R&D Communications Advisor Job

Employer Name: Research In Motion	SpiderID: 2923576
Location: Waterloo, Ontario	Date Posted: 10/14/2009
Wage:	Category: Human Resources
Job Code:
Number Of Openings: 1

Job Description:
POSITION SUMMARY -

The R&D Communication Advisor will be responsible for working directly with the Vice President of Organizational Development / Human Resources and the OD / HR Senior Leadership team and other OD / HR stakeholders in the delivery of a strategic communication plan designed to improve OD/R&D communications activities. The objectives are to improve OD/R&D communications, inter-team communications, community and corporate communications and to ensure that regional/remote employee requirements are considered.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• Support OD / HR/ R&D stakeholders globally, including the OD/HR leadership and Business Partner team to understand requirements, focusing on identifying ways to improve communications within OD/R&D, globally.
• Deliver an overall communication strategy for OD /HR/R&D
o Conduct ongoing gap/needs analysis across OD/HR
o Increase leadership team visibility and frequency of leadership team communications
o Effectively communicate departmental objectives, roadmap and strategy
o Facilitate the improvement of cross-functional team communications within OD/HR
o Develop and maintain the central source for OD/HR team information (go/odteam)
o Support the OD/HR leadership team, particularly the senior leadership team, with communications projects
o Support Business Partner team communications activities by partnering to:
• Improve their preparedness when communicating OD/HR initiatives to their organizational units
• Provide communications consultation on key projects as required
• Improve visibility for OD/HR into other RIM business units
• Support efforts to increase the sense of community within OD/HR
• Develop communication plans for OD /HR specific projects (re-orgs, leadership changes, etc…)
• Support change management within communications
• Ensure regional/remote employee requirements are considered when developing and delivering communications
• As a member of the Internal Communications leadership team, support overall team initiatives
• Lead OD/HR BCM communications initiatives, support the overall OD/HR BCM effort and serve as a key member of OD/HR Incident Management team
• Partner with other team members to maximize communication plans for stakeholders
• Facilitate and coordinate cross-functional team work with communications specialists in other areas of the RIM organization (for example: EMEA, Manufacturing, EBCM, etc…)
• Additional project work, which would include:
o Work with creative resources for support as required
o Partner with external vendors and manage relationships and expectations as it relates to project requirements and scope of work
o Track deliverables, milestones, and decisions made for request for changes
o Communicate issues and facilitate discussion for resolutions

Job Requirements:
Skills:
• 7 to 10 years communications experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field
• Proficiency in English, both verbal and written
• Extensive experience with employee/internal communications
• Experience in developing and executing leadership communications
• Ability to thrive under pressure and deliver communications within tight deadlines
• Comfortable writing for, and to, a variety of stakeholders, groups and audiences
• Comfortable speaking to small and large audiences
• Experience coordinating small and large-scale employee events, such as all-hands meetings and meet-the-leadership-team sessions
• Ability to grasp strategy and business issues - understand the big picture while working well with details
• Ability to partner productively with multiple stakeholders and colleagues at various levels of seniority
• Solid writing and editing skills with experience writing speaking notes for senior management, writing/editing newsletters, for the web, and preparing key messages
• Able to handle multiple assignments, work independently, and coordinate with team members.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Strong work ethic and positive professional attitude
• Desire to work in a growth organization that is experiencing a high level of change
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills to ensure the delivery of timely information
• Confident, self reliant, motivated, learns quickly and energetic
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio)
• Experience with incident communications an asset
Location:
Waterloo, ON

Job Criteria:
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Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
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Contact Information:

Contact Name: Leilani Lucero	Company Type:
Company: Research In Motion

City: Redwood City
State: California
Zip: 94156