Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S., Canada, and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S. Canada and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career, you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change. Your future starts here.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES: Budgeting, forecasting, accruals, and amortization, for their area of Community Investment responsibilities. Collaborate with internal teams to prepare and monitor annual $30m budgets for Sponsorship & Community Investment, ensuring alignment with company goals. Process cash and in-kind donations using Benevity software and internal payment systems, ensuring compliance with budget caps and contract requirements
Assist internal stakeholders, including Marketing & Sales, HR/Diversity, Government Affairs, and First Nation, in managing donations and sponsorships, offering industry best practices, strategic direction, and contract negotiation. Support development of community investment strategies if necessary.
Coordinate with external organizations on donation/sponsorship applications and manage deliverables to maximize engagement and ROI.



Address public inquiries regarding Sponsorships and Community Investments promptly and effectively
Administer the Benevity Grants software, understanding backend processes, security requirements, and accounting procedures. Create reports, presentations, and documents for strategic planning, ESG reporting, social impact metrics, and communications
Collaborate with the Communications Team on internal and external communication plans to highlight investments and tell impactful stories
Administer suites and season tickets for multiple properties including purchasing and distributing digital tickets and physical parking passes, tracking usage and managing suite food and beverage requirements for each event. Coordinate reporting for ticket usage and process related invoices.
Manage Holiday Train tasks, including preparing documents, communicating information to internal stakeholders, setting up vendors in SAP, processing invoices, entering grant information into Benevity, processing donations, and reconciling payments
POSITION REQUIREMENTS: Post-secondary certification/degree/diploma in Community Investment, public relations, CSR, or a related field or five years of relevant experience
Strong financial knowledge including budgeting, forecasting, accruals, and amortization
Familiarity with SAP and Benevity or similar financial, grants management, and community investment platforms
Exceptional organizational and time management skills, able to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines.



Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders; excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
Intermediate to advanced proficiency level in MS Office including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Availability for some evening/weekend work for Sponsorship and Community Investment events
WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER: Versatile and competitive benefits package
Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
Employee share purchase plan
Performance incentive plan
Annual fitness subsidy
PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: Criminal history check
Education verification
Professional references
BECOMING A RAILROADER: As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.
Management Conductor Program Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.
CULTURE OF INCLUSION: For our U.S. applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

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📌 Specialist Community Investment (Alberta)
🏢 Canadian Pacific Railway
📍 Alberta