Please send your resume at [email protected] if you are interested in this 12 months (10/12/2026 to 09/30/2027) contract role. Please feel free to forward if you are not interested. This is with Govt of Alberta.
Communications Specialist - Intermediate (GOAPRDJP00001013)
Work Status: On-Site
Work Location: 10365 - 97 ST, Edmonton, Alberta
Must Have: Education
- University graduation in a related field (such as Commerce, Communications) plus four (4) years progressively responsible related experience OR diploma in a related field and a minimum six (6) years of progressively responsible work experience; or equivalent as described below.
- Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:
- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.
- Focus/Major Degree or diploma in Commerce, Communications, or related area.
Must Have: Soft Skills
- Clear verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group.
Must Have: Work Experience
- 2 years experience developing and implementing effective communication plans.
- 3 years experience developing professional internal and organizational communications, including executive/leadership messages, employee communications, organizational announcements, newsletters, briefing materials, and other communication products.
- 3 years experience developing professional presentations and visual communication materials for senior leadership and other organizational audiences, including advanced use of Microsoft PowerPoint.
- 2 years experience reviewing and evaluating existing communications and recommending or implementing improvements to clarity, consistency, effectiveness, and audience suitability.
- 3 years experience with professional business writing, editing, and translating complex business or technical information into clear, concise, audience-appropriate communications.
- 2 years experience working directly with executives, senior leaders, managers, and subject matter experts to gather information, provide communications advice, and develop communication products.
Nice to Have: Work Experience
- 2 years experience developing branding, visual identity, templates, infographics, or other visual communication products using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or comparable tools.
- 1 years experience developing communications related to technology service disruptions, outages, planned maintenance, incidents, or service changes.
- 2 years experience developing communications within a technology, IT, digital transformation, or similarly technical environment.
- 1 years experience developing communications within government, the broader public sector, courts, justice, or another complex regulated organization.
- 2 years experience supporting communications for organizational transformation, change management, restructuring, or other significant organizational change initiatives.
- 1 years experience using SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, or other digital platforms to publish or manage organizational communications.
Scope of Services
The Intermediate Communications Specialist will provide professional communications services in support of the Court Technology Services (CTS). The resource will work closely with the Executive Director, CTS leadership, project teams, and stakeholders to develop and deliver communications that support organizational change, executive messaging, employee engagement, and strategic initiatives.
The resource will develop communication strategies and products that effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders while ensuring messaging is clear, consistent, timely, and aligned withAlberta Courts standards.
Key areas of support include executive communications, organizational announcements, employee communications, presentation development, branding, communication planning, stakeholder engagement, and operational communications.
Duties
The resource will provide professional communications services including, but not limited to:
- Develop executive communications on behalf of the Executive Director, including branch updates, organizational announcements, leadership messages, and employee communications.
- Prepare monthly CTS Branch communications based on information provided by the Executive Director and CTS leadership.
- Develop communication strategies and communication plans supporting organizational transformation and technology initiatives.
- Create professional communication products including presentations, executive briefing notes, speaking notes, newsletters, FAQs, infographics, and visual communication materials.
- Develop branding and visual identity for CTS initiatives, ensuring consistency across communication products.
- Translate complex business and technical information into clear, concise, audience-appropriate communications.
- Support organizational change initiatives through employee engagement and change communications.
- Review, edit, and provide quality assurance for communications prepared by project teams and leadership.
- Review existing operational communications, including service outage and maintenance notifications, and recommend improvements to readability, consistency, effectiveness, and customer experience.
- Develop standardized communication templates and guidance for operational and executive communications.
- Collaborate with executives, managers, subject matter experts, and project teams to gather information and prepare communication materials.
- Develop presentations and supporting materials for executive meetings, leadership forums, town halls, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
- Provide communications advice and recommendations to CTS leadership regarding communication approaches and stakeholder messaging.
- Ensure all communication products align with Alberta Courts communication standards, visual identity requirements, and plain language principles.
Location of Work
- Work will be performed onsite at the Court Technology Services (CTS) office in Edmonton, located in either the John E. Brownlee Building or First & Jasper Place, as operationally required. It is anticipated the role will be 100% onsite.
- Standard hours of work are 08:15 - 16:30 MT, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays observed by the Province.
Evaluation
- Qualifications - 20%
- Pricing - 20%
- Interview - 60%
Submission Must Include
- All required experience must be described in the resume under the job/project where experience was attained.
- Each job/project must contain the term of the job/project in the format mmm/yyyy to mmm/yyyy.
- Three references, for whom similar work has been performed, must be provided. The most recent reference should be listed first. Reference checks may mor may not be completed to assist with scoring the proposed resource.