Communications and Engagement Lead

Wildsight protects wild places and builds sustainable communities in BC's Kootenay-Columbia region. With 40 years of history, we are recognized as a leader in large-scale conservation and environmental education.

As the Communications and Engagement Lead you provide strategic leadership for the communications and engagement team, ensuring cohesive messaging, effective campaigns, strong public presence, and meaningful opportunities for people to engage with Wildsight’s work. You lead the Communications and Engagement team, manage Wildsight’s traditional media profile, work with campaign & program leads to identify and deliver day-to-day communications, content & engagement needs, and steward the Wildsight brand. You lead a team of three focused on communications and engagement (philanthropy and advocacy). The break-down of this job is roughly 20% strategy and planning, 30% team management and content reviews, and 50% delivery of day-to-day communications and fundraising needs.

You will work closely with our campaign teams to plan and deliver communications that lead to wins for the wild. You will join a team that is passionate about protecting nature, dedicated to making positive change and committed to learning and growing.

About you

You are a strategic thinker who is passionate about driving engagement and have demonstrated experience in planning and executing change-based communications strategies. You are a storyteller, a strong writer and editor, and have a proven ability to communicate with different audiences. You are excited to use detailed metrics to measure success and adapt our strategy accordingly. You are ready to lead us forward with effective digital campaign strategies.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in communications, marketing, journalism or similarly relevant field, equivalent employment experience in these fields.
• Driver’s license

Essential experience, skills and competencies

• Minimum five years’ experience in communications, fundraising, marketing, public relations or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing communications, engagement and/or fundraising strategies and annual work plans.
• People leader with demonstrated experience leading a team towards shared goals and/or managing diverse stakeholder groups.
• A keen eye for identifying good stories and opportunities to engage the public in action for positive change, plus experience developing and overseeing the implementation of communications & content calendars.
• Exceptional skills in writing, editing and proofing copy for a variety of different platforms and audiences, including social copy, articles, press releases, appeal copy, and website copy.
• The ability to work across numerous projects simultaneously, prioritising your own workflow and directing those of your team members to meet deadlines.
• Working with data to apply an insights-led approach, continually testing, measuring and adapting strategies as needed.
• Experience working with relevant software programs and tools, including Google suite, content management systems such as Wordpress, Adobe Creative Suite and Canva.

Desirable

• Experience in the non-profit or advocacy sector
• Knowledge of environmental issues in British Columbia, specifically in the Kootenay-Columbia region
• Knowledge of the media landscape in British Columbia and nationally
• Experience or understanding of fundraising, including strategies, approaches and management of major gifts and monthly giving programs
• Experience working with customer relationship management systems, such as CiviCRM
• Social media management experience, including crafting, scheduling and moderating posts, and stewarding online communities.

Start date: September 8, 2026, with flexibility for the right candidate.

Salary and benefits: $67,000-75,000, based on experience

1.0 FTE at 37.5 hours per week; option to discuss 0.8 FTE

We offer a health benefits package and a generous vacation allowance of 5 weeks annually, plus additional vacation through extended December holidays, and we support professional development and training opportunities.

The successful candidate will be able to work from their home office in the Columbia Basin region. Occasional travel should be expected throughout the Columbia Basin. If you live in/relocate to Kimberley, you can work at our head office. Wildsight is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our hiring processes and work environment and we encourage women, people of colour, people of Indigenous ancestry and LGBTQ2 individuals to apply.

To apply

Send a single PDF that includes a cover letter clearly addressing how you meet the ‘Essential experience, skills and competencies’, your CV, and a sample of work you are proud of that shows your relevant skills. Examples include a writing sample, a campaign plan, a set of engagement ads, or a fundraising appeal.

Send your application to admin@wildsight.ca by July 24, 2026. Interviews will take place the week of August 6, 2026.