Innovation Coordinator (5-month contract)

We’ve opened a role in our Ottawa or Guelph offices for a talented, entrepreneurial Innovation Coordinator to work alongside exceptional people in JLR’s Innovation group. Are you passionate about AI and training colleagues to support their workflows? Do you enjoy translating research, ideas, and emerging trends into practical tools, workshops, or resources others can use? Are you comfortable collaborating with senior leaders, IT, and cross‑functional teams to move ideas into action? Are you excited to support innovation through communication, training, and thought leadership—both internally and externally? If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you!

You’ll be supported by a Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program, a 100% employee‑owned firm that has a long‑established reputation for quality services in multiple sectors, while you take on existing clients, develop new relationships, and deliver world‑class, innovative solutions that support community building and growth in our cities. JLR is a creative, tight‑knit, and mentorship‑focused community with unique opportunities for driven people with tenacity and spirit. Our organization is made up of diverse employee owners with specialized expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Joining the JLR team means joining a dynamic group of innovative architecture, engineering, and planning professionals and support staff. You’ll have the opportunity to help establish new clients and partner with existing ones to develop insightful solutions and see projects through from inception to completion.

If you’re innovative and collaborative, thrive when presented with new challenges, and are eager to take your career in new directions, then JLR is the right environment for you.

Your Role as an Innovation Coordinator:

• Providing dedicated capacity to JLR’s Innovation team through communication, research, and training support.
• Collaborating with senior leaders and IT to apply approved AI tools for analysis and decision‑making.
• Developing toolkits, workshops, and resources to enable AI‑supported analysis across the organization.
• Supporting internal and external communications, including content development, conferences, and knowledge sharing.
• Contributing to ERP training, documentation, and change enablement initiatives.
• Analyzing and interpreting future‑of‑work and AI research, advancing academic partnerships, and supporting thought leadership initiatives.

Why Join Us?

We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world and we’re proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions. Furthermore, we’re growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the Great Lakes of Ontario. We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team‑oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration. We have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multidisciplinary projects. We provide flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.

Interested in joining our team? Send us a cover letter and resume outlining your skills, qualifications, and the specific experiences that make you an ideal candidate for the position by emailing careers@jlrichards.ca. This posting is for a current vacancy, but we’re always open to great talent, even if it’s not exactly what we’ve posted. JLR welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. At JLR, each of us contributes to inclusion and we all have a role to play. Our culture is the result of our behaviours, our personal commitment, our curiosity, how we collaborate, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. In turn, our environment inspires us to try new things, speak openly, and be bold. It brings us together in ways that help us stand out. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to connect, belong, and grow.