The communications director in Dwight Ball's office is quitting his job — just months after he was hired.

Andrew Caddell, who joined the premier's office in August, will be resigning from his position next week, he told CBC News on Wednesday night.

Caddell says he will be returning to the Department of Global Affairs Canada, where he last worked, to start "on the Mexico desk."

"I was missing my family and I was not saving as much money as I would have liked," Caddell wrote in an email. "The 12 hour days were pretty tough as well. So going back was an option that appealed to me."

The director was brought into the position during a previous shakeup, replacing Nancy O'Connor. According to the premier's office, he will be replaced by Michelle Cannizzaro, who is currently the media relations manager.

"I will miss St. John's enormously, but I get to go back to my family and a job in the international field, which has been my passion for the past 20 years," Caddell said in an email.

Andrew Caddell is leaving the Office of the Premier in December. (Twitter/Andrew Caddell)

Caddell praised his boss on the way out the door.

"It is a good time to be moving on," he said. "The Way Forward" is setting a strategic vision for the province, and the communications file is in good hands."

"The premier is a gifted communicator, whose reputation for being a good, smart, thoughtful and compassionate person has never diminished. In politics, that is pure gold.