Community Engagement and Communications Intern

**Company Description** Work with Us. Change the World.**

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
**Job Description** AECOM** is seeking a passionate **Community Engagement and Communication Intern **to be based in **Kitchener, Ontario** to ensure tremendous outcomes from the work we do with our clients.

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Assisting multi-disciplinary teams and project managers to develop strategic communication and community engagement plans and activities on behalf of our clients.
- Supporting tracking and reporting on the results of consultation and engagement.
- Assisting with public and stakeholder engagement activities and tactics, including in-person and virtual workshops, advisory committees, community meetings, and public open houses.
- Supporting the development of communication materials including key messages, FAQs, presentations, notices, storyboards, and discussion guides.

**Qualifications** Minimum Requirements**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Strong analytical, planning, organizational, problem-solving, and time management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills; this role requires continuous interaction with team leaders, client management, and the public.
- Knowledge of the Canadian regulatory and policy context, Federal and Provincial Impact Assessment processes
- Being bilingual in English and French would be an asset
- Experience with government relations, media relations, public relations, stakeholder analysis, and facilitation.
- Knowledge of project coordination/ management concepts and processes.

**Additional Information**
- Relocation is not available for this position.
- Sponsorship is not available for this position.

**About AECOM**

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public

**Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity**

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.