Manager / Director, Communications & Member Mobilization
Location: Hybrid role in Odawa (colonially known as Ottawa)
Term: Full-Time, 2-Year Contract (with possibility of extension)
Salary: $70,000-80,000 annually, commensurate with experience, leadership scope, and placement at Manager or Director level
Benefits: OCTEVAW offers generous vacation, organization-wide closures (August and December), mental health days, flexible working hours, and professional development opportunities.
Reports to: Executive Director
Employment Start Date: August 2026
Application Deadline: July 11, 2026
About OCTEVAW
The Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW) is dedicated to ending GBV through prevention, public education, policy advocacy, and systems change. Grounded in feminist, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, decolonial, 2SLGBTQQIA+ affirming, non-carceral, and pro-choice principles, our current strategic plan centers the needs of Indigenous, Black, and racialized survivors and communities.
Our work focuses on three key areas:
Prevention and Policy – We engage with individuals, organizations, and public institutions to share good practices in preventing GBV and support community-wide prevention efforts through feminist public policy.
Public Education and Movement Building – We challenge harmful norms and systems that perpetuate GBV and isolate survivors, while fostering collective awareness, action, and solidarity.
Amplifying Frontline Voices and Survivors – We amplify and provide resources to those working directly with survivors of violence, ensuring that their expertise informs public policy, strengthens community responses, and contributes to systems change.
Job summary
We are seeking a strategic, collaborative, and community-centered communications leader to strengthen OCTEVAW’s public voice, member engagement, and movement-building efforts. Grounded in feminist and anti-oppressive approaches, the Communications and Member Engagement Manager will lead the development and implementation of OCTEVAW’s communications, public engagement, and membership strategies.
This role is ideal for someone who understands communications not simply as outreach, but as a tool for systems change, relationship-building, public education, advocacy, and collective action. The successful candidate will help strengthen OCTEVAW’s visibility, deepen engagement with member organizations and community partners, and support knowledge mobilization efforts that advance gender justice across Ottawa.
The Manager will work closely with staff, member organizations, survivors, frontline workers, and community partners to ensure OCTEVAW’s communications and engagement strategies remain accessible, responsive, relational, and grounded in community realities.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Communications: Lead OCTEVAW's overall communications and public engagement strategy, strengthening the organization’s public voice through accessible, equity-informed storytelling, public education, and narrative change initiatives related to GBV prevention and gender justice.
Member Engagement & Coalition Building: Develop and implement a renewed membership engagement strategy that strengthens relationships, participation, and collaboration across OCTEVAW’s coalition, member organizations, grassroots groups, and community partners.
Public Education, Campaigns & Events: Coordinate public awareness campaigns, advocacy initiatives, and community events – including Take Back the Night, the Clothesline Project, International Women’s Day programming, and the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV Campaign – that foster collective action, prevention, and community engagement.
Knowledge Mobilization & Resource Dissemination: Lead the dissemination of research, policy recommendations, reports, and community-informed resources across OCTEVAW initiatives, ensuring materials are accessible, culturally relevant, and grounded in lived experience.
Media, Digital Communications & Content Development: Oversee OCTEVAW's digital presence, including newsletters, social media, website content, media relations, and public-facing communications, while supporting consistent and strategic organizational messaging.
Organizational Strategy & Cross-Sector Collaboration: Collaborate with staff, member organizations, and external partners to align communications and engagement efforts with OCTEVAW’s broader advocacy, funding, movement-building, and systems change priorities.
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who brings:
Strong anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and anti-colonial feminist praxis, with an intersectional, systems-focused understanding of GBV, social justice, and equity issues.
6-8 years of experience in communications, public engagement, advocacy, coalition-building, community engagement, or an equivalent combination of professional experience and community or lived leadership.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing communications strategies, public education campaigns, narrative change initiatives, and community engagement efforts that advance social change.
Strong relationship-building, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working collaboratively across nonprofit, grassroots, institutional and/or public-sector environments.
Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, and content development skills across multiple formats and audiences, as well as experience managing digital communications platforms, newsletters, media relations, and public-facing communications.
Experience providing leadership, supervision, or mentorship to staff, students, volunteers, contractors, and/or project teams, with a collaborative and community-centered approach to leadership.
Bilingualism (English and French) with strong written and verbal communication skills is a strong asset
How to Apply
Submit your resume and a cover letter or short video outlining your relevant experience and commitment to ending gender-based violence in Ottawa to: 📧 hr@octevaw-cocvff.ca
If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Commitment to Feminist Practices of Decent Work
We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable organization that reflects the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from women, Two-Spirit, transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people, as well as Black, Indigenous, and racialized individuals, disabled people, and those from other equity-deserving communities.
Accommodations are available throughout the hiring process upon request.