Principal, Internal Communication and Employee Experience

Principal, Internal Communication and Employee Experience

Work location: Montreal

Permanent

Full-time

Deadline: 1 November 2024

We are looking for a seasoned internal communication and employee experience professional to join our Human Resources team as Principal.

You will be responsible for creating internal communication strategies in collaboration with the human resources, marketing, and management teams as well as key parties involved.

You will execute plans to ensure that internal communication initiatives are implemented effectively and support Normandin Beaudry’s business strategy.

Other responsibilities include developing internal communications related to talent management, diversity and inclusion, community, innovation, group benefits, wellness programs, compensation, engagement, culture, and organizational transformation.

You’ll help convey information and produce memorable moments to enrich the experience of our talents throughout their journey.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief of Human Resources and Administrative Services, you will have the following responsibilities:

Key responsibilities

• Develop strategies and implement innovative internal communication tactics and messages that will engage employees.
• Act as an internal communication specialist to define, execute and evaluate communication and change management strategies so as to deploy priority projects and organizational transformations.
• Make recommendations to strengthen our employer brand awareness.
• Contribute to writing a wide range of content for videos, internal messages, emails, executive meetings, staff events, internal articles, presentations, and speeches.
• Manage internal news and content feed of various communication channels such as SharePoint, LinkedIn, web platforms, email, etc.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of communication plans, propose optimization solutions and promote continuous improvement.
• Work closely with managers to ensure internal messaging is aligned with corporate strategies as well as communication and change management priorities.
• Monitor best practices in communication and employee experience and propose new tools.
• Coordinate efforts with the marketing team for various communication methods (internal and external channels, digital materials, social networks, web, cell phones, corporate and special events, etc.).

Required qualifications

To be eligible for this position, you must have a bachelor’s degree in communication, human resources or a related field, combined with at least 10 years of experience in a similar position focused on internal communications.

Abilities

• Fluency in written and spoken French and English is required, as you will be frequently in contact with English-speaking clients.
• Experience in consulting services (major asset).
• Strong writing, project management, change management and content creation skills.
• Experience with social media, intranets, the Internet or any other technological medium.
• Inclusive, influential and inspiring leadership style that rallies team members around common goals.
• Strategic problem-solving approach; ability to identify potential reputational risks.
• Ability to think and communicate clearly, to express a coherent point of view on complex issues and to write concise and engaging content.
• Sound judgment.

Do you see yourself in this position? Want to live the NB Experience? By joining our team, you’ll be involved in ambitious and stimulating projects and have the opportunity to develop your skills and grow in a collaborative and caring environment.

If you’re passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion and looking to play a key role in the growth of an innovative company, we’d love to hear from you.

Send your CV to [email protected].

Anyone can apply.

At Normandin Beaudry, we recognize that some groups face systemic barriers that create inequality in employment. That’s why we have made a commitment to our employees and candidates to reduce such inequality.

We honour this commitment through multiple initiatives, such as continually improving our hiring process. This includes putting in place mechanisms to mitigate unconscious bias, diversifying the networks on which we post our job offers and raising all our employees’ awareness through training.

Normandin Beaudry fosters an inclusive work environment where the respect of others and their differences is valued. We are looking for applicants of various backgrounds in order to build a diverse and value-added workforce for the firm.

If your circumstances require special accommodation during the hiring process, please let us know by email at [email protected].

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