Job Description

This a Regular Full-Time Opportunity
Type: Replacement
The Opportunity
Women's College Hospital Foundation (WCHF) is seeking an experienced Communications Manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is looking to play a central and strategic role in a growing Marketing & Communications team, embraces health equity, and seeks to champion the voice of our organization. The candidate has experience working for a hospital or healthcare Foundation and writing fundraising- and donor-specific communications. The candidate is immensely creative, with the ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts in a multitude of ways that will excite and mobilize existing and potential audiences and donors. Shining a light on and lifting-up the work taking place at Women's College Hospital (WCH) in ways that will attract donor interest and encourage brand engagement, the candidate will have the opportunity to connect with some of Canada's leading healthcare professionals and write on subjects critical in today's health landscape. This is a unique opportunity to expand awareness and understanding of an already successful hospital brand. The role holds considerable responsibility with carriage of the written output from WCHF, and significant contributions to strategic planning. Commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access is a necessity for this role, as this is a guiding principle of WCHF. WCHF values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, racialized people, LGBTQ2+ individuals, people with disabilities, and foreign-born residents to apply.
Women's College Hospital
For more than 140 years, Women's College Hospital (WCH) has been developing revolutionary advances in healthcare. Now, more than ever, we know how important it is to address issues related to population health, patient experience, and system costs. At Women's, we advocate for healthcare equity because we know that a healthy society requires a level playing field where everyone has access to timely, high quality, efficient and compassionate care. Today, Women's is a world leader in revolutionizing healthcare for women and advancing health system solutions for all. Learn more about WCH, visit: and @WCHospital.
Women's College Hospital Foundation
Through the generosity of the community, the Foundation fuels the Hospital's excellence in research and health care. Women's is at the leading edge of fundamental changes in the healthcare system and the Foundation plays a critical role in advancing this agenda by supporting the Hospital and its extended mandate. With a long and proven history, Women's is building on its established success to continue its role as a trailblazer. Donors have been, and continue to be, paramount to the success of progressive healthcare.
The Role
Reporting to the Director, Brand Marketing & Communications, the Communications Manager is a key member of the communications team, responsible for driving the strategic narrative for WCHF and leading the execution of written work across many communications. This role requires an aptitude for strategic and creative thinking as well as the ability to execute on a variety of concurrent projects and tasks.
We are looking for someone who has a strong autonomous work style, with the ability and instincts to provide the team with ideas about how to best enhance messaging and story, as this will ultimately amplify the impact of WCHF's voice.
Core Deliverables:
The Communications Manager is responsible for:

• Contributing to development of WCHF materials, including:

• Donor Proposals, Cases For Support and Impact Reports
• Events communications (such as: speaking remarks, presentations, collateral materials)
• Donor public campaign materials (such as: newsletters, e-blasts)
• CEO communications (such as: op-eds, team-wide communications, speeches)
• Organizational documents (such as: Annual Reports, Board of Director reports and memos)
• Project managing communications materials from beginning to end; accountability of final outputs of materials.
• Manages one direct report
• Act as resource to colleagues across the organization.
• Liaising with colleagues in WCHF and WCF, including medical and healthcare practitioners and patients, to understand the stories that can and should be told and proposing how best to tell them.
• Managing critical paths to ensure clarity of drafts and deadlines.
• Supporting team to develop templates for best-in-class, consistent, and effective donor and public communications.

Qualifications and Skills

• Post-secondary education (4 year degree) in a related field, or comparable work experience.
• Minimum 8-10 years' experience, including work with a hospital and/or healthcare Foundation and/or organization seeking funding from the public.
• Demonstrable experience writing Donor Proposals, Cases For Support and Impact Reports (portfolio is preferred).
• Understanding of healthcare sector and hospital environment is welcome.
• Ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts in easy-to-understand and compelling ways.
• Ability to work proactively to ensure all deadlines are met to ensure business continuity.

Key Attributes

• Enthusiasm for WCH and WCHF mission.
• Personable and service-oriented with the ability to positively interact internally as a team member, as well as externally with donors and leadership members.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and an ability to multi-task with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and to work well under tight timelines or changes in priorities.
• Highly organized, accurate and detail oriented.

Salary Range: $82,500 - $90,000, eligibility for merit pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits including Healthcare Ontario Pension Plan enrollment.
Qualified applicants are invited to submit resume and cover letter by October 17, 2025.
WCHF is a hybrid work environment. Team members are required to be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week.
We thank all applicants for their interest. We will contact only those applicants selected for further consideration. Please note that submissions will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and therefore early submission is encouraged.
Women's College Hospital Foundation is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Foundation and Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants are asked to make their requirements known in advance.

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