Senior Advisor, Internal Communications (14-Month Term)
$97,000–$121,000 year
HybridToronto, Ontario, Canada or Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Develop internal communication strategies for enterprise-wide initiatives, translating complex organizational changes into clear, actionable messages for employees. Advise senior leaders on messaging, employee engagement, and change management while managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously. Execute communication plans that support adoption of new ways of working, utilizing feedback and analytics to measure effectiveness and refine content. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure aligned messaging and provide guidance to content contributors. This 14-month temporary role supports the Canadian Medical Association's enterprise-wide communications, requiring English proficiency and a healthcare-savvy approach to connecting priorities with staff across Ontario and Quebec.
Required Qualifications
- Led internal communication strategies for enterprise-wide initiatives, organizational priorities, or high-impact projects.
- Developed and executed employee-facing communication plans that help staff understand what is changing, why it matters and what they need to know or do.
- Advised senior leaders and stakeholders on communications planning, messaging, employee engagement, and change communication.
- Supported organizational change by helping employees understand, adopt, and engage with new initiatives and ways of working.
- Used employee feedback, channel insights, analytics or other data to measure communication effectiveness and improve content, channels and approaches.
- Managed multiple communication projects at once, balancing competing priorities while meeting deadlines and business needs.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent, clear, and aligned messaging across the organization.
- Coached, mentored, or provided guidance to colleagues or content contributors to strengthen content quality, channel use and stakeholder engagement.
- Strategic thinker who understands how to connect people, priorities and information.
- Strong writer and editor who can make complex or sensitive topics clear, accessible and relevant for employees.
- Trusted advisor who builds credibility with leaders, subject matter experts and colleagues across the organization.
- Organized project lead who can move work forward while staying flexible as priorities shift.
- Healthcare-savvy communicator who understands the complexities of the Canadian health system
- Incumbent is required to communicate with colleagues in Quebec, Ontario and/or other provinces in English.
Desired Qualifications
- Proficiency in French is an asset, but not a requirement of this role.
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