disadvantaged groups such as individuals recently immigrating to Canada persons with disabilities the LGBT community are considered and included in local planning and policy development. This may involve interventions such as speaking writing or acting in favour of a particular issue or cause policy or group of people. In the social services sector advocacy is expected to be in the public interest as opposed to lobbying by a special interest group may or may not be in the public interest.
Community Participation
Work collaboratively with local community to enable members of a community to participate directly in decisionmaking about developments that affect the community. This covers a spectrum of activities ranging from passive involvement in community life to intensive actionoriented participation in community development.
JobSpecific Competencies
Community Knowledge
Ability to express vast knowledge of Durham Community as well as intelligence in social government and community services.
Technical Knowledge and Design
Able to utilize online and technical platforms to effectively communicate agency information to the community and helps to forward the goals of stakeholders using these platforms
Planning and Organization Skills
Create and strategize ways in which to complete tasks in a practical manner. Organize ways in which to fulfill tasks with a controlled method.
Analytical Thinking
Understanding a situation by determining key needs breaking it into parts studying a problem in a systematic way identifying casual relationships anticipating obstacles considering several explanations/plans making logical conclusions.
Problem Solving
Ability to address a problem and facilitate ways in which to solve the issue. Potential to assist people with problems they may have and plan ways in which to help solve the concern.
Presentation Skills
Effective in a variety of formal and informal presentation settings by commanding attention. Manages group process during the presentation and is cognizant of audience response and able to adapt content and style accordingly.
Written Communications
Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that instigate appropriate actions.
Qualifications
- A postsecondary degree in the social sciences education or communications with an emphasis on community development
- Advanced knowledge of Durham Regions housing and homelessserving sector
- Proven experience working with marginalized population
- Demonstrated understanding of the community development and social planning process
- Knowledge of the Durham Region and its municipalities as well as other GTA communities
- Experience in project management is a definite asset
- Strong expertise of Word Press social media and Canva
- Experience utilizing social media platforms to promote professional campaigns and information to the community
- Excellent interpersonal written oral communication and facilitation skills
- Selfmotivated and has a demonstrated ability to set priorities and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills
- Eagerness to learn with a positive attitude
Additional Requirements
- The Communications and Engagement Coordinator will need to be flexible in the case of attending evening or weekend meetings and events as required.
- A valid Ontario drivers license (Class G) use of a vehicle and insurance with the ability to work in a variety of settings is an asset.
- Successful candidates must provide an acceptable vulnerable criminal record search and certificate demonstrating proof of full vaccination against COVID19.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants are requested to submit their resume and a cover letter stating salary expectations while outlining their strengths experience and aptitude to fulfil the position requirements.
CDCD thanks all applicants for their interest; however only those asked for additional information and/or selected for an interview will be contacted.
CDCD is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace represents the cultural mosaic of our great city and the communities we serve. We recognize the value that comes from the different viewpoints unique experiences and diverse perspectives of our employees who bring fresh new ideas to our business. Diversity plays a key role in our ability to deliver on our mission of providing clean safe and affordable homes for tenants.
CDCD is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion within its community and encourages applications from Indigenous peoples racialized persons/persons of colour persons with disabilities women LGBTQ2S persons and others who may contribute to fostering innovative ideas and solutions.
As an employer CDCD has a duty to accommodate at all stages of the hiring process in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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