Vale Base Metals Looking for Advisor, Communications at Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Welcome to Vale. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. Together. We value our workforce and strive to offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale Base Metals is one of the world’s largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, UK, Indonesia, and Brazil, we are delivering the critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future.

Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine the critical minerals that power electric vehicles, build renewable energy solutions, and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

The Opportunity

The Advisor, Communications provides direct support to the Manager of North Atlantic Communications and is responsible for developing and implementing Communications strategies to protect and enhance Vale’s reputation. The Advisor will be accountable to contribute and strengthen the development, implementation, quality, and strategy behind all communication activities across the North Atlantic Operations to build awareness, understanding and support of business objectives with internal and external stakeholders. This is a permanent position, located in Sudbury, Ontario.

Other accountabilities for this role include:

• Responsible for creating and executing a North Atlantic-wide strategic communication plan that supports the operations goals.
• Responsible for creating and executing communication plans in support of specific business initiatives and objectives (ie. DE&I strategy, Health and Safety, HR etc).
• Responsible for managing a calendar of internal communications events and campaings for North Atlantic in support of business objectives.
• Provide strategic communications counsel and advise to leaders on communications and messaging for internal and external engagements.
• Sourcing and writing content and storytelling from across the North Atlantic business for internal communication channels, to build awareness and increase employee engagement (i.e., bulletins, social media, memos, etc)
• Support the effective roll out and engagement of global communications programs such as cultural transformation, VPS, Safety.
• Public Relations and Crisis Management support for internal stakeholders
• Oversee media relations in Ontario (write press releases, prepare reactive statements, coordinate interview etc.)
• Source, develop and post content for social media (Facebook and Linkedin )
• Oversee budget for key Communication initiatives.
• Represent the Manager, North Atlantic Communications when they are unavailable or away

About You

Education:

• Undergraduate Degree in Communications, PR, Journalism, English or Political Science.
• Preference to those with a Post-secondary or Masters in these fields.

Experience:

• 8 years of experience in similar field
• Relationship Management experience
• Editorial and reporting experience
• Strategic Communications, Planning, and execution experience
• PR and Event coordination experience
• Managing multiple projects
• Crisis managements

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Aptitude for strategic decision making; crisis management and PR skills
• Excellent event management and logistics skills
• Strong computer software skills (word, ppt., excel, sharepoint); basic graphic design skills
• Significant experience and skill in writing and executing communications plans
• Strong capacity to think critically, be proactive, make decisions and problem solve
• Ability to aptly prioritize work, meet tight deadlines and workflows as well as multi-task

How can Vale grow your career?

• Competitive salary
• Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, flex, sick, top up for maternity/parental)
• Flexible work arrangements
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion and career growth
• Grow your career in a large and global company, and mining industry leader
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Online training and career development opportunities
• Opportunities to advise and oversee the design, budget and construction of new mines and expansions

Include to Transform

At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages everyone to express their ideas and opinions and values the plurality of individual profiles. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are critical to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other personal consideration that makes us different.

Vale is an equal opportunity employer seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.

Grade: F5T

Apply by : January 12, 2023

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