Senior Consultant, Employee Engagement
Your Opportunity:
As Alberta Health Services advances its mandate within Alberta’s refocused health care system, we have a unique opportunity to shape the employee experience, workplace culture, and engagement strategies that support our workforce into the future. Reporting to the Executive Director, Human Resources, the Senior Consultant, Employee Engagement will work at the centre of organization-wide workforce initiatives that support AHS’s mandate and strategic priorities. This role extends beyond providing consultation and advice to influencing organization-wide approaches to employee engagement, leadership engagement and capability, workplace culture, employee experience, and change adoption. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to initiatives that affect thousands of employees and leaders across Alberta. You will shape how AHS engages its workforce, responds to feedback, strengthens leadership practices, and builds positive workplace experiences that help people thrive and deliver exceptional care. The successful candidate will bring a strategic mindset, strong relationship-building skills, and a passion for creating positive workplace experiences. If you are energized by complex challenges, motivated by meaningful impact, and looking for an opportunity to help shape workforce priorities at an organizational level, we encourage you to apply. Please note: three positions will be filled from this posting.
Description:
The Senior Consultant, Employee Engagement leads strategic projects and initiatives that help Alberta Health Services achieve its organizational priorities through a highly engaged workforce, strong leadership practices, and positive workplace culture. Working closely with senior leaders and partners across Internal Communications, System Strategy & Clinical Excellence, and Health Shared Services, the role provides strategic advice, project leadership, stakeholder engagement, and consultation on initiatives that support workforce experience and organizational effectiveness. The successful candidate will lead complex projects, facilitate engagement with diverse stakeholders, develop recommendations for senior leadership, and translate workforce insights into meaningful actions that support employee experience. Using workforce feedback and evidence-informed practices, the Senior Consultant helps ensure employee and leadership perspectives inform decision-making, strengthen organizational effectiveness and support successful implementation of strategic priorities. This role offers a unique opportunity to work directly with senior leaders, and contribute to initiatives that support the workforce, culture, and leadership practices needed to deliver safe, high-quality care for Albertans.
- Classification: Senior Consultant
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Human Resources
- Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 14-AUG-2026
- Date Available: 24-AUG-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.73
- Maximum Salary: $66.42
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Bachelor’s degree in a related field. A minimum of five years progressive experience in employee engagement, organizational development, human resources, internal communications, change management, workforce planning, program leadership, organizational effectiveness, or related areas. Demonstrated experience leading significant initiatives in complex environments. Experience facilitating stakeholder engagement and consultation processes. Experience developing communication, engagement, or culture strategies. Demonstrated ability to build partnerships across diverse stakeholder groups. Experience preparing executive-level reports, briefings, and presentations. Experience supporting organizational change initiatives.
Additional Required Qualifications:
As Required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree in a related field. CPHR designation. Change Management certification. Project Management certification. Experience supporting large-scale organizational transformation. Experience with employee engagement surveys and listening programs. Experience working within a complex public sector environment, preferably healthcare. Knowledge of Alberta’s health care system and workforce.
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.
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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.
