Strategy Consultant

Job Title: Strategy Consultant

Job Status: Temporary (until June 2026

Eligibility: Open to any qualified candidate

JOB PURPOSE

Supports CNOs senior leadership team board of directors and committees in developing coordinating and implementing strategic projects initiatives and evidence informed strategic plans by leveraging knowledge skills and experience to promote safe nursing practice while considering emerging trends and opportunities for innovation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consults partners/parties across the organization to develop and implement project plans (including scope accountabilities milestones deliverables risks and mitigation strategies change management and evaluation) that support regulatory operations and strategic direction; establishes and facilitates crossfunctional teams for initiatives; manages and reports on progress budgets results and lessons learned.
• Acts as an expert resource which can include project lead in the areas of professional regulation governance and relevant projects and initiatives.
• Engages and be informed by various external partners/parties including government regulators in Ontario and other jurisdictions and other partners in the system to ensure projects and initiatives are aligned with CNOs Strategic Plan key performance indicators and riskbased regulation.
• Identifies and analyses trends and best practices and their applicability to CNO.
• Writes evidenceinformed briefing materials for CNOs senior leadership team board of directors and committees with analysis and options including incorporating evidence and perspectives from partners/parties to support their decisionmaking.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• Completion of a graduate degree in Public Administration Nursing Public Policy and/or Business Administration.
• Minimum 5 years work experience in a similar role.
• Experience developing and monitoring complex initiatives and work plans.

Organizational Competencies

Consistently demonstrate CNOs Staff Core Competencies:

• Innovation Curiously cultivate new ideas with a desire to learn and a collective focus on the best outcome.
• Integrity Conduct every interaction with fairness honesty and mutual respect.
• Collaboration Work with the right people at the right time to make the bestinformed decision.
• Wellbeing Care for the physical mental spiritual and emotional needs of ourselves and others.

Job Competencies Knowledge Skills

• Problem Solving utilizes knowledge of research methodologies principles and practices and leverages indepth knowledge of legislation regulation and bylaws the regulatory landscape (provincial national international) and the broader healthcare environment (e.g. trends and issues) to use data driven and evidenceinformed analysis in promoting safe nursing practice; identifies and analyzes key issues and trends interprets data and provide options and solutions including any impact to professional regulation or CNO policies and adjusts approach to address any changes.

• Project / Program Management applies project management knowledge and skills and its methodologies tools and techniques to develop a comprehensive project plan which includes work activities milestones risks and mitigation strategies and adjusting approach as priorities change.

• Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills synthesizes and analyzes information for trends patterns and best practices; demonstrates sound regulatory understanding and broader environmental issues to analyze issues and potential impacts.

• Communication communicates complex information such as writing concise and clear briefing notes that draws on research with evidencebased assessments and perspectives of partners/parties considered; engages various partners/parties as it relates to projects and initiatives determines the communication delivery and approach and adjusts approach when difficulty in understanding arises.

• Consulting & Advising defines issues develops and recommends regulatory policies including bylaws and regulations that consider needs of partners or parties risks urgency scope sensitivity of the problem and other relevant factors; guides others through complex recommendations to support effective implementation of plans initiatives and improvements; analyses outcomes and integrates lessons learned into future practice.

• Demonstrated intermediatelevel proficiency in MS Office such as Word and Excel.

Hiring Range: $122973 $130679

Full Salary Range: $122973 $147568

To Apply

Please email cover letter and resume by March 20 2025 at 4:00 pm via UKG PRO

Our DEI Commitment

The College of Nurses of Ontario protects the public by promoting safe nursing practice. We strive to be diverse inclusive fair equitable and accessible by addressing barriers and promoting dignity and respect for all. If you require Codeprotected accommodation at any time during the recruitment process please contact citing Request for Accommodation in the subject line.

Land Acknowledgement

The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) operates on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories of many Indigenous communities across Ontario which continue to be home to Indigenous peoples.

CNOs office is in Toronto on land that is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit the Anishnabeg the Chippewa the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.