Navigator is hiring a dynamic, motivated and detail-oriented consultant to join our high-stakes public affairs and communications team. The ideal candidate brings corporate or financial communications experience – in-house or agency – and a strong grasp of how reputation drives enterprise value, influences regulators and policy makers and shapes stakeholder behaviour.
Overview
- Industry: Public Affairs
- Employment Type: Consultant
- Experience: Mid-level (4–7+ years)
- Job Type: Full-time
- Location: Toronto (on-site)
- Salary Range: $70,000 – $90,000
- Job Status: Vacant
What you will do:
- Advise corporate clients across regulated and consumer sectors on reputation strategy, issues/crisis preparedness and response, and public affairs campaigns that support business goals.
- Develop and deliver proposals, integrated strategies, and well-written communications products (e.g. briefing notes, Q&As, media lines, op-eds, executive remarks, stakeholder maps)
- Lead day-to-day project management, including developing timelines, supporting budgets, and delivering flawless client services in a fast-moving environment.
- Monitor and analyze issues, trends, policy developments and translate insights into actionable counsel for C-suite leaders.
- Support media relations through narrative development, spokesperson training, and proactive and reactive media engagement.
- Collaborate in teams to execute multi-channel public affairs campaigns, including coalition building, third-party engagement and capital markets communications when relevant.
- Grow and foster client relationships, contributing to mandate planning and delivering measurable results.
What you bring:
- Several years of relevant experience (typically 4-7+) in corporate or financial communications, public affairs, issues/crisis response – in an agency or in-house.
- Demonstrated commercial acumen through an ability to connect communications and public affairs to business strategy, risk, reputation and financial impact.
- Exceptional writing and presentation skills with a portfolio that spans executive materials and media-ready content.
- Excellent operational and organizational skills and able to deliver dependably under competing pressures.
- Collaborative mindset and professional presence with comfort advising senior executives.
Nice to have:
- Bilingual in French and English
- Capital markets experience
- Familiarity with regulated sectors such as health care, financial services, energy and transportation.
Applications
To explore this opportunity, submit your cover letter and resume to admin@navltd.com using the subject line “Consultant, Corporate Reputation.” Application deadline is March 14 at 5:00 pm EST.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Firm Overview
Navigator Ltd. is Canada’s leading high-stakes public strategy and communications firm. We apply proven campaign tactics to situations where success is critical and you can’t afford to lose. With offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, and Montreal, we advise a wide range of organizations, including over 40 of Canada’s 100 largest companies, on mandates ranging from government relations, crisis response and issue management, public persuasion and activation campaigns, and capital markets advisory services.
