Senior Communications Advisor

Job Description

AECL acknowledges with gratitude that we operate on territories that have, since time immemorial, been the traditional lands of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Is AECL right for you?

As a federal Crown corporation, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) delivers innovative solutions to address urgent challenges posed by climate change, health care, environmental remediation, and security.

To enable nuclear science and technology and manage the Government of Canada’s radioactive waste liabilities, AECL has been delivering on this mandate through a Government-owned, Contractor-operated (GoCo) business model, whereby a private-sector organization, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), is responsible for managing and operating AECL’s sites on its behalf, pursuant to long term agreements. AECL’s objectives under the GoCo model include accelerating Environmental Remediation Management, managing the Federal Nuclear Science and Technology Work Plan in support of government priorities and needs, and building a world-class nuclear laboratory that fulfils government priorities and grows commercial revenues, while reducing or containing costs and risks to Canada.

What you will do:

This posting is for two Senior Communications Advisors who will focus on different portfolios  first will be reporting to the Manager of Indigenous Relations. In this role, you will help AECL build and strengthen meaningful relationships with Indigenous nations and communities, government departments, local municipalities, and other stakeholders to support long-term collaborations and partnerships. To do so, you will plan, organize, and execute a range of meetings, activities, and events;

identify and initiate opportunities for engagement, independently and in collaboration with CNL; and adapt strategies and approaches based on learnings and relationship-building. You are comfortable engaging directly with Indigenous nations and government stakeholders while operating within sensitive and complex political, cultural, and historical contexts.

The second will be reporting to the Director of Communications and Government Reporting. You will be responsible for a range of strategic communications and government reporting tasks. This includes engaging with domestic and international partners, writing, and coordinating government reports, and responding to ad hoc requests. You will develop a full understanding of AECL’s strategic agenda and its major files and will provide advice on communications and reporting matters anchored in business reasoning.

You understand how to make reporting processes work and are skilled at reaching out to a wide array of parties, getting input, and knitting information from disparate sources into a coherent final product.

For either position: you flag emerging issues early, make recommendations to improve practices and mitigate risks, and support oversight of CNL's communications and engagement activities. Finally, you are a concise writer, bringing experience and sound judgement to plans, briefing materials, talking points and government reporting documents. You might also have experience in the nuclear industry, or in multi-year, large-scale infrastructure or environmental restoration projects.

If not, you learn fast. And at the very least, you tend to think that nuclear energy is a critical component of Canada's - and the world's - solution to climate change!

What you bring:

What we bring: