At Sun Life, we’re driven by our Purpose: helping our  Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.  

Our student and new graduate programs offer a chance to explore Sun Life from the inside. You’ll make a difference in the lives of our customers and communities, while building the skills and experience that allow you to grow in a meaningful and rewarding way.

Job Description:

Role Overview

This co-op position is part of the Value Realization Office (VRO) within Corporate Real Estate (CRE). CRE is responsible for the spaces Sun Life employees occupy, and the VRO helps advance strategic initiatives, improve ways of working, support governance and reporting, and enable measurable value across CRE projects and priorities. 

Key Accountabilities 

Project Coordination and Delivery Support 

• Assist with project intake, tracking, reporting and follow-up for VRO initiatives, project requests, action items and value realization activities. 

• Coordinate assigned deliverables, maintain action logs and follow up on next steps to help initiatives move forward. 

• Help prepare meeting agendas, meeting notes, presentations, status updates and other project materials. 

• Support CRE initiatives intended to improve cost optimization, service excellence, process consistency, employee experience and measurable business value. 

Governance, Tools and Process Improvement 

• Assist in developing, documenting and continuously improving tools, templates and processes that support VRO and CRE project delivery. 

• Contribute to opportunities that strengthen governance, simplify processes and improve consistency across CRE. 

• Help document ways of working, decisions, lessons learned and recommendations that support continuous improvement. 

Reporting, Measurement and Value Realization 

• Create and maintain reports, dashboards and metrics that demonstrate project progress, performance, adoption and value realization outcomes. 

• Support the collection, organization and quality review of project and performance information. 

• Help connect project activities to intended outcomes and identify opportunities to improve how value is tracked and communicated. 

Learning, Communications and Adoption Support 

• Prepare training resources, communications and practical guidance that support adoption of VRO processes and ways of working. 
• Support file management, knowledge sharing and organization of VRO documentation to improve accessibility and team effectiveness. 
• Assist team members in using Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint and other applicable collaboration and reporting platforms. 

Digital Enterprise Ways of Working 

• Support and champion collaboration, transparency, agile practices and continuous learning. 
• Work effectively with cross-functional partners while independently managing assigned tasks and priorities. 

Capabilities and Experience 

Skills and Attributes 

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. 
• Ability to take ownership of deliverables, track action items, follow up on commitments and manage assigned work independently. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, with an interest in preparing clear reports, presentations, dashboards and communications. 
• Curiosity and business acumen, with the ability to understand priorities, connect work to outcomes and identify improvement opportunities. 
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and methodical, with a focus on accuracy and consistency. 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and adapt as priorities change. 

• Quick learner who is comfortable asking questions, adapting to new tools and contributing in a dynamic team environment. 

Areas of Interest 

• Project management and agile ways of working. 
• Governance, reporting and process improvement. 
• Value realization, performance measurement and continuous improvement. 
• Corporate Real Estate and employee workplace experience.  

What This Experience Will Offer You 

• At Sun Life, you will be joining a purpose driven organization focused on helping Canadian’s achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
• As a student, you’ll make a real impact by contributing to meaningful work, gaining valuable experience and actively working towards your team’s goals.
• You’ll join our unique student culture, designed to help you grow both personally and professionally beyond your role.
• We offer professional development workshops, student awards, socials and many more exciting opportunities.
• We are honored to be recognized as Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates and Canada's Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work in 2025.
• Your student journey is just the beginning and we're proud to help many who choose Sun Life to transition into permanent roles after graduation.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to [email protected]

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted for. The Base Pay which you will be considered for will vary depending on the Campus program you are selected for.

Eligible Sun Life employees for various Campus Graduate programs will also participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to [email protected].

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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