Associate, Employee Communications

Company, Department: Emera Inc, Corporate Affairs

Location: Halifax, NS

Closing Date: February 16, 2025

Please attach your Cover Letter along with your resume in one document.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an early career strategic communications professional to bring our dynamic employee and executive communications strategies to life. As the Associate, Employee Communications your purpose is to keep employees connected and informed at both Emera and our operating companies across North America and the Caribbean to build engagement, trust and confidence.

You will join the Emera Corporate Affairs team, reporting to the Senior Advisor, Employee & Executive Communications. In this role, primary responsibilities include crafting and delivering compelling and relevant content that supports the company's business strategy across various internal channels, managing our corporate intranet, and planning and executing internal events that advance employee and executive communications goals.

If you are a self-starter that is passionate about storytelling, skilled at relationship building, and thrive in managing multiple projects, we invite you to apply and be part of our team.

Key Responsibilities

Employee & Executive Communications:

Support overarching employee and executive communications strategies.

• Manage and update internal communication channels, collaborating with stakeholders to create engaging content while ensuring it remains fresh and relevant and supports business objectives.

• Day to day management of internal communication tactics, including corporate memos and intranet, newsletters, executive speaking notes, tv screens, and more.

• Help facilitate content meeting series with internal subject matter experts to build a library of content and establish cadence for delivery.

• Manage the corporate intranet and act as the content manager for the landing page, liaising with content leads across the business.

• Serve as the editor of corporate newsletter.

• Plan and deliver employee events that advance employee and executive communication strategies across Emera and our operating companies.

• Shape and draft messaging for the Executive Leadership Team.
• Provide corporate affairs counsel and act as project lead for ad hoc corporate affairs initiatives.

Brand & Design Counsel

Serve as an internal brand ambassador, ensuring consistency and alignment across all internal communications channels.

• Ensure brand consistency across all internal digital assets.

• Collaborate with external designers and consultants on creation of graphics and visuals to support creative internal brand storytelling for employee and executive communications.

• Support the creation of an employee brand guidebook and manage ongoing updates to ensure consistency and alignment across internal communications channels.

Measurement & Analytics

• Lead quarterly analytics reporting for internal digital channels.

• Stay ahead of trends in employee and executive communication tools, applications, and strategies.

• Use data insights to refine content strategy and improve audience engagement.

Coordination & Planning

• Organize and oversee key project management deliverables, project schedules, meeting agendas and internal records, to ensure seamless execution.

• Oversee Emera's corporate and employee email inboxes, ensuring timely responses and resolution of inquiries.
• Manage content calendars, schedules, and deadlines to ensure timely and consistent delivery of content.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies, and possess or are working towards the desired skills and experience listed below:

Skills and Capabilities:

• You are a creative storyteller with strong writing abilities.

• You excel at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• As a strong collaborator, you work effectively with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring communications meet diverse needs.

• You have sound judgment in dealing with sensitive and/or confidential information.

• You are highly organized, with the ability to problem-solve, make decisions, and escalate to management as needed.

• You leverage analytics and data-driven insights to refine communication strategies.
• You have strong technical aptitude with digital communication tools (e.g. Microsoft suite, SharePoint).

Education and Experience:

• Undergraduate degree or diploma in communications, public relations, or related subject area combined with a minimum of 2-3 years of communications experience.

• Proven ability to develop and execute communication plans and event plans that align with organizational goals.

• Strong writing and editing experience across multiple formats, including newsletters, corporate memos, executive speeches, and digital content.

• Experience with internal digital platforms (e.g., SharePoint, ContactMonkey, or similar) and/or Canva and content creation tools for visual storytelling is an asset.
• Event planning and logistics experience, particularly for internal employee events, is a plus.

Learn more about our culture and values:

At the Emera Group of Companies, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by February 16, 2025 and let us know why this role is right for you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

- Flexibility: Hybrid work model with 2 flexible remote workdays.

- Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.

- Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.

- Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.

- Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.