We’re hiring for communications and project support roles!

🚨 Applications are now closed.

Refugee 613 started in 2015 as a small, scrappy organization dedicated to solving information problems facing refugees in Ottawa arriving from Syria and elsewhere.  

Since then, we’ve consistently punched above our weight, thanks to a talented team dedicated to creating a more connected Canada for newcomers and a caring workplace environment to help make our dreams a reality. 

After years of honing our expertise, we’ve evolved into Canada’s leader in migration communications, providing settlement information resources, strategic advice and training to organizations across the country. Earlier this spring, we became an independent non-profit, and this fall, we’ll celebrate 10 years of Refugee 613.

In response to increased funding and our growth as an organization, each of our projects is scaling up. We’re launching the second phase of recruiting talented people committed to improving equitable access to information for newcomers to join our team. 

Most of the positions listed below are communications-related roles, along with three project support roles and one community engagement position. Each of them is vital to our operations – after all, communications and connections are what we do! 

❗ Our goal is to make information as accessible as possible, so we’ve put together an FAQ document to help you with the application process. You’ll find the answers to questions like “What is the Refugee 613 workplace culture like?” and “How long is each project funded?”. Click here to read the FAQ.

If you have any questions after reading this document, please contact us at careers@refugee613.ca. We will add your questions and our answers to the FAQ to help others, so please check back for updates. Please note: our team is unable to offer coffee chats to applicants in advance. We created the FAQs to provide additional information without compromising transparency in the recruitment process.

📅 Application Deadline: July 2, 2025 | 5 pm EDT (all positions)

You’ll find a summary of the positions opening today in this blog, along with links to the downloadable job postings. Please share this webpage with your colleagues and friends and help us grow the Refugee 613 team with some talented new people!

 

Join The Newcomer Info Hub Project!

Many newcomers struggle to find accessible information on life in Canada in their preferred languages. The Newcomer Info Hub, our longest-running project, focuses on solving this problem at a national scale by infographics and videos about life in Canada and translating them into multiple languages. 

The topics our materials cover range from volunteering to government benefits and more. The Info Hub team also offers communications training to newcomer-serving organizations wanting to improve their client engagement. 

Apply to bring your content strategy and production skills to this project to improve settlement information for newcomers across Canada!

Digital Strategist

Effective, equity-driven communication starts with effective, equity-driven strategies! In this role, you’ll use your experience in creating data-driven digital strategies to identify platforms and tactics to scale up our impact and reach more newcomers online. 

Are you a skilled strategist, dedicated to creating a more equitable Canada for newcomers? Click the link below to learn more about this opportunity!

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Digital Strategist

Content Specialist

As a Content Specialist, you’ll be one of the writers behind our infographics and videos! You’ll work closely with the entire Info Hub team to take helpful, plain-language content from ideation to research, writing, production and translation, to help newcomers navigate life in Canada. 

Want to apply your talent for writing and editing to helping newcomers find the information and services they need? Click the link below to learn more!

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Content Specialist

Content Specialist – Bilingual

In this role, you’ll research, write and support the dissemination of our free multilingual content for newcomers. In addition, you’ll support our efforts to connect with francophone audiences, including French-speaking newcomers and the organizations supporting them. 

Passionate about using your French writing, editing and translation skills to empower newcomers with information? Click the link below!

 🔗  Full Job Listing –  Content Specialist - Bilingual 

Project Assistant

This vital support role helps the Newcomer Info Hub Project meet its goals! As the project assistant, you’ll coordinate day-to-day activities, work with stakeholders and support the implementation of our activities, primarily through administrative and logistical support. 

Do you have a knack for organizing and making things happen? Read the full job listing below.

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Project Assistant, Newcomer Info Hub 

 

Join our Connectors Project! 

The new Connectors Project builds on our years of experience researching how to improve the ways privately sponsored refugees and the people supporting them access services and support. This project includes research, stakeholder engagement and content development to make the sponsorship process better for everyone involved. 

Be a part of this next step in making private refugee sponsorship easier and more accessible!

Communication Coordinator

In this role, you’ll support Connectors and its partners to lead communications initiatives designed to connect privately sponsored refugees with settlement services. You’ll thrive in this role if you have a keen eye for strategy, excellent writing skills and are excited to get involved in equity-based research. 

Want to learn more? Click the link below!

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Communications Coordinator, Connectors 

Project Assistant

As a Project Assistant, you’ll help Connectors run smoothly, supporting day-to-day project implementation and connecting with stakeholders, including settlement service providers and people supporting the private refugee sponsorship process.

Use your love for admin, organization and relationship-building to support the project team. Click on the link below to learn more.

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Project Assistant, Connectors

Outreach Coordinator

It’s right in the name: Connectors is a project about creating connections. In this key role, you’ll help build and maintain stakeholder relationships between service providers and refugee-supporting organizations,  particularly grassroots organizations representing racialized communities and people with lived experience as sponsored refugees.

You’ll thrive in this role if you’ve got strong relationship-building skills and an organized mindset to manage several stakeholders. Interested in learning more? Click the link below!

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Outreach Coordinator, Connectors

 

Join the Collective Impact Initiative for Refugee Claimants (CIIRC)!

CIIRC is an Ottawa initiative to create system-wide improvements for refugee claimants, using the Collective Impact Model. Its members include 25+ refugee service providers and community organizations, as well as refugee claimants themselves. 

As the initiative’s secretariat organization, Refugee 613 provides the collective with project management, convening and communications services. Jump into this exciting project and be a part of CIIRC’s mission to improve how refugee claimants access services in Ottawa!

Communications Coordinator

In this role, you’ll work closely with a small team of project staff and a wide range of community partners to tell the many stories behind CIIRC’s efforts to improve services for refugee claimants in Ottawa! You’ll create content for social media ( video skills welcome!) craft consistent messaging and implement day-to-day communications activities. 

Ready to use your storytelling skills to make an impact in Ottawa? Click the link below!

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Communications Coordinator, CIIRC

Project Assistant

CIIRC is a community project involving numerous partners working together towards a unified goal. The activities in this role range from managing stakeholders and meetings to supporting project admin and logistics, a great fit for someone who’s organized and passionate about supporting their community. 

Are you a detail-oriented organizer who believes in the power of collaboration? Click the link below to read the full job listing!

 🔗  Full Job Listing – Project Assistant, CIIRC