The role is going Communications Specialist - Intermediate with the Government of Alberta in Edmonton, AB.
If you have the required experience and are available for new opportunities, please send the following documents to [email protected] by Friday, Sep 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST Below you can find some brief information.
Without mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate
- Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)
- Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)
- Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)
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Client: Government of Alberta
Work Location: 10365 - 97 ST, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN, T5J 3W7, Onsite
Estimated Start Date: 12/10/2026
Estimated End Date: 30/09/2027
#Business Days: 245.00
Estimated Hours per Day: 7.25
Maximum Extension Term: 24 Months
Must Have
- Experience developing and implementing effective communication plans.
- Experience developing professional internal and organizational communications, including executive/leadership messages, employee communications, organizational announcements, newsletters, briefing materials, and other communication products.
- Experience developing professional presentations and visual communication materials for senior leadership and other organizational audiences, including advanced use of Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Experience reviewing and evaluating existing communications and recommending or implementing improvements to clarity, consistency, effectiveness, and audience suitability.
- Experience with professional business writing, editing, and translating complex business or technical information into clear, concise, audience-appropriate communications.
- Experience working directly with executives, senior leaders, managers, and subject matter experts to gather information, provide communications advice, and develop communication products.
Nice Have
- Experience developing branding, visual identity, templates, infographics, or other visual communication products using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or comparable tools.
- Experience developing communications related to technology service disruptions, outages, planned maintenance, incidents, or service changes.
- Experience developing communications within a technology, IT, digital transformation, or similarly technical environment.
- Experience developing communications within government, the broader public sector, courts, justice, or another complex regulated organization.
- Experience supporting communications for organizational transformation, change management, restructuring, or other significant organizational change initiatives.
- Experience using SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, or other digital platforms to publish or manage organizational communications.
Description
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 with Alberta 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.
Note
- 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.