Community Investment & Stakeholder Relations Student

The Opportunity:

Are you a student looking for an exciting opportunity that is full of meaningful, diverse, and ambitious assignments working alongside industry leading professionals? Join Canadian Natural, where we strive to provide opportunities based on your abilities, helping you to contribute in a meaningful way and apply your academic experience to challenging and rewarding projects!

As the Community Investment and Stakeholder Relations student, you will work with teams throughout our corporate and field operations to ensure that stakeholder/business and communications deliverables are carried out successfully.

Working in Head Office in this world class company offers countless opportunities to advance your career in an atmosphere where teamwork, innovation and your expertise are valued.  You can contribute to the success of Canadian Natural’s operations as the position plays an important part in Canadian Natural’s commitment to ensuring local communities are engaged and provided economic opportunities.

• Term length: 8 months
• Term start: May 2025
• Job location: Calgary, AB - Head Office
• Shift schedule: 5 x 2 - 8 hours (Monday - Friday)
• Safety sensitive position: No

Key Accountabilities:

• Community Investment
  • Prepare peer comparison of community investment budgets and key donations
  • Review and make recommendations on funding opportunities that fit within Canadian Natural’s community investment strategy
  • Work with internal communications team to identify and highlight significant community investment initiatives for Canadian Natural’s social media channels
  • lead scholarship program implementation and evaluation
  • Generate and process community investment cheque requests
  • Review and make recommendations for funding requests received electronically / mail, and provide responses
  • Manage select partnerships and commitments
• Indigenous Business Development
  • Support the Indigenous Opportunities Program, and validation of contractor directory
  • Maintain and update database training manual
• General
  • Filing - updating and maintenance of communications files
  • Data entry - updating community investment and business development figures
  • Support reporting and setting up meetings
  • Generate:
    • Monthly district plan status reports using database
    • Community summary documents using database
    • Reports for Community Investment, Indigenous Business Development
  • Manage team portfolios for vacation coverage

 What You Bring to The Role:

• Students studying in the fields of Communications, Business Administration, or Indigenous Studies

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Paid time off during Christmas week and summer Fridays in July and August
• Multiple volunteer opportunities within the community
• Students may be eligible for relocation assistance pursuant to Canadian Natural’s Student Relocation Policy. Students will be responsible for finding their own accommodations during the work term. 
• Opportunities to partake in initiatives such as the Intern Social Committee