Change & Improvement Specialist

1 month ago


Winnipeg, Canada University of Manitoba Full time

UM is Manitoba’s largest and only research-intensive university. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive employee benefits and extensive opportunities to advance your career.

Join a community that is committed to creating an exceptional teaching, working and learning environment and one that values reconciliation, sustainability, diversity and inclusion.

**The opportunity**

Are you passionate about continuous improvement and change? Then consider joining our team as a Change and Improvement Specialist. As a trusted improvement expert and strategic partner, you’d be working with leaders to make UM strategic priorities a reality.

You can make a difference at UM by improving processes, managing change and strengthening the culture. We are a diverse team of dedicated professionals who support and learn from each other working on initiatives throughout the University as trusted internal consultants.

As internal consultants, we utilize a myriad of skills to support our client’s needs, focusing on continually learning and developing our skills further. This position provides a wealth of valuable experiences and the opportunity to learn new skills.

In this role you will partner with clients to lead their improvement and change initiatives by:

- Collaborating with leaders and their teams to co-create strategies for change and tactics to enable change,
- Being an active guide and coach clients on change, and lean improvement contributing UM’s improvement and change capable culture,
- Developing and leading continuous improvement events, providing training, and guiding teams through the continuous improvement process.
- Participating in the further development and refinement of change, project management and improvement methodologies employed at UM.

**The qualifications and experience we’re looking for**
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience as a change specialist, improvement specialist, business analyst or project manager role leading business process transformation and/or organizational change projects.
- Experience and knowledge of change management, project management and process improvement principles, methodologies and tools.
- Strong leadership, team management, planning, organizing, negotiation, facilitation, and decision-making skills with cross-functional multi-department team required.
- Problem solving and root cause analysis skills required.
- Excellent active listening, written and oral communication skills required
- Must be flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations, resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere.
- Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics.
- Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with others.
- Must possess strong coaching skills.

**Why the University of Manitoba?**

It’s an exciting time to join our diverse UM community

With a new strategic plan being developed, multiple improvement efforts underway and leaders keen to grow and improve their service offerings, UM is a great place to practice advanced change and influence skills and design a lean practice tailored to higher education.

The University of Manitoba is engaged in a wide variety of change and improvement initiatives such as:

- Equity, inclusion, and diversity initiatives
- Improvement of core administrative processes that span the campus
- Development of lean and change capabilities within UM staff
- Supporting key strategic priorities, and
- Facilitating strategic development

To further explore the advantages of a career at UM, including our benefits, culture, and pension, please visit UM Careers.

**Closing Date: January 9, 2023**

The University of Manitoba is committed to the principles of equity, diversity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).

If you require accommodation supports during the recruitment process, please contact 204-474-7195. Please note this contact information is for accommodation reasons only.

Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the protection of privacy provisions of _The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act_ (Manitoba). Please note that curriculum vitae will be provided to participating members of the search process.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $62,218.50-$93,327.75 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Winnipeg, MB

Expected start date: 2023-02-06



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