Office of the Chief Secretary
Scarborough
Job Description
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-layout-grid-align:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Manages quality content and copy for all media material, electronic publications, and web based/social media, ensuring coverage and media material are completed in a timely fashion. This position requires a technology savvy person. This is a multi-media position that brings depth, colour and appeal, required to engage the public and main stakeholders with OCS communications material. This position will also make use of the free media more effectively.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman""=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
Key and Critical Responsibilities
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">A multimedia position to oversee copy/production quality of all media: electronic, print and social, internet</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Makes decision on the content and direction of all publications</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Bring depth colour and appeal to all material to engage the public</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Develop strategies to capitalize on opportunities to use the free media more effectively</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Understand and influence use of free media for THA material</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Establish and monitor production targets to include content, treatment and delivery</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Advise on use and selection of media</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height: 150%;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%">Provide editorial support to the Communications Specialist and other Officers within the Department</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Plan, organize and coordinate with unit heads to ensure that daily production targets are met for television/ radio/ press/ web based media<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Supervise/ vet script for structural integrity and content<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Supervise Post Production activities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Edit material for Radio, TV, Press, Internet<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Supervises all online publication- print, visual, audio<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Guides producers and writers to create material that appeals to the THAs stakeholders<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; mso-layout-grid-align:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt; line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Any other related duties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
Key Competency
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->Bachelors Degree in a related field or combination of experience and training<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->3 years experience as an Editor in print/ electronic/ internet and mainstream media<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->5 years experience writing/creating dynamic content for print, electronic, online publications, communications<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->Knowledge of related internet technology<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->Managerial experience<o:p></o:p></p>