Location: Hybrid (2 days/week in office – Toronto, ON)/open to fully remote work for the right candidate
Type: Full-time, Contract (12 months)
Remuneration: $58,000 plus benefits
Apply by: July 13, 2025 at 11:59pm ET
ROLE OVERVIEW
LEAF is hiring a Communications Assistant to support LEAF’s communications work. This is a one-year contract with an anticipated start date of September 2, 2025.
Reporting to the Communications and Advocacy Manager, the successful candidate will help bring LEAF’s communications vision and strategy to life. They will create written content and design assets for LEAF’s communications mediums, including the website, email communications, annual report, newsletter, social media, and printed materials. They will provide important communications support to LEAF’s Strengthening Community Capacity Project and Valuing the Care Economy Project.
We envision this role as a hybrid position requiring the successful candidate to work out of LEAF’s office in downtown Toronto at least two days a week. That said, we are open to fully remote work for the right candidate.
LEAF recognizes that structural barriers shape experiences, qualifications, and a sense of capacity. We encourage people to apply even if you feel that the position may be a stretch. LEAF is committed to supporting the Communications Assistant through orientation, professional development opportunities, and on-going mentoring.
WHO WE ARE
LEAF is a national non-profit, charitable organization which uses law to advance gender equality in Canada. Our national office is located in downtown Toronto, or Tkarón:to, which is a Mohawk word that means “the place in the water where trees are standing.” We have volunteer branches in Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, London, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Halifax.
We intervene in legal cases throughout Canada to advance equality in Canada – helping to prevent violence, eliminate discrimination in the workplace, provide better maternity and parental benefits, ensure a right to pay equity, and expand access to reproductive freedoms. We push for progressive law reform on issues central to gender equality, including sexual violence, online hate, technology-facilitated gender-based violence, and pay equity. We use education to amplify our legal victories and improve people’s understanding of their rights.
For more information, visit www.leaf.ca.
WHO YOU ARE
You are passionate about contemporary feminist issues and communicating them to a broad audience. You have experience with creating written content and graphic design assets, as well as with website maintenance. You have excellent interpersonal and communications skills, are resourceful, adaptable, and are comfortable asking questions or seeking assistance on a task. You enjoy being part of a team whose members care about their work and about one another. You are committed to your growth as a professional, in the context of a supportive work environment.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Working with the Communications and Advocacy Manager to implement LEAF’s communications strategy
- Drafting content and creating graphic design assets for website, email communications, annual report, newsletter, and social media · Designing resources for LEAF’s Strengthening Community Capacity Project and Valuing the Care Economy Project
- Assisting with website maintenance, content uploading, and updates
- Supporting the delivery of advocacy campaigns
- Contributing to the development of communication materials for LEAF’s charitable fundraising campaigns
- Providing general communications support
- Tracking and reporting on digital engagement metrics
- Helping maintain LEAF’s media contact list
- Supporting logistics for communications-related events (e.g., press conferences, report launches, webinars)
- Other duties as assigned
Please note that LEAF’s working language is English.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential qualifications:
- 1-2 years’ relevant experience in communications, design, marketing, or fundraising, preferably related to social justice issues
- Demonstrated experience producing social media content, including for LinkedIn and Instagram
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to express ideas and opinions clearly and effectively
- Demonstrated ability to translate formal materials into plain language and to prepare materials that meet accessibility standards
- Strong graphic design skills and proficiency with Adobe Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Canva
- Proficiency and effectiveness with online platforms, digital engagement tools, technology, and computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite and Google
- Demonstrated commitment to intersectional feminism and/or social justice
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work efficiently and effectively, both independently and as part of a team, and to meet tight deadlines
The ideal candidate will also have:
- Proficiency with WordPress and Elementor
- Strong French language skills
- Experience using Asana or other project management software
Personal qualities:
- Exercises sound judgment, accepts responsibility, and treats others with respect
- Approaches learning with curiosity and humility
- Comfortable with giving and taking direction in a collaborative environment
- Shows initiative and collegiality; motivates and encourages others
- Demonstrates flexibility, perspective-taking, and reliability
- Has a passion for gender equality and social justice
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
This is a full-time, one-year contract. The successful candidate will receive a salary of $58,000, and additional benefits that include three weeks’ vacation to start, three weeks of paid sick leave, up to two weeks of paid caregiver leave, five paid personal leave days, a week-long December holiday office closure, an annual budget for continuing professional development, and immediate enrolment in LEAF’s comprehensive benefits plan, which includes generous health and dental benefits. LEAF also hosts celebrations of staff members’ birthdays and enjoys monthly catered team lunches together.
LOCATION
We envision this role as a hybrid position requiring the successful candidate to work out of LEAF’s office in downtown Toronto at least two days a week. That said, we are open to fully remote work for the right candidate.
HOW TO APPLY
LEAF encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of our communities. We strongly encourage applications from Black, Indigenous, and racialized people, as well as from newcomers, gender-diverse people, and members of other equity-deserving groups. If you are comfortable, please indicate in your cover letter if you identify as a member of an equity-deserving group.
LEAF welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities for all available positions. Where possible, accommodations will be made available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
To apply, please submit the following to [email protected] as a single PDF attachment:
- Your cover letter (maximum 1 page)
- Your resume
- 2 relevant samples – 1 writing and 1 design sample (or where available, a portfolio link)
- A list of three references (contact name, phone number, and email address)
In the subject line of your email application, reference “LEAF Communications Assistant”.
Please address your application to the Hiring Committee. In your cover letter, please ensure that you explain why you would like to work at LEAF and why you are qualified for the position as tied to the duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and experience listed above. Please do not submit multiple applications or send additional documents.
HIRING TIMELINE
Applications for this position will be accepted until July 13, 2025 at 11:59pm ET. Interviews will take place virtually. The ideal starting date for this position is September 2, 2025. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
