Alberta Health Services
Your Opportunity: *Please note, this job is being posted on behalf of Assisted Living Alberta
Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) is seeking a strategic and influential communications executive to join its Executive Leadership Team (ELT) as Executive Lead, Communications and Engagement. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this role provides provincial leadership for communications, engagement, public affairs, government relations, and stakeholders. As ALA continues to evolve as a provincial health agency, the Executive Lead will play a key role in building public confidence, strengthening stakeholder relationships, and advancing understanding of ALA's mandate and services. This is a unique opportunity to establish and lead a modern communications and engagement function that supports organizational growth, system transformation, and service excellence. Working closely with government, healthcare partners, service providers, and community organizations, the Executive Lead serves as a trusted advisor to the CEO and ELT on strategic communications, public affairs, issues management, and reputation management. The ideal candidate is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in strategic communications, government and stakeholder relations, ministry engagement, media relations, crisis communications, and issues management. Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) delivers, coordinates and oversees home and community care and continuing care health services in Alberta, helping Albertans live safely and independently in the places they call home.
Description:
The Executive Lead, Communications and Engagement leads communication and engagement strategies that build confidence in Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) and its contracted partners as providers of high-quality continuing care services in the community. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this role establishes and advances communications, engagement, government relations, and stakeholder coordination functions in partnership with the Ministry and system partners, supporting ALA's evolution as a provincial health agency. The Executive Lead provides strategic leadership for organizational communications, ensuring clear, consistent messaging that strengthens understanding of ALA's mandate, identity, and future-state model among internal and external audiences. With a team of nearly 30, the role oversees external communications and public affairs, including media relations, digital, web and social channels, public information and education, issues management, and crisis communications, while fostering strong relationships with government, stakeholders, and partners. This provincial position’s location is Edmonton (preferable) or Calgary.
Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
Classification: Executive Lead
Union: Exempt
Unit and Program: ALA Corporate Communications
Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
Location Details: As Per Location
Negotiable Location: Provincial
Employee Class: Regular Full Time
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 23-NOV-2026
Date Available: 04-JAN-2027
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary: $71.44
Maximum Salary: $128.54
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
The successful candidate possesses a master’s degree in communications, public relations, business administration or related field. A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible leadership experience in communications, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, government relations, or a related communications-focused discipline is required, including at least five (5) years in a senior leadership role with direct accountability for communications and engagement functions A combination of education and relevant professional experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
This key leadership position requires expertise in strategic communications, including internal, external and crisis communications at a system and local level. Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership teams, providing expert counsel on communications, stakeholder engagement, reputation management, and issues management, including preparing and coaching senior leaders for media interviews, public appearances, and high-profile communications events. Experience in government and stakeholder relations, including ministry interface. Experience in issues management. Cross-agency engagement and coordination experience is required, as is proven adeptness at building strong relationships with a wide variety of partners. Experience developing organizational strategy and planning, leading strategic initiatives and leading change to achieve positive results. Proven leadership abilities, including comfort with decision-making and exercising sound judgement. Ability to influence, negotiate, and mediate resolutions to complex situations. Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in healthcare, continuing care or large-scale public sector organizations is preferred. Professional accreditation through Canadian Public Relations Society or International Association of Business Communicators is preferred.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
Healthy Albertans. Healthy Communities. Together.
We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta. Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first. We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Your Opportunity: *Please note, this job is being posted on behalf of Assisted Living Alberta
Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) is seeking a strategic and influential communications executive to join its Executive Leadership Team (ELT) as Executive Lead, Communications and Engagement. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this role provides provincial leadership for communications, engagement, public affairs, government relations, and stakeholders. As ALA continues to evolve as a provincial health agency, the Executive Lead will play a key role in building public confidence, strengthening stakeholder relationships, and advancing understanding of ALA's mandate and services. This is a unique opportunity to establish and lead a modern communications and engagement function that supports organizational growth, system transformation, and service excellence. Working closely with government, healthcare partners, service providers, and community organizations, the Executive Lead serves as a trusted advisor to the CEO and ELT on strategic communications, public affairs, issues management, and reputation management. The ideal candidate is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in strategic communications, government and stakeholder relations, ministry engagement, media relations, crisis communications, and issues management. Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) delivers, coordinates and oversees home and community care and continuing care health services in Alberta, helping Albertans live safely and independently in the places they call home.
Description:
The Executive Lead, Communications and Engagement leads communication and engagement strategies that build confidence in Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) and its contracted partners as providers of high-quality continuing care services in the community. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this role establishes and advances communications, engagement, government relations, and stakeholder coordination functions in partnership with the Ministry and system partners, supporting ALA's evolution as a provincial health agency. The Executive Lead provides strategic leadership for organizational communications, ensuring clear, consistent messaging that strengthens understanding of ALA's mandate, identity, and future-state model among internal and external audiences. With a team of nearly 30, the role oversees external communications and public affairs, including media relations, digital, web and social channels, public information and education, issues management, and crisis communications, while fostering strong relationships with government, stakeholders, and partners. This provincial position’s location is Edmonton (preferable) or Calgary.
Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
Classification: Executive Lead
Union: Exempt
Unit and Program: ALA Corporate Communications
Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
Location Details: As Per Location
Negotiable Location: Provincial
Employee Class: Regular Full Time
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 23-NOV-2026
Date Available: 04-JAN-2027
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary: $71.44
Maximum Salary: $128.54
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
The successful candidate possesses a master’s degree in communications, public relations, business administration or related field. A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible leadership experience in communications, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, government relations, or a related communications-focused discipline is required, including at least five (5) years in a senior leadership role with direct accountability for communications and engagement functions A combination of education and relevant professional experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
This key leadership position requires expertise in strategic communications, including internal, external and crisis communications at a system and local level. Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership teams, providing expert counsel on communications, stakeholder engagement, reputation management, and issues management, including preparing and coaching senior leaders for media interviews, public appearances, and high-profile communications events. Experience in government and stakeholder relations, including ministry interface. Experience in issues management. Cross-agency engagement and coordination experience is required, as is proven adeptness at building strong relationships with a wide variety of partners. Experience developing organizational strategy and planning, leading strategic initiatives and leading change to achieve positive results. Proven leadership abilities, including comfort with decision-making and exercising sound judgement. Ability to influence, negotiate, and mediate resolutions to complex situations. Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in healthcare, continuing care or large-scale public sector organizations is preferred. Professional accreditation through Canadian Public Relations Society or International Association of Business Communicators is preferred.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
Healthy Albertans. Healthy Communities. Together.
We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta. Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first. We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Boyden
The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) represents approximately 50,000 physicians, medical students and retired physicians across the province. Founded in 1880, the OMA advocates for the medical profession, negotiates physician compensation and agreements with the Ontario government, and provides services that support physicians in their practices and careers. The OMA also plays a central role in shaping health care in Ontario and is one of Canada’s most influential provincial medical associations.
The opportunity
We’re looking for an accomplished physician leader to help shape how the OMA supports, serves and engages Ontario’s physicians. This newly created role brings together key areas of the OMA’s work to deliver a more connected experience for members. As Executive Vice-President, Member Experience and Physician Services (EVP), you will lead a cross-functional team of experts responsible for improving the member experience, delivering services that support physicians in their careers and practices, creating meaningful ways for physicians to participate in the OMA and helping physicians navigate changes arising from new health system policies, programs and models of care. Reporting to the CEO, you will develop an integrated member experience strategy that strengthens physicians’ trust in the OMA, demonstrates the value of membership at every career stage and creates meaningful opportunities for physicians to connect, collaborate and lead.
What you bring
You will be an accomplished physician leader who can build trusted relationships and lead effectively in a highly complex and evolving environment. A clear communicator and experienced people leader, you will bring strong political and governance acumen and work effectively with physicians, system partners and other diverse stakeholders. Drawing on your experience leading significant transformation, member engagement or service delivery initiatives, you will turn insights into effective strategies and services and bring cross-functional teams together around shared goals. You are motivated by the opportunity to strengthen Ontario’s physician community and lead through influence as the health care system continues to evolve.
Experience and qualifications
An MD or equivalent medical degree is strongly preferred, given the importance of credibility with physicians and a deep understanding of the medical profession. The OMA will also consider candidates with a university degree in health administration, business, public policy, communications or a related field, combined with significant senior leadership experience. An MBA, MHA or comparable graduate degree is an asset. Candidates must have substantial executive experience leading a complex portfolio focused on services, membership, health care or stakeholder engagement. They must also understand Ontario’s health care system, governance and the issues affecting physicians, patients and the broader healthcare system.
To apply, please contact Boyden partners Pamela Colquhoun and Jim Stonehouse through Kathy Luu, senior associate, at kluu@boyden.com .
The successful candidate is expected to begin in January 2027.
The Ontario Medical Association is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. In accordance with the AODA Act, accommodation will be provided throughout the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities.
The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) represents approximately 50,000 physicians, medical students and retired physicians across the province. Founded in 1880, the OMA advocates for the medical profession, negotiates physician compensation and agreements with the Ontario government, and provides services that support physicians in their practices and careers. The OMA also plays a central role in shaping health care in Ontario and is one of Canada’s most influential provincial medical associations.
The opportunity
We’re looking for an accomplished physician leader to help shape how the OMA supports, serves and engages Ontario’s physicians. This newly created role brings together key areas of the OMA’s work to deliver a more connected experience for members. As Executive Vice-President, Member Experience and Physician Services (EVP), you will lead a cross-functional team of experts responsible for improving the member experience, delivering services that support physicians in their careers and practices, creating meaningful ways for physicians to participate in the OMA and helping physicians navigate changes arising from new health system policies, programs and models of care. Reporting to the CEO, you will develop an integrated member experience strategy that strengthens physicians’ trust in the OMA, demonstrates the value of membership at every career stage and creates meaningful opportunities for physicians to connect, collaborate and lead.
What you bring
You will be an accomplished physician leader who can build trusted relationships and lead effectively in a highly complex and evolving environment. A clear communicator and experienced people leader, you will bring strong political and governance acumen and work effectively with physicians, system partners and other diverse stakeholders. Drawing on your experience leading significant transformation, member engagement or service delivery initiatives, you will turn insights into effective strategies and services and bring cross-functional teams together around shared goals. You are motivated by the opportunity to strengthen Ontario’s physician community and lead through influence as the health care system continues to evolve.
Experience and qualifications
An MD or equivalent medical degree is strongly preferred, given the importance of credibility with physicians and a deep understanding of the medical profession. The OMA will also consider candidates with a university degree in health administration, business, public policy, communications or a related field, combined with significant senior leadership experience. An MBA, MHA or comparable graduate degree is an asset. Candidates must have substantial executive experience leading a complex portfolio focused on services, membership, health care or stakeholder engagement. They must also understand Ontario’s health care system, governance and the issues affecting physicians, patients and the broader healthcare system.
To apply, please contact Boyden partners Pamela Colquhoun and Jim Stonehouse through Kathy Luu, senior associate, at kluu@boyden.com .
The successful candidate is expected to begin in January 2027.
The Ontario Medical Association is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. In accordance with the AODA Act, accommodation will be provided throughout the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities.
