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Overview

RAD Network is seeking a Communications Lead to develop and implement our network communications strategy, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. The Communications Lead will co-develop the strategy and produce high-quality public communications, telling stories to inform and inspire while communicating in accessible, practical ways that reach Indigenous communities and Network partners across Canada.

Responsibilities:

Set and steward the communications strategy

- Build and hold a multi-year communications strategy that delivers on RAD Network's goals, with clear audiences, priorities and measures/metrics.
- Advise RAD Leadership Circle, Executive Director and Staff Team on positioning, public voice, reputational questions and communications risks.
- Manage content production that ensures a consistent and engaging voice across social media, website, in person events, online convening spaces and podcasts.
- Establish communications protocols grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing’ i.e., Indigenous data sovereignty, OCAP®, Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Ethical Space.
- Develop and manage a communications budget including contractors, producers, designers, editors and translators.
- Build communications capacity across the Staff Team, and support Nations and network members who want to strengthen their own communications.
- Collaborate with Network partners and RAD Staff Team on community engagement pathways, policy communications, and events.

Goal 1 – Uphold Indigenous jurisdiction, rights and responsibilities

- Work with RAD policy and research teams to produce materials that move decision-makers, including recommendations on Indigenous Rights in nature markets, responses to initiatives like the Forest Carbon Offset Protocol, IPCAs and related Indigenous led stewardship, forestry and land use initiatives.
- Develop content to uplift and support the work of network members – this may include success or challenges of NbS in Indigenous communities such as project developments, land back, nature finance policies, and rights and title cases.
- Develop messaging and campaign approaches for advocacy priorities, in coordination with Nations, Indigenous organizations and coalition partners across regional, provincial, federal and, where appropriate, international scales.
- Collaborate with ENGOs to recognize and effectively message support for jurisdiction, rights and responsibilities in their NbS and conservation practice, including communications around RAD Network partner Reciprocity Dialogues.
- Lead media relations, building relationships with Indigenous and mainstream outlets, prepare spokespeople, produce briefing notes and Q&As;, and respond quickly when policy moves.

Goal 2 – Generate new financial pathways and equitable funding





- Build visions and connect stories that bring forward the Indigenous-led regenerative economy through podcasts, storytelling and webinars.
- Communicate the economic and cultural value case for Indigenous-led nature-based solutions to funders, investors and philanthropy, drawing on RAD Network's research.
- Support Ethical Space convenings with market and policy actors: framing, materials, facilitation support and follow-up that make decolonizing work possible rather than performative.
- Package tools and resources such as investment guides, ecosystem maps, Ethical Space frameworks, honest-broker criteria – developed for use by applicable audience(s).
- Help Nations and Indigenous-led projects be seen by the funders, investors and intermediaries.

Goal 3 – Advance knowledge, practice and relationships of Indigenous-led natural climate solutions

- Lead storytelling that reaches communities first: Nation and Guardian profiles, case studies, blogs, photo and video features, and RAD Network newsletter, all grounded in Indigenous voices and traditional knowledge.
- Oversee and manage the RAD Story Lodge podcast end to end including editorial planning, production, publication and promotion.
- Maintain and update the RAD Network website covering structure, content, accessibility and continuous improvement, so Nations can easily access our resources.
- Provide communications support for RAD Network's convenings such as Full Moon Gatherings, Healing Circles, Network Circles, Accelerator Circles, seasonal gatherings, webinars and conferences – including promotion, materials, on-site documentation and follow-up.
- Support growing RAD Network in onboarding and member communications, outreach to communities with IPCAs or INCS
- Support communications for regional and hub partnerships, including the Grasslands, Coastal Wetlands and Forests, and Indigenous partners
- Help create pathways for youth and emerging leaders to contribute, tell their own stories and build skills through RAD Network's communications work.

Qualifications:

Required

- 5+ years of communications management experience, including responsibility for strategy development and execution.
- Demonstrated experience working with or within First Nations, Inuit or Métis communities, organizations or governments.
- Knowledge and understanding of Indigenous Rights, jurisdiction, and the barriers for Indigenous-led nature climate solutions within colonial land and resource policies.
- Experience in developing and managing project budgets to support work planning and strategic goals.




- Excellent writing and editing skills with ability to write from an Indigenous perspective and plain language as required for policy and political briefs.
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, with a detail-oriented, strategic, and quality-focused approach to communications.
- Sound political judgment, discretion with confidential and sensitive material, and the steadiness to communicate well in a contested and fast-moving policy workplace.
- Hands-on capability across digital channels: CMS (WordPress or similar), Canva, email platforms, CRM/Mailchimp, all social media platforms and project management tools (e.g., Asana).
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a fast-paced working environment that is remote, distributed, and highly relational while effectively managing multiple concurrent priorities, remaining proactive and adaptable as priorities evolve.
- Willingness and ability to travel periodically within Canada, including to remote and rural communities.

Preferred

- Lived experience as a First Nations, Inuit or Metis person
- Familiarity with conservation finance, nature markets, carbon, IPCAs, Guardians programs, 30x30 conservation commitments, or Indigenous-led natural climate solutions
- Experience with consent-based and community-led storytelling using Indigenous data sovereignty frameworks
- Understanding of Ethical Space and Two-Eyed Seeing as working practice, not just vocabulary
- Media relations experience, including acting as or preparing a spokesperson
- Audio, video or visual production skills, or experience directing creative contractors

Working here

Location: Remote, anywhere within Canada

Travel: 3-6 trips annually for gatherings, community visits, team retreats and events

Status: Full-time, contract

Reports to: Executive Director

Compensation: $90,000-$110,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Application deadline: October 15, 2026

Indigenous hiring preference The RAD Network hires based on skills, ability, and qualifications; however, in support of our strategy to achieve our employment goals for Indigenous Peoples, qualified Indigenous applicants of First Nation, Inuit, and/or Métis ancestry will be given priority. Persons of Indigenous ancestry will be given preference. s16(1) CHRA

If you wish to be considered under this preference, please self-identify in your cover letter. Self-identification is voluntary, and applicants who do not self-identify will still be fully considered.

How to apply

Read the full at www.radnetwork.ca/careers. Send both a cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the subject line Communications Lead, [YOUR NAME] by October 15th, 2026. Applications that do not include both a cover letter and a resume will not be accepted.

In your cover letter, we'd like to hear about your interest in Indigenous-led nature climate solutions and uplifting stories that belong to Indigenous people. Please share how your experience aligns with our goals. We look forward to reading your application!

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