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CAREER OPPORTUNITY: MEDIA AND RESEARCH COORDINATOR

If you want to produce the best social media content in Canada and dig up government waste stories that land on the front pages, then you need to apply now.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is hiring a full-time Media and Research Coordinator to help produce our in-house media and assist with the research that will be used to testify in parliamentary committees, published in national newspapers and seen on TV.

If you get the job, you will work directly with the CTF’s Federal Director Franco Terrazzano in Ottawa to hold big spending federal politicians and bureaucrats accountable.

Media responsibilities:

• Create memes and graphics for CTF social media
• Film and edit videos
• Assist with script writing
• Assist with joke writing, visuals and presentation for the CTF’s annual Teddy Waste Awards
• Assist with press conferences, including filming, preparing visuals, coordinating media and being involved with media stunts
• Clip CTF interviews, podcasts and parliamentary committee testimonies for social media
• Clip taxpayer news articles and videos to share on social media
• Help produce CTF social media videos, which includes booking guests, finding news clippings and clipping the final long form video to share on other social media platforms
• Scan media to help determine which taxpayer issues to advocate on
• Post news releases and commentaries on the CTF’s website

Research responsibilities:

• Dig up government waste by filing access-to-information requests
• Dive through government reports to find important data to use in news releases, social media videos and newspaper columns
• Produce research and briefing notes for parliamentary committee testimonies, media interviews, columns and videos
• Assist with producing CTF annual reports, including New Year’s Tax Changes and the Gas Honesty Report

General responsibilities:

• Supporting the CTF’s Federal Director as priorities change

To apply:

Apply by emailing your resume and cover letter to CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano: [email protected]

CAREER OPPORTUNITY: COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

You could be the communications coordinator for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. You’ll keep the conversation going with hundreds of thousands of supporters and keep every part of the team connected while you do it. You'll build the processes that power the future of one of Canada’s largest advocacy groups. This is a remote position that lets you work from anywhere in Canada.

You’ll report to the Senior Director, Digital. You’ll plan the schedule, send out products, monitor the results and keep the conversation going with supporters. At morning stand-up meetings, you’ll take a lead role to make sure everyone knows what they need to do and then you’ll make sure everything moves smoothly.

You can make everything we do better. If there’s a better way to reach our supporters or achieve our goals, speak up. If we should be adding or cutting a step to make a process better, make the pitch. If you’re seeing results that are red flags or golden opportunities, let’s find a way to optimize.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation moves a huge number of communications products with speed and you can make sure that machine is running at peak performance. You’ll make sure we’re leading the pack when it comes to process and precision. We’re always working to get better and your job will be to help steer that.

QUALIFICATIONS

Commitment to Mission: The most important qualification is a deep commitment to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s mission to fight for lower taxes, less waste and more accountable government.

Organization Skills: As a communications traffic controller, you’ll work with more than a dozen staff members to move thousands of communications products a year, so you’ll need outstanding organizational ability. You’re providing the structure our team needs to hit that volume, which continues to rise, year after year.

Learning by Doing: This is not a role that requires years of experience to get started. It is a role where you’ll get that experience, fast. You’ll have an eye into our Communications, Digital, and Administration teams, and you’ll be working with all of them. That means there are many different opportunities to grow and develop this role, based on your unique skills and talents.

Technical Skills: You’ll work with a range of tools in this role: email marketing platforms, website editors, project management software and other web-based products. We’ll get you up to speed. What matters most is that you’re comfortable learning new software and can figure out the best tool for the job. Improving Systems: Our processes are good, but they can always be better. You’ll spot the friction, rework the workflows and find smarter ways to move a growing volume of work. If something’s clunky, you don’t live with it. You fix it.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Communications Calendar: Coordinate with communications directors to schedule communications products and emails to our supporters. Track all the pieces and make sure they’ll fit together when it’s time to pull the trigger. And coordinate all the inevitable changes to the plan as tactics and strategies evolve.

Connecting People: You’ll be working with communications professionals across the country, connecting them with supporters, media, and other parts of our team. You’ll need to support them in executing their strategies, often on overlapping schedules.

Send Products: Load press releases, build pages on the website and fire out emails to thousands of supporters. Then track the response rates to make sure all these products are having an optimal impact.

Supporter Engagement: Our supporters are our greatest resource. We equip them with the knowledge they need and the targets to hit and they do the rest. It’s vital that we listen to them. Our supporters send us emails every day – hundreds of emails. You’ll monitor those inboxes to make sure supporters hear back and the conversation keeps going both ways. And you’ll make sure the team knows how supporters are feeling.

APPLY NOW

If all of this sounds amazing, send us your application and highlight these qualifications:

• A commitment to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s mandate of lower taxes, less waste and more accountable government
• Administrative and organizational abilities
• Experience in advocacy, policy or politics
• Experience with change and project management

Apply by emailing your resume and cover letter to Jeff Bowes, Senior Director, Digital: [email protected]

Professional Sales Opportunities

Add your voice, through a rewarding professional sales career with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canada's leading non-partisan citizen's advocacy group dedicated to lower taxes, less waste and accountable government.

Openings are available in various locations across Canada for independent commissioned sales representatives with a compensation package that includes generous bonus incentives and residual income.

As an Independent Contractor, you will solicit supporters and contributions on behalf of the CTF and its mandate. As a motivated self-starter, you will call on individuals and businesses within an area and time frame that can be tailored to best suit your personal schedule.

A team of seasoned sales professionals will support you by providing in-depth comprehensive initial training, on-going support and the sales tools necessary to succeed and make a difference. A willingness to learn, personal organization and previous sales experience is beneficial.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to the National Field Manager:

• MAIL
  Canadian Taxpayers Federation
  501-2201 11th Ave Regina, SK S4P 0J8

• EMAIL
  [email protected]

Job Opportunity: Summer Internship