Visual Information Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $56,531-$60,000

Position : Visual Information Specialist

Location : Sudbury

Reports To : Team Supervisor, Training and Resource Development

Term : Full time, permanent

Start Date : January 2026

Salary Range : $56,531-$60,000annual + benefits

Organizational Context

The Ontario Aboriginal HIV / AIDS Strategy (Oahas) is an Indigenous-led organization committed to promoting and supporting healthy, thriving Indigenous communities through providing culturally grounded education and access to harm reduction to reduce the transmission of HIV and other STBBIs in our communities. Oahas operates based on the principles of Greater Involvement of People living with HIV / AIDS (GIPA), Meaningful Engagement of People living with HIV / AIDS (MEPA), nothing about us without us, Indigenous harm reduction, and respect for our cultural knowledges and teachings. These foundational principles guide all aspects of our relationships and work.

Organizational Values

Oahas organizational values are Autonomy and self-determination, Accessibility, Innovation, Justice, Connection, Accountability, Hope and Advocacy. Based on our organizational values, we have developed agency-wide accountability behaviours that are shared with all Oahas staff and used as part of our performance evaluation tools. These include engaging in the work using direct communication, kindness, generosity of spirit, and respect.

Position Summary

Through the development of visual materials such as graphic assets, digital resources, and educational and training tools that support knowledge translation and mobilization, the Visual Information Specialist provides a critical function in creating and executing social media and print campaigns, capacity building and training opportunities for AIDS Service Organizations (ASO) sector partners, First Nations, and Indigenous health and social services organizations.

This position is located in Sudbury, Ontario, reports to the Team Supervisor, with the following areas of responsibilities : Graphic Design & Resource Development, Training Design & Visual Content Development, Research & Program Evaluation, and Web Design, Social Media & E-Learning Administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Oahas management, staff and community (i.e. Community Advisory Committee or other community groups) on developing visual materials for projects and activities that strengthen Oahas programs and services.
• Collaborate with teams and community to lead the design and development of visual concepts including resources, campaigns, presentations and training materials, and other graphic assets that are engaging, align with the organization's brand, centre learner accessibility, are relevant to Indigenous audiences, and support the principles of Indigenous harm reduction as well as Two-Spirit cultural safety, diversity and inclusion.
• Create engaging, interactive digital learning solutions ensuring established learning and performance objectives are met.
• Provide design, development and / or industry knowledge and participate in knowledge transfer within the team.

Graphic Design & Resource Development

Training Design & Visual Content Development

Research & Program Evaluation

Web Design, Social Media & E-Learning Administration

General Administration

Additional Expectations

Qualifications

Skills

Oahas is committed to equitable representation and access. We strive to build an inclusive workforce that reflects the rich diversity of the communities in which we live. To this end, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous people, and people with living / lived experience with drug use, sex work, homelessness, street involvement; those living / diagnosed with HIV or HCV; members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities, and persons with (dis)abilities.