You’ll feel great about a career with March of Dimes Canada
At March of Dimes Canada, our collective work matters. As a leading national charity backed by a history of more than 70 years of impact, we’re dedicated to being Canada’s leading service provider, resource, and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide. Our collective efforts are rooted in our Purpose, Vision, and Mission, which inform how we drive all our work forward.
- Purpose: Champion equity. Empower ability.
- Vision: An inclusive, barrier-free society for people with disabilities.
- Mission: To be Canada’s leading service provider, resource, and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide.
This Opportunity:
We are looking to hire one Project Manager for a six month contract with a possibility to extend based on operational requirements.
The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for planning, executing, and monitoring a high-priority operational change project. Working with the Strategy and Planning Manager, the PM will identify critical compliance and operational project requirements, creating overall timelines for the project. They will also be responsible for overseeing a phased delivery plan that will sequence and manage all the relevant operational activities across departments, ensuring a coordinated rollout that minimizes disruption and supports long-term implementation activities.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a complex, time-sensitive operational change project, providing project management leadership from planning through to closeout.
- Lead the development of project schedules and timelines, incorporating key dependencies and team capacity, while tracking deliverables across project and functional teams.
- Oversee phased delivery plans, sequencing cross-departmental operational activities to ensure a coordinated rollout with minimal disruption and effective long-term implementation.
- Identify critical compliance and operational project requirements to ensure alignment with regulatory and organizational standards.
- Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders (including internal departments, external consultants, partners, and government), leading cross-functional coordination and project meetings to ensure timely delivery of project activities.
- Liaise with external consultants on legal components of the project, ensuring alignment with internal timelines and functional work.
- Collaborate as part of a team to support broader service and corporate objectives.
- Foster a unified team approach, leveraging diverse skills and perspectives to achieve optimal project outcomes.
- Identify, track, and resolve complex project risks and issues, managing stakeholder expectations and facilitating conflict resolution.
- Maintain strong documentation and organizational practices across multiple functional teams.
- Lead quality assurance of project deliverables and communicate project status, risks, and progress to stakeholders and senior leadership.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.
- 3–5 years of project management experience, with a proven ability to coordinate multiple priorities and deliver projects successfully.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-priority initiatives that span multiple departments and stakeholder groups. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams. Experience with non-profits and government contracts preferred.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or relevant certification preferred.
- A Criminal Records Check is required as a condition upon hire.
Salary: $78,188 - $97,735 annually
Questions about working at March of Dimes Canada?
Whether starting or advancing your career with us, you’ll feel great knowing that you’re:
- Contributing to our important mission: creating real change for people with disabilities
- Joining a leading national charity with a history of impact and a future full of possibility
- Enjoying industry-leading employment incentives and benefits
- Supported in your professional growth, development, and success
- Included in our empathetic and supportive work culture
Learn more about why we’re a great employer at marchofdimes.ca/careers.
For general inquiries, you can reach us at
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MODC is committed to a workforce that is reflective of the diverse populations we serve. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds and abilities. In accordance with accessibility and human rights legislation across Canada, MODC will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities and other protected needs. If you require accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs. We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive, equitable, accessible, and barrier-free.
Our Reconciliation, Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (READI) approach
MODC is dedicated to building and advancing an inclusive and welcoming culture. It’s also why we’re focused on attracting, retaining, and supporting diverse people. Thanks to our progressive practices, team members of all abilities and backgrounds are encouraged to access the opportunities and supports they need to grow, thrive, and succeed. Our READI approach is rooted in our shared belief that championing equity and empowering ability starts by investing in our team members— and in our shared culture — so that we all feel included, safe, and confident at work every single day.
