Communications Consultant

Role Responsibilities

You will report to a manager and work closely with and provide advice to government leaders. You will be responsible for providing professional internal communications counsel under tight deadlines. As a senior communications professional, you work with a large degree of independence. You will provide strategic communications advice and planning on government priorities, programs, reorganizations and support with speaking notes and all-staff communications such as emails, webinars, and newsletters. 

You will support strategic communications planning and implementation of government priorities and ensure alignment with external communications. You will coordinate strategic communications initiatives to support engagement, recognition, diversity and inclusion and organizational changes. You will also coordinate product development and are responsible for ensuring quality control and navigating approvals. Your ability to generate and tell stories through multiple channels will be an asset in this position.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.
 

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.
 

• Agility
• Drive for Results
• Develop Self and Others
• Build Collaborative Environments
• Develop Networks
• Systems Thinking
• Creative Problem Solving    
   

Qualifications

Requirement:

• University Degree or diploma in public relations, communications, journalism, or a related discipline plus 4 years progressively responsible related experience in public relations/communications or equivalency.
• Experience with media relations and issues management techniques
• Experience drafting and implementing strategic communications plans for large, complex organizations.
• Experience providing communications advice to senior leaders in an organization.
• Experience planning content, writing for and using the web for professional communications in a workplace setting.

Assets:

• 2 or more years of internal communications experience in a large and dynamic public sector organization
• Experience with communications project management
• Experience writing and publishing articles and/or news releases for an organization.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards
 

Notes

This competition is used to fill any future opportunities at the same level or lower-level classification.

Location:
This position works out of the Peace Hills Trust Tower, located at 10011 – 109 Street, Edmonton (Hybrid, i.e. work from home two days per week)

Hours of work: 36.25 hours per week  

 

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) – https://www.pspp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information – https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development – https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs