Public Affairs, Communications Summer Student Internship/Coop– PACSummer25
Department: Public Affairs
Type of Position: Summer Student Contract - (4 Month Internship/Coop)
Location: 7th Floor, 5160 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
Work Model: Hybrid – flexible work schedule (All remote work must be completed from your home office within the province of Ontario.)
About Tarion
Since 1976, Tarion has served new home buyers and new homeowners by ensuring that one of their life’s biggest investments is protected. Almost every new home in the province is covered by a new home warranty. This warranty protection is provided by Ontario’s builders and lasts up to seven years. It is backstopped by Tarion. More than 375,000 homes are currently enrolled in the warranty program. Every year about 55,000 new homes are enrolled.
How We Make a Difference
A home is one of life’s biggest purchases. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, Tarion provides Ontario’s new home buyers and owners with peace of mind that their purchase is safeguarded through the province’s new home warranty and protection program.
Almost every new home in the province is covered by a new home warranty. Tarion ensures consumer protection by providing free tools, guides and resources to help homeowners understand their builder’s warranty and navigate warranty claims with confidence.
If a builder does not meet their warranty commitments, Tarion offers guidance to help homeowners ensure they receive the coverage they’re entitled to, and when necessary, steps in to help resolve warranty claims.
About the Role
The Public Affairs Intern will support the Public Affairs department and the Communications team with a variety of internal and external communications initiatives that target employees, new home buyers and other key stakeholders in the new home construction sector. The Public Affairs Intern will have the opportunity to get involved in researching, writing, design and production of print and digital content as well as assisting with events and stakeholder outreach.
This is a hybrid role requiring working two (2) days in the office and three (3) days remotely, per week. (All remote work must be completed from your home office within the province of Ontario.)
Responsibilities include:
- Research and writing support for blogs, e-newsletters and social media content
- Assisting with monitoring traditional and social media activity
- Assisting with prep, execution and follow-up for employee events and stakeholder outreach
- Supporting the Public Affairs department and Communications team with developing key communications and education materials, reports, presentations
- Supporting the Public Affairs department with administrative tasks as required
A great candidate for this position will have:
- Enrolled in a post-secondary degree or diploma program in public relations, communications, marketing or similar discipline.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Strong computer skills with experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint). Familiarity with Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) would be an asset
- Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills
- Experience in writing for social media and/or web considered an asset
- Ability and keen willingness to work in a team environment.
- Strong attention to detail, time management and organizational skills.
Other eligibility criteria:
- To be considered for this summer employment opportunity, students must be actively enrolled in a program at an accredited institution such as a public university or community college
- Applicants must be returning to their study program for a minimum of one (1) semester upon completion of the summer employment opportunity
Why Choose Tarion?
We believe that Tarion’s employees are its most valuable asset. We strive to provide a welcoming work environment.
We offer employees a competitive compensation program, opportunities for learning and development, an employee discount program, access to wellness programs, and a variety of Employee Assistance Program tools and online resources to support well-being.
At Tarion, we believe that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion allows employees to perform at their very best and underpins a culture in which everyone feels they have an equal opportunity to belong and build a career. Tarion is committed to developing and maintaining work environments and practices that ensure equality of opportunity in recruitment, selection and promotion, and to removing systemic barriers so that employees have every opportunity to feel included in the workplace.
If you are a person with a disability and have questions or would like help with your application, please contact a member of the Human Resources Department.
Application Submissions & Deadline:
Please submit a single file with a covering letter and resume with vacancy code PACSummer25by no later than February 10, 2025.
