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Job Title: Manager, Communications and Marketing Hours: 37.5 hours/week (Permanent Full-time) Salary: $75,000 annually + comprehensive benefits Start Date: Immediate ABOUT THE STOP: The Stop Community Food Centre’s missi…
Skills: Strategic communications, Marketing strategy, Public affairs, Media relations, Storytelling
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid
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The Manager will lead the development and execution of integrated communications and marketing strategies to advance the organization's mission and brand. They will also oversee public affairs, media relations, and fundraising content to strengthen public engagement and support advocacy objectives.
Candidates must have at least 5 years of related marketing or communications experience and a strong understanding of food and social justice issues. Proficiency in tools such as MailChimp, WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, and Canva is highly preferred.
Job Title: Manager, Communications and Marketing
Hours: 37.5 hours/week (Permanent Full-time)
Salary: $75,000 annually + comprehensive benefits
Start Date: Immediate
ABOUT THE STOP:
The Stop Community Food Centre’s mission is to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds community and challenges inequality. The Stop began 40 years ago as one of North America’s first food banks, and has since grown into a vibrant community centre that uses food as a gateway to addressing many issues, including poverty, the environment, social isolation, and health in one of Toronto’s lowest-income neighbourhoods.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Stop Community Food Centre is seeking an experienced, strategic and creative communications leader to oversee our communications, marketing, and public affairs portfolio. Reporting to the Director of Development and Communications, the Manager, Communications and Marketing will play a key role in positioning The Stop as a trusted voice and thought leader on food insecurity, poverty and equitable food systems.
This role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution. The successful candidate will lead the organization's communications strategy, oversee brand and marketing initiatives, cultivate media relationships, support advocacy and policy communications, and develop compelling storytelling that advances The Stop's mission and strengthens public engagement.
The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer, experienced communications strategist, and collaborative leader who understands how communications can influence public opinion, shape policy conversations, strengthen fundraising efforts and inspire community action.
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Communications & Brand Leadership
Public Affairs, Media & Advocacy
Fundraising and Content Strategy
Leadership & Collaboration
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Increasing access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds health and community, and champions equity
For over 40 years, The Stop Community Food Centre has worked alongside community members in Toronto to increase access to healthy, culturally appropriate food that maintains dignity, builds health and community, and champions equity. This work spans four interconnected areas: emergency food access, urban agriculture, community building, and community advocacy. In emergency food access, we provide dignified, choice-based food through our drop-in meal programs, food bank, and Good Food Market. Alongside this, our urban agriculture work spans the Green Barn at 601 Christie St., Earlscourt Garden, and other neighbourhood sites, in partnership with local groups, where we grow, tend, and harvest food while sharing knowledge and building skills that participants can carry into their own communities. We also operate The Stop’s Farmers’ Market at Wychwood Barns, a year-round market that provides access to fresh, locally grown food and goods, while supporting local producers and strengthening local food systems and economies. In addition, our community building work offers programs such as Healthy Beginnings for new and expectant parents, community kitchens, emotional wellness activities, and spaces that foster connection and peer support. Our advocacy work includes peer-led community action, tax clinics, and supports that help people navigate systems and access income, housing assistance, and other essential resources. Across all areas of our work, The Stop is shaped with and by the people who access and support it. Together, we strengthen and adapt what we do in response to community experience, ensuring it remains responsive and rooted in lasting change. The Stop is an Imagine Canada accredited charity.
Offices: 1884 Davenport Rd, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Increasing access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds health and community, and champions equity
For over 40 years, The Stop Community Food Centre has worked alongside community members in Toronto to increase access to healthy, culturally appropriate food that maintains dignity, builds health and community, and champions equity. This work spans four interconnected areas: emergency food access, urban agriculture, community building, and community advocacy. In emergency food access, we provide dignified, choice-based food through our drop-in meal programs, food bank, and Good Food Market. Alongside this, our urban agriculture work spans the Green Barn at 601 Christie St., Earlscourt Garden, and other neighbourhood sites, in partnership with local groups, where we grow, tend, and harvest food while sharing knowledge and building skills that participants can carry into their own communities. We also operate The Stop’s Farmers’ Market at Wychwood Barns, a year-round market that provides access to fresh, locally grown food and goods, while supporting local producers and strengthening local food systems and economies. In addition, our community building work offers programs such as Healthy Beginnings for new and expectant parents, community kitchens, emotional wellness activities, and spaces that foster connection and peer support. Our advocacy work includes peer-led community action, tax clinics, and supports that help people navigate systems and access income, housing assistance, and other essential resources. Across all areas of our work, The Stop is shaped with and by the people who access and support it. Together, we strengthen and adapt what we do in response to community experience, ensuring it remains responsive and rooted in lasting change. The Stop is an Imagine Canada accredited charity.
Offices: 1884 Davenport Rd, Toronto, Ontario, CA
