Organizational Excellence & Change Mgmt.
Human Resources
Position number: 37964
Date posted: July 27, 2026
Change & Development Specialist - Level 7 (EMAPS)
Continuing Full-Time
Work schedule:
35 Hours/week (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm)
Salary:
$37.86 to $56.79 per hour ($68,904.16 to $103,356.23 per annum)
Expected Start Date
September 7, 2026
For more information please contact: Sandra Woloschuk - [email protected]
MINIMUM FORMAL EDUCATION/TRAINING:
- Completed undergraduate degree in a related field, such as adult education, human resources, management, or organizational behaviour required.
- Certification in any of Change Management (eg. Prosci), Project Management eg. (Prince2), Training & Development (eg. CAE or PDAL), or Human Resources would be an asset.
EXPERIENCE:
- At least three years experience in instructional design and training delivery, with a focus on adult learning principles.
- Experience creating E-learns.
- Demonstrated experience in change or project management including supporting the end user experience.
- An acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Strong communication skills (oral and written).
- Outstanding facilitation and presentation skills.
- Satisfactory work record, including satisfactory attendance and punctuality, is required.
Instructional Design & development of training (in-person, synchronous online, and E-learning):
- Design user-centric learning journeys that prioritize ease of navigation, accessibility, and visual engagement.
- Build complex, branched, and highly interactive e-learning modules using the Articulate 360 suite, ensuring seamless integration with our LMS (Brightspace / D2L).
- Leverage AI-enhanced tools to streamline asset creation, such as voiceovers, and image generation.
- Apply adult learning methodologies when designing learning workshops or modules and when delivering face-to-face training or synchronous online delivery.
- Support continuous improvement to enhance existing programs.
- Research best practices and industry trends with respect to content and delivery methods.
- Apply principles of project management throughout the training and development lifecycle (needs assessment, design, development, delivery, and maintenance).
- Maintain accurate records of project status and completion data.
Training and Engagement Facilitation:
- Facilitate engagement activities such as Communities of Practice, Lunch & Learns, meetings, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
- Deliver training workshops (face-to-face or synchronous online).
- Apply adult learning methodologies when delivering face-to-face training or synchronous online delivery.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts to identify organizational needs and/or changes.
- Apply coaching methodologies to project sponsors, participants, people-leaders and others to support change adoption.
- Consult with senior leadership and unit leads to assess change and development needs.
- Assess the needs of the participants before, during and after learning or engagement events.
- Provide advice, consulting, and coaching, to project sponsors and teams.
Unit or Human Resources activities:
- Actively contributes to unit initiatives by sharing subject-matter expertise and providing hands-on support to colleagues’ projects, as requested.
- Provides change support to HR projects to influence a positive change adoption, improve processes, and effectively manage projects.
- Leads and contributes to unit initiatives by planning, coordinating, and delivering projects, while engaging colleagues and applying subject matter expertise to achieve shared outcomes.
Other duties – as assigned:
- Performs additional duties to support unit operations, including providing back-up coverage on projects, assisting colleagues as needed on projects, and providing assistance to the Associate Director on special projects or initiatives.
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 [email protected] or 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.
