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Communications Specialist - 6 month contract

@ Optima Living

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Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique

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Optima Living is hiring a Communications Specialist on a 6-month contract with an option to renew. The role manages the day-to-day content calendar across intranet, social media, investor newsletter, blog and annual publications, and supports media relations and internal communications. Candidates need 2-5 years of communications experience and must pass a police information check and a vulnerable sector check.

Responsabilités :

  • Manage the day-to-day content calendar for internal and external publications
  • Support development of the communications strategy
  • Handle media relations, press releases and media inquiries
  • Create graphics in Canva or similar and monitor Google reviews
  • Plan events and support executive town halls and engagement initiatives

Résumé des exigences :

  • Minimum 2-5 years of communications experience
  • Bachelor's degree in communications or related discipline with experience
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills
  • Basic design skills in Canva or Creative Suite
  • Proficiency in MS Office, SharePoint, Teams and project management software
  • Clear police information check and vulnerable sector check

Outils et compétences

CanvaMS OfficeSharePointProject management softwareGoogle Reviews
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Date publiée par l’employeur
2026-11-08
Première détection par notre source
2026-11-14
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2026-11-14

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Détails du poste

NiveauIntermédiaire
DomaineMarketing
Expérience2 an(s) et plus
Milieu de travailBureau
PositionSurtout assis
Exigences physiquesphysique faible · ordinateur élevé
LanguesEnglish
Vérificationscasier judiciaire, secteur vulnérable
FormationBaccalauréat (préféré)
Domaines d’étudesCommunications

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Description complète de l’entreprise

Optima Living—founded in 2007—owns and operates innovative seniors’ living communities throughout Alberta and BC, taking an unprecedented approach to senior life. Their unique company culture is one where both residents and team members are family. Optima Living’s North Star, Let us welcome you home, speaks to their underlying principles and the experience seniors discover in their communities. When residents are home, they feel safe, respected, and welcome. Home is where one’s voice is heard, their views matter, and they have freedom of choice. Optima Living’s mission, vision, and values—respect, dignity, teamwork, and doing the right thing—support and build upon their North Star. Optima Living operates over 3,700 beds providing congregate living options for seniors. These options range from subsidized to luxury, Independent to Assisted Living, Long-term Care to Memory Care, and Residential Mental Health. For more information, visit optimaliving.ca. Optima Living is also an approved service provider with both the interior Health Authority (IHA) and the Fraser Health Authority (FHA), is a licensed care provider under the BC Community Care and Assisted Living Act, and is registered as an approved Assisted Living (AL) Operator with the AL Registrar of BC.

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Bureaux déclarés
  • 900-688 W Hastings St, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1P1, CA
  • 8382 156 St, Surrey, British Columbia V3S 3R7, CA
  • 806-0235 101 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3G1, CA
Catégories d’activité
  • Hospital
  • Health Care
Autres noms enregistrés
  • Optima Living
Spécialités
  • Seniors Indepedant Living
  • Seniors Assisted Living
  • and Seniors Mental Health
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Optima Living—founded in 2007—owns and operates innovative seniors’ living communities throughout Alberta and BC, taking an unprecedented approach to senior life. Their unique company culture is one where both residents and team members are family. Optima Living’s North Star, Let us welcome you home, speaks to their underlying principles and the experience seniors discover in their communities. When residents are…

ChampValeur
SecteurHospitals and Health Care
Taille1,001-5,000 employees
Siège socialVancouver, British Columbia
Type d’organisationPrivately Held
Fondée en2007
SpécialitésSeniors Indepedant LivingSeniors Assisted Livingand Seniors Mental Health
Offres sur Jobsy579
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About Optima Living

Founded in 2007 by two friends inspired by their families’ dementia journeys, Optima Living was created to provide a more home-like experience in seniors housing and care. What began as a personal mission has grown into one of Western Canada’s leading senior living and continuing care providers.

Today, Optima Living offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, Supportive Living, Long-Term Care, Brain Health, and Memory Care across Alberta and British Columbia. Our innovative approach includes Spark, Your Wellness, Your Way; our proprietary brain health and care model. As the only Top 10 Canadian senior living and care provider focused exclusively on Western Canada, we proudly serve more than 6,000 residents.

Guided by our North Star, Let us welcome you home™, we are committed to People, Place, and Community. With a resident-first philosophy and a focus on innovation, we are redefining aging with purpose creating communities where seniors live with dignity, connection, and joy.

This is a 6 month contract with an option to renew

Responsibilities

  • Manages the day-to-day content calendar for internal and external publication including writing, editing and approving intranet posts, social media, our investor newsletter, blog posts, and our annual publications, such as our Year in Review and Responsibility Report.
  • Assists with developing and implementing Optima Living’s communications strategy.
  • Acts as an internal business partner by collaborating cross-functionally to support different aspects of the business with communications needs.
  • Monitors Google reviews regularly and assist the communities to take necessary action to address the reviews.
  • Supports media relations efforts, including drafting press releases, coordinating with media outlets, proactive pitching, and assisting with responses to media inquiries.
  • Create supporting graphics using Canva or a similar program to accompany content
  • Ensure the Optima brand voice is consistently reflected in our internal and external messaging.
  • Assist in evolving internal channel and content strategy, using qualitive and quantitative insights to incrementally grow engagement and adoption
  • Provide writing, editing, and design support for a variety of marketing collateral as required.
  • Provide event planning support for Optima Living open houses, site events and rebrand/service launches as required.
  • Develop metrics to measure the effectiveness of communications delivered and implement improvements to better inform our employees.
  • Structure and coordinate executive town halls, newsletters, email blasts and other engagement initiatives to ensure clarity of organizational messaging.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Minimum 2-5 years of communications experience.
  • Experience in an agency environment is an asset.
  • Bachelor's degree in communications, or related discipline combined with experience.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills.
  • Basic design skills in Canva, Creative Suite or similar program.
  • Ability to multitask and manage a variety of projects simultaneously.
  • Excellent personal communications skills and the ability to develop productive relationships with a variety of internal stakeholders including executives.
  • Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Motivated self-starter with strong organization, time management and prioritization skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office, SharePoint, Teams, Project Management software

Conditions of Employment

  • Clear Police Information Check
  • Clear Vulnerable Sector Check


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