Current opportunity:

Public Affairs Coordinator

The priorities for this role include: 

• Assisting client leads and Public Affairs Counsellors in delivering superior client service.

• Managing multiple projects and timelines to ensure they are on track.

• Coordinating calendars, meetings, and multiple clients for efficiency and success.

You will be responsible for:

• Supporting the client leads in creating and fostering long-term relationships with various client accounts, including key stakeholders and business executives.

• Managing deadlines and deliverables, developing workback schedules and tracking activity in the project management software.

• Drafting background notes, research documents, letters and emails and government submissions for clients in a variety of sectors.

• Working with Compass Rose’s exemplary monitoring team to ensure that client priorities are captured or flagged and appropriate actions are recommended to the client.

• Staying abreast of the Canadian political environment and trends and applying Compass Rose best practices to your work.

• Organizing events and managing logistics. 

• Representing the company in the #cdnpoli and business landscape.

Skills and experience required:

• Diploma or degree in political science, public affairs, journalism, communications or a related discipline.

• Experience working with legislators, regulatory agencies, or political campaigns, or working closely with a Senior Leadership Team.

• Excellent writing, research and editing skills.

• Deep attention to detail.

• Experience with Google Workspace, project management and time-tracking software.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think analytically and outside the box

• Previous experience working in an agency or event planning would be valuable.

• Bilingualism (English and French) is a strong asset.

About Compass Rose

Compass Rose is a bilingual public affairs firm with expertise from coast to coast and across political party lines. Finding the uncommon common good for every Canadian is our goal, but how we get there is what gives us our unique point of difference.

Assembling and understanding disparate voices, viewpoints and messages is what helps us discover the best policy directions; not just for our clients, but for every Canadian community from coast to coast. This is what our team does best together and as individuals. We adapt and work to understand our clientʼs mandate and the people they serve. We work with them to provide solutions as unique as they are and deliver results – every time.

Our team consists of former private sector professionals, senior political advisors, award-winning journalists and bureaucrats who know what it takes to move a file forward. We know the Canadian public policy, communications and government landscape like no other.

Compass Rose’s experienced public affairs counsellors hail from a variety of sectors and bring diverse perspectives to serve the firm’s clients, who themselves represent a vast array of sectors, including: non-profit organizations, small and medium-sized enterprises, national industry and trade associations, and multinationals.

What Compass Rose has to offer:

• We provide an exciting team environment with opportunities for growth, including:

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work environment.

• Two beautiful offices in the heart of Ottawa’s Byward Market.

• Learning side-by-side with some of the best in the business.

• Collaborative and supportive team environment.

• Career development programs and mentorship opportunities.

• Competitive salaries and health benefits.

• Paid time off and holidays.

• Support for mental health and wellness.

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

• A magnitude of networking opportunities.