Senior Communications Specialist, Storytelling and Public Affairs

Black Women's Institute for Health

Employment: Full time

Location: Ontario, with travel across Ontario and Canada as required

Reports to: Executive Director

Salary: $88,000 CAD annually, plus full benefits and participation in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

About the Institute

The Black Women's Institute for Health is a Black led national charity advancing health equity for Black women and girls across the social determinants of health. Our work brings together systemic change, advocacy, and liberation through knowledge and care. We build community led programmes, generate and share evidence, and work with partners and decision makers to change the conditions shaping Black women's health.

We value community knowledge, collaboration, accountability, care, and action, and expect the Specialist to bring initiative, humility, follow through, and respect for Black women's stories and expertise.

The Opportunity

BWIH is seeking a seasoned communications professional who can turn evidence, relationships, community knowledge, and lived expertise into campaigns that move people and systems. This senior, hands on role leads communications strategy and personally delivers the work, from shaping a campaign and interviewing participants to arranging a filming location, capturing and editing video, producing public facing materials, and publishing content.

The successful candidate will help curate and preserve the story of BWIH, while working closely with the Executive Director to elevate her public profile and thought leadership. They will document the organization's programmes, events, partnerships, campaigns, and milestones through writing, photography,



video, and accessible digital archives. Government relations work will be supported by an external consultant. The Specialist will help set internal priorities with the Executive Director, oversee the consultant's work, coordinate organizational input, and keep communications and follow through aligned with BWIH's policy goals.

What You Will Lead

Integrated campaigns from idea to impact

- Develop campaign strategies that connect a clear change goal with the audiences, partners, messages, evidence, and actions needed to advance it.
- Build complete campaign plans across video, social media, web, email, media relations, public education, thought leadership, events, and partner channels.
- Manage the full production process, including story development, interview research and questions, participant outreach, informed consent, scheduling, location and space booking, run of show, equipment and production logistics, filming, editing, captions, approvals, and distribution.
- Personally produce and edit short form video and other digital content, using accessible formats, accurate captions, sound, graphics, and platform appropriate versions.
- Gather stories and expertise ethically, with clear consent, care for participant privacy, attention to power, and no pressure to disclose personal experiences.




- Coordinate internal contributors, community voices, subject matter experts, vendors, and partner organizations so campaign pieces are accurate, cohesive, and delivered on time.
- Create campaign calendars, briefs, content packages, production budgets, and practical tools that make it easy for partners and community members to participate.

Website strategy and content management

- Manage and curate the BWIH website as a clear, current home for the organization’s programmes, services, research, campaigns, events, and public resources.
- Regularly review website content and structure, identify gaps or outdated information, and write, edit, and streamline pages so visitors can find and understand what they need.
- Improve the website experience over time by strengthening navigation, accessibility, search visibility, and campaign landing pages, using audience feedback and website analytics to guide updates.
- Develop and coordinate web and digital advertising copy where appropriate, ensuring it reflects BWIH’s voice, advances campaign goals, and directs audiences to helpful information or action.

Executive Director profile and organizational story stewardship

Partner with the Executive Director to shape and elevate her public profile, while curating BWIH's story so the organization’s work, community contributions, milestones, and advocacy are told accurately and with context.

- Develop and manage a thought leadership pipeline, including op eds, opinion pieces, speeches, articles, interviews, panel contributions, briefings, and digital commentary.
- Identify timely opportunities for the Executive Director to contribute to public c

📌 Senior Communications Specialist, Storytelling and Public Affairs (Toronto)
🏢 The Black Women's Institute for Health
📍 Toronto