Communications Advisor

The CAN Health Network is helping build a stronger, more competitive Canadian economy by connecting healthcare operators with Canadian technology companies to bring innovative solutions into the healthcare system. As a federally funded national network, CAN Health works with healthcare organizations, known as Edges, to identify pressing challenges and match them with Canadian-made solutions that can be validated, procured, and scaled across the country.

At the heart of CAN Health’s work, the communications team plays a key role in telling the story of our national impact, partnerships, and Commercialization projects.

The Communications Advisor helps translate the work of our healthcare organizations, Canadian companies, and internal teams into clear, compelling communications that strengthen CAN Health’s brand, support stakeholder engagement, and showcase the value of Canadian health innovation.

CAN Health’s headquarters is in downtown Oakville, where you will work, collaborate, and build relationships with colleagues and partners. As a national Network, CAN Health also works closely with team members and stakeholders across Canada.

This position offers a flexible hybrid/remote work arrangement. Team members who reside within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) are expected to work from our Oakville office three days per week to support collaboration, team engagement, and in-person meetings, or as needed.

Candidates located outside the GTHA but within Canada are welcome to apply and may work fully remotely. We are committed to supporting a distributed workforce and fostering strong connections across our national team.

Salary Range: $60,000.00-$85,000.00

What You’ll Do

Reporting to the Manager, Strategy & Growth, the Communications Advisor will support communications activities across CAN Health’s national network. This role is ideal for a strong communications generalist who enjoys creating content, supporting events and campaigns, engaging stakeholders, and helping tell the story of Canadian healthcare innovation.

Working closely with internal teams, healthcare organizations, Canadian companies, government partners, and private sector stakeholders, you will help translate complex initiatives into clear, compelling communications that strengthen CAN Health’s brand, showcase impact, and support engagement across the health innovation ecosystem.

You will play an important role in translating CAN Health’s work into clear, compelling, and strategic communications that elevate the Network’s brand, showcase its impact, and support engagement across the health innovation ecosystem.

In this role, you will:

• Draft, edit, and coordinate communications materials, including newsletters, social media posts, website copy, event materials, speaking notes, briefing notes, announcements, profiles, reports, and presentations.
• Support storytelling that highlights CAN Health’s impact, partnerships, companies, healthcare operators, and national initiatives.
• Support executive communications, including remarks, messages, LinkedIn content, event materials, and stakeholder correspondence.
• Assist with communications planning and execution for events, conferences, webinars, announcements, and stakeholder engagements.
• Support the planning, drafting, scheduling, and monitoring of social media content.
• Help maintain and update website content.
• Work with internal teams to gather information and translate complex initiatives into clear, engaging content.
• Ensure communications are polished, accurate, professional, and aligned with CAN Health’s brand, tone, and voice.
• Maintain communications calendars, trackers, templates, and planning documents.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen CAN Health’s visibility, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement.
• Identify and develop stories that showcase the impact of CAN Health projects, partnerships, healthcare organizations, and Canadian companies.
• Monitor industry, healthcare, innovation, and government developments to identify communications opportunities and emerging topics relevant to CAN Health.
• Support media inquiries, announcements, and public-facing communications activities as required.

What You Bring

You are a highly self motivated communicator who can turn ideas, updates, and complex information into clear, engaging, and polished content. You are strategic, proactive, forward-thinking, and highly organized, with the ability to anticipate needs, identify communications opportunities, and move work forward with confidence.

You are comfortable managing multiple priorities at once and can adapt your writing style for different audiences, including healthcare leaders, government partners, private sector partners, board members, senior leaders, and internal teams. You bring sound judgment, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• Post-secondary education in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, public affairs, graphic design or a related field.
• Approximately 3–5 years of relevant communications experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong writing, editing, visual design, and proofreading skills.
• Experience supporting social media, newsletters, websites, events, executive communications, stakeholder communications, or other public-facing materials.
• A strategic and forward-thinking approach to communications.
• A proactive mindset, with the ability to anticipate needs and recommend next steps.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, judgment, and discretion.
• The ability to translate complex information into clear, accessible, and compelling content.
• Confidence working with internal teams, senior leaders, external partners, and vendors.
• Professionalism and strong relationship-building skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Microsoft Office, and/or other communications tools would be considered an asset.
• Experience with website management or search engine optimization.
• Experience with leveraging artificial intelligence to automate relevant processes, including media scans, stakeholder outreach, and/or strategic planning.
• Ability to work in French is considered an asset.

What Will Help You Succeed

• You are proactive, dependable, and comfortable taking initiative.
• You can move comfortably between detail-oriented tasks and broader strategic priorities.
• You can communicate with confidence and collaborate effectively with leaders, internal teams, healthcare organizations, companies, and external partners.
• You are energized by working in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
• You are curious, thoughtful, and able to identify opportunities to strengthen communications and storytelling.
• You care about producing polished, accurate, and meaningful work that supports organizational impact.

Why Join CAN Health

At CAN Health, you will have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that supports Canadian healthcare innovation and strengthens partnerships across the country. You will join a collaborative, purpose-driven team that values strong execution, relationship-building, and impact.

This role is well suited to someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in polished work, and is excited to help tell the story of a growing national organization.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and a short cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant experience to our website canhealthnetwork.ca

By Friday, July 3, 2026.

CAN Health does not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, assess, or select candidates as part of the hiring process. All applications are reviewed by members of our team.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.