Health Advisor

**Location**:Oshawa, ON, CA, L1H 8W8

**Req ID**:52990

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**Status**:Contract (Up to 14 Months)

**Working Conditions**: Hybrid

**Education Level**:**Four-Year University degree in social sciences

**Base Location**: Oshawa, ON

**Shifts(s)**: Days

**Travel**: 10%

**Deadline to Apply**:**September 24, 2025

**Salary Range**:$1,704.68 - $2,924.93 Per Week

**Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.**
- Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us as we work to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.
- Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on - and off - the job.

**JOB OVERVIEW**
- Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Health Advisor.
- Reporting to the Manager Health Services, this position is responsible to provide expert support on disability management. The Health Advisor monitors employee absence claims and prepares the necessary information to file the absence claim with the Disability Management (DM) services provider and where necessary to other external reporting agencies such as the WSIB, Public Health, etc.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Prepare initial case files and information on employee health related absences with 3rd party disability management provider.
- Monitor progress on the case file with the 3rd party and provide direction on progression of the case file, including case management strategies, benefits entitlement determinations, and return-to-work planning.
- Support line supervisors and managers on the development and monitoring of graduated return-to-work plans for employees with disabilities or functional restrictions with the objective of returning employees, safely, to maximum functional recovery and productivity.
- Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of effective governance and a managed system framework for disability management.
- Monitor and ensure cost effective strategies in the management of employee health benefits (Long Term Disability, WSIB, and Sick Leave).
- Provide adjudication on disability management cases, including working with the Chief Physician.
- Represent the interests of OPG in discussions with regulatory bodies and other related agencies such as the WSIB.
- Provide advice, guidance, and assistance to line managers on the company's Disability Management Program and Strategy (including WSIB claims, LTD cases, STD and major medical absences).
- Provide direction with respect to reporting, return to work and claims management and ensure accuracy, consistency, financial accountability, and compliance with applicable PWU, Building trades and Society collective agreements, privacy, and human rights legislation.
- Act as a resource on internal and external dispute resolution proceedings including WSIB Appeals, Tribunals, grievances, and Arbitrations. Prepare management arguments and provide leadership and guidance on disability management issues, assessing risks and determining optimal strategies.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- 4-year university degree in Social Sciences.
- Requires a minimum of 6 years’ experience as a Health Advisor or similar role.
- Experience with corporate Disability Management (DM) and income protection plans, including STD, LTD, and WSIB.
- Proficient in research and analytical techniques, Canadian legal systems, government legislation, and labour relations principles.
- Knowledgeable in employment standards, various Acts, and regulations related to DM and working in a unionized environment.
- Requires experience to provide sound advice and consultation to Line Management, Human Resources, and employees, in terms of obligations, requirements and rights.
- Requires experience of collaboratively working on task/project teams towards the resolution of problems, and improvement of services/products

**What makes a career at OPG different?**
- With operations across Ontario and the United States, OPG is one of the most diverse power producers in North America. As the largest generator in Ontario, we meet approximately 50% of the province’s electricity needs, largely from low-carbon sources like nuclear and hydro.
- As we work to achieve our vision of _Electrifying life_ in one generation, OPG and our family of companies are also helping advance the development of new low-carbon technologies such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), refurbishment projects, and electrification initiatives to help power the growing demands of a growing economy. Join OPG and make history.
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- The base salary range considers many factors including, but not limited to experience, education, and training, including any collective ag