Provincial Health Services in BC is hiring

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and evaluates selected specialty and province-wide health care services across BC, working with the five geographic health authorities to deliver province-wide solutions that improve the health of British Columbians. PHSA embodies values that reflect a commitment to excellence.
These include: Patients first • Best value • Results matter • Improvements through knowledge • Open to possibilities

Corporate Communications Specialist
Regular Full-time

Reporting to the Corporate Director, Internal Communications, you will take your place on a high performance Internal Communications team. Specifically, you will provide communication advice and services for the PHSA in collaboration with agency-based communicators and in support of our mission and strategy. Focusing on communications support within a changing environment, you will write, edit and produce diverse communications such as web-based media, internal briefs, newsletters, brochures, displays, speeches and presentations. In collaboration with the internal communications team, you will formulate and work from a coordinated plan of action with attention to overall quality, consistency and effectiveness of complex communication materials. This role works with highly confidential information in advance of events that may significantly and substantially impact staff and clients of the PHSA, so a commitment to confidentiality and integrity of all materials is expected.

You hold an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, combined with at least five years of experience in a related communications role. Your superior journalistic business writing ability is complemented by your skill in creating compelling employee communications that align with corporate goals and objectives. You thrive in a role that demands expertise in implementation and evaluation of operational and strategic communication in a changing environment, and you can work with the tact and diplomacy that is essential when working with information that may be sensitive. It will be your solid relationship-building skills and focus on measurable outcomes and performance that identify you as our ideal candidate for this role.

If you can contribute to the success and positive impact of the Provincial Health Services Authority, please forward your resume in confidence quoting Competition #PHSA 2007 - 5233to: Human Resources, c/o Room #S213 - 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 4C9, e-mail: careers@phsa.ca or Fax: 604-875-2599. Applications will be accepted until May 17, 2007.

Find out more about our exceptional career opportunities at: http://careers.phsa.ca