Employee Communications Specialist, HR (1 year contract)

®; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 84,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

Stantec is seeking an Employee Communications Specialist on a 12-month contract to design and implement internal communications that connect people to Stantec’s strategic plan. You’ll partner with HR to activate learning and organizational development initiatives while crafting content across emails, intranet, and video briefings.

You’ll work with leaders and multiple teams to ensure messages are clear, timely, and aligned with business priorities, navigating a fast-paced environment with

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in communications, public relations, English, journalism, or marketing preferred.
• 5+ years’ experience working in a communications-related role.
• Experience working within or closely with a human resources function is considered an asset.
• Experience within a large, global organization is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute on impactful communications plans, including creative campaign concepts, implementation approaches, and timelines.
• Create content across channels, including email, intranet articles, and video briefs, adapting messages for audiences and formats.
• Understand audience needs and priorities, including language considerations, to deliver targeted communications.
• Build strong relationships with leaders and internal partners to enable clear, timely communications.
• Communicate with purpose to inform, engage, build alignment, and drive behavior change.
• Manage multiple priorities with urgency while maintaining quality and accuracy.
• Monitor and measure communications effectiveness across channels and use insights to inform decisions.
• Collaborate with marketing, PR, design, video, digital, and leadership communications teams.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Prioritization

Strategic thinking

Independence

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Education

Post-secondary degree in communications, PR, English, journalism, or marketing

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

Your Opportunity

The Employee Communications Specialist will develop and implement communications strategies that reach the hearts and minds of our people through meaningful communication experiences that inspire action and support our long-term business strategy. This position is a 12-month contract opportunity, anticipated to end in December 2027, with eligibility for benefits.

In this role, you’ll execute key communications work that connects our people to one another—and to our purpose—so they clearly understand how their work brings Stantec’s Strategic Plan and brand to life every day. Primarily supporting our Human Resources teams, you’ll develop internal communications plans and execute on tactics to activate key learning and organizational development initiatives companywide.

You’ll be part of a team within Employee Communications focused on Human Resources communications across the company. Working closely with HR leaders, you’ll bring your creativity, authenticity, and strategic thinking to your work, while also helping improve how we communicate at scale. Strong relationship building, prioritization, and time management skills will be critical to the success of this role.

This role thrives in a fast-paced, complex environment where priorities can shift quickly. It calls for strong initiative, efficiency, flexibility, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate sensitive information with care.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute on impactful communications plans, including creative campaign concepts, implementation approaches, and timelines.

• Create compelling content across channels, including email, intranet articles, and video briefs, adapting messages for different audiences and formats.

• Build a deep understanding of audience needs and operational priorities, including language considerations, to deliver targeted and effective communications.

• Build strong, trusted relationships with leaders and internal partners to enable clear, effective, and timely communications.

• Communicate with purpose to inform, engage, build alignment, and support meaningful behavior change.

• Confidently manage multiple priorities, assessing urgency and impact while maintaining quality and accuracy.

• Monitor and measure the effectiveness of communications across channels, using insights to inform future decisions.

• Collaborate closely with the rest of our marketing, communications, and public relations organization, including our graphic design and video teams, digital teams responsible for our intranet content, leadership and functional communications team, and others.

Your Capabilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Detail-oriented and organized, with exceptional prioritization skills

• Ability to communicate with partners of all levels

• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing environments

• Excellent collaboration and strategic planning skills

• Ability to work with a team, as well as independently and with minimal supervision

• Demonstrated proficiency with web-based tools and Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Experience working within a large, global organization is considered an asset

Education and Experience

• Post-secondary degree in communications, public relations, English, journalism, or marketing preferred

• 5+ years’ experience working in a communications-related role

• Experience working within or closely with a human resources function is considered an asset

Pay Range

Locations in Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$84,000.00 - $121,700.00 Annually

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary

• Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
• Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
• The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | ON | Toronto
Other Locations: Canada | ON | Ottawa
Organization: BC-1186 Marketing & Comms-CA Employee Comms
Employee Status: Regular
Management Level: Individual contributor
Business Justification: Replacement
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time

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