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If you’re looking for a fulfilling career that can make a real difference in your life, and the lives of others, you’ve come to the right place.

As a national health solutions partner, we put people first in everything we do — and that begins with our team of 8,000+ professionals who bring a cross-section of diverse life experiences and career expertise to Medavie. By collaborating and innovating together, our employees are creating industry-leading solutions in insurance, primary care and emergency medical services that impact millions of lives in Canada each year.

Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of Canadians so that every life can be lived to the fullest — and it’s reflected in our award-winning culture. We celebrate individuality and value the diverse perspectives and skills our employees contribute. We go beyond providing competitive pay and comprehensive benefits to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth, flexible work options, meaningful experiences, and supportive leadership. Medavie is where employees can be their best selves, feel they belong, and achieve their full potential. Be part of it by applying for a position with us today.

Medavie oversees Medavie Blue Cross, a leading all-in-one private health insurer and public health program administrator, and Medavie Health Services, a primary health care solutions organization and the largest contracted provider of emergency management services in Canada. Together, we integrate benefits management, health management, and health care delivery.

The Opportunity

A HUGE opportunity to make a BIG difference!

As a Leadership Development Consultant, your expertise and contributions will help leaders build the skills and values-based behaviours Medavie needs to support our growth strategy and differentiate us as an Employer of Choice.

Reporting to the Director, Organizational Development, your role is an exciting opportunity to both “think” and “do”. Working primarily on the Health Services side, you will partner closely with key stakeholders to fully understand the business needs, while influencing important initiatives through your innovative thinking and best practice knowledge. This way, you’ll help increase leadership effectiveness, boost organizational performance and shape our desired culture. 

You are committed to fostering continuous learning and growth for leaders. You excel at designing and delivering leadership training and are passionate about the work that we do and have a hands-on style with the willingness to roll up your sleeves to support your clients and colleagues.

Core work portfolios include leadership development – both external vendor-led programs and internally designed sessions.

Key responsibilities:

• Champion Medavie Values and execute on our Leadership Development strategy and its distinct portfolios by offering pathways and/or programs tailored to specific leadership needs, whether they are emerging, new, existing or experienced leaders aligned to our business objectives
• Work closely with Human Resources Business Partners and internal leaders (including Senior Leadership Team members) to identify existing and emerging development needs and translate into learning solutions
• Research best practices, vendor and/or design, develop and deliver a variety of blended learning programs and pathways
• Optimize current leadership learning practices, processes, tools, modalities and propose new innovative resources and solutions
• Design or acquire, implement, and manage learning initiatives such as e-learning modules, webinars, and self-paced training materials to facilitate continuous learning opportunities for leaders
• Conduct engaging training sessions, workshops, and seminars, both in-person and virtually, to address leadership development needs
• Select and manage external training providers, negotiate contracts, and ensure training quality and effectiveness
• Develop content by creating learning objectives, detailed content outlines, and learning materials using a variety of modalities including virtual, in-person and e-learning solutions
• Ensure adoption and retention of learning and measure impact of their effectiveness
• Ensure training compliance with corporate and/or governmental standards

We are looking for someone with:

• Post secondary degree in Business Leadership, Adult Education, Organizational Development, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s Degree or CPHR is an asset
• 5-7 years of HR experience with a focus on Organizational Development, Leadership Development, and Key Talent development
• Excellent consulting, instructional design and facilitation skills are required, along with deep expertise in adult learning principles
• Coaching, psychometric and/or 360 assessment, Change Management certification (i.e. Prosci) are strong assets 
• Proficiency in MS-Office is required, specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with on-line surveys, e-learning solutions, authoring tools, Learning Management Systems and Workday is an asset  
• Written and spoken bilingualism (French and English) is required as corporate initiatives and programming is provided in both languages
• Strong ability to adapt in a complex and non-conventional environment, navigate ambiguity, and work within tight timelines
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively, build credibility and strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication conveying information clearly and effectively while demonstrating attention and active listening
• Excellent presentation and influence skills
• You exemplify our values of Caring, Accountable, Responsive, Innovative and Community-Minded​

• Caring: You care about the internal clients we serve and contribute to a friendly, supportive, and collaborative team environment.  You balance kindness with the ability to deliver results. You maintain a positive approach with colleagues when dealing with complex situations.
• Responsive: You demonstrate personal adaptability and a willingness to change course when needed or make decisions in the face of uncertainty.  You are skilled at anticipating needs, demonstrating flexibility and managing multiple priorities in a high performing culture.
• Innovative: You take inspiration from best practice and thought leaders in the field of OD work and embrace virtual learning and digitization as we develop learning content and leadership programs online.
• Community Minded: You are passionate about building relationships and delivering solutions with internal and external partners. You welcome others from all backgrounds and perspectives and value diversity of thought as you rally key stakeholders to design and deliver the most effective solutions
• Accountable: You take pride and ownership and accept responsibility for your decisions and actions.  You have strong project management skills with a results orientation.

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We believe our employees should reflect the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. To provide the best experience possible, we will support you with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team of your needs.  We are committed to making sure recruitment, retention, advancement, and compensation are fair and accessible while following all relevant human rights and privacy laws. We appreciate everyone who has shown interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

If you experience any technical issues throughout the application process, please email: Medavie.Recruitment@medavie.ca.