Employee Communications Specialist, HR (1 year contract)

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