Senior Advisor, Communications

Your Opportunity:

If you thrive on crafting compelling narratives, advising senior leaders and driving engagement across diverse audiences, Covenant Health is offering you a unique opportunity to shape the voice of a mission-driven organization like ours while advancing meaningful initiatives and making significant impact through strategic communication and leadership. As a Senior Advisor, you will play a key role in developing and executing integrated communications strategies that support different audiences. Reporting to the Communications Manager, you will lead corporate initiatives, develop communication strategies and serve as a trusted resource on key projects. Your expertise will help senior leadership navigate communication challenges while ensuring alignment with organizational goals. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving. You foster relationships, collaborate across departments and provide expert guidance on complex issues. With experience in stakeholder engagement, media relations and digital communications, you excel at shaping compelling content that builds trust. In this role, you will refine leadership skills and gain hands-on experience in corporate communication strategy, crisis management and stakeholder relations. You will work within a dynamic team committed to excellence, creativity and integrated communications, making a lasting impact in the healthcare sector. Covenant Health has served Albertans for over 150 years, delivering compassionate Catholic health services centered on holistic care of body, mind and soul. With 17 sites across the province, we create vibrant communities of health and healing. Recognized as one of Alberta’s Top 75 Employers for ten consecutive years, we remain committed to excellence, trust and leadership.

Description:

This Senior Advisor position will drive corporate communication to advance Covenant Health’s strategic plans and demonstrate accountability to internal and external stakeholders. The selected candidate will lead high-impact projects, collaborating with experts in writing, digital media and design to craft compelling narratives. The role will advise senior leaders on corporate initiatives, internal communications and change management, addressing emerging issues and delivering solutions aligned with organizational goals. The successful candidate will shape public perception through storytelling and media strategies, highlighting organizational contributions; develop engaging content for articles, social media, corporate publications, and media relations while strengthening annual reporting; build a collaborative communications team and establish key partnerships with leadership, healthcare professionals, government entities and media; guide executives, colleagues and external partners, refining digital and leadership skills; and lead crisis management, ensuring seamless media responses and content execution. Our selected candidate will also support client areas in engagement, marketing and change management through communication strategies; implement plans that foster staff connection while keeping projects on time and within budget; manage sensitive information with discretion, offering insights requiring negotiation, advocacy and problem-solving; oversee communications project management across Covenant, advising on priorities, risk and return on investment; and manage communication activities, develop materials for newsletters, websites and social media while ensuring timely completion. This is an opportunity to provide professional guidance to leadership through analysis, advocacy and tactical recommendations. This is a non-union position.