Title: Manager of People Safety and Wellbeing
Division: People Experience
Location: Moose Factory, Ontario (must work on-site)
Reports to: Director of People Experience
Status: Permanent Full-Time
The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experienced leader to fill the key role of Manager of People Safety and Wellbeing. In this role, you will lead the Occupational Health and Safety team. You will also develop and execute an employee wellness strategy that encompasses all sites and fosters a supported and engaged workplace culture.
Who We Are
WAHA is the leading health care provider on the western James Bay coast. WAHA comprises of hospitals in Moose Factory, Fort Albany, and Attawapiskat, with a Health Centre in Moosonee. WAHA also provides regional outpatient programs, as well as Paramedicine services in Moose Factory, Moosonee, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Constance Lake. The span of services, complexity of care needs in the region, and the depth of health integration has made WAHA a leader and a model of health care services in Northern Ontario. WAHA consists of 450 employees, a Physician team, many students, as well as community stakeholders. It is affiliated with Queens University and offers many educational opportunities for current and prospective team members.
Who You Are

• A champion of positive change management and making a difference for underserved populations
• Demonstrates high emotional intelligence, integrity and accountability.
• Action-oriented with a record of getting results.
• Leads self by demonstrating self-awareness, managing and developing themselves, and demonstrating character.
• Engages others by fostering their development, contributing to healthy organizations, communicating effectively, and building teams.
• Achieves results by setting direction, strategically aligning decisions with vision, values, and evidence, takes action to implement decisions, and assesses and evaluates.
• Develops coalitions by purposefully building partnerships and networks to create results, demonstrates a commitment to customer service, mobilizes knowledge to navigate socio-political environments.
• Engages in system transformation by demonstrating system and critical thinking, encouraging and supporting innovation, orienting themselves strategically to the future, and championing and orchestrating change.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure a safe and healthy workplace
• Manage the Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Programs and associated procedures
• Motivate teams to ensure a high-performance and customer service-focused Total Rewards team
• Gather and leverage data to assist the People, Culture, and Engagement team in data-driven decision making
• Launch an inclusive employee wellness strategy rooted in data to address long-term issues with employee experience
• Ensure an effective disability management program that balances the needs of employees with the needs of the organization
• Manage Joint Occupational Health and Safety strategies at all sites while ensuring employer compliance

Qualifications/Experience:

• Bachelor’s of Sciences Nursing, Diploma in Nursing, or a related field is required
• Certified Human Resources Leader Certified Disability Management Specialist, or a willingness to obtain is required
• Willingness to obtain certification in Occupational Health and Safety as well as Certification as a Occupational Health Nurse
• 5-7 years’ experience working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing HR or Occupational Health environment
• Experience with public sector and hospital organizations
• Experience in workplace investigations, disability management, and employee wellness
• Experience working with compensation and benefits coupled with knowledge of relevant employment legislation
• Proven record of being a change agent and leading in a complex, multi-site environment

Benefits

• Relocation paid by the organization
• Housing provided by the organization
• Annual retention bonus, a northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus
• Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
• Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
• Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north

Join our Team
The successful candidate must provide a valid Criminal Record Check within a specified time frame.
Please apply in writing, providing three recent work references, quoting Competition #2024-208 by no later than Monday, September 9th, 2024 at 12:00 noon to:
Talent Acquisition
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
P.O. Box 664
Moose Factory, ON P0L 1W0

• Resumes can be emailed to jobs@waha.ca or faxed to 705-658-4917
• For more information contact the HR team by email above
• Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
• Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.]
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $50.96-$62.46 per hour
Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Relocation assistance
• Vision care

Application question(s):

• Do you have a degree or diploma in Nursing?
• Are you a Certified Human Resources Leader or Certified Disability Management Specialist, or a willingly to obtain?
• Do you have certification in Occupational Health and Safety as well as Certification as a Occupational Health Nurse or willingly to obtain?
• Are you legally entitled to work in Canada?

Experience:

• Nursing: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person