With over 34,000 registrants, the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (“the College”) is the regulatory body for social workers and social service workers in Ontario. Our mandate is to serve and protect the public interest through self-regulation of the professions.

Are you interested in joining a dynamic team dedicated to protecting the public and promoting ethical and professional practice? Are you a highly motivated professional looking for a challenge? Take the next step in your career with us.

The Role: Project Manager

The Project Manager is a newly established role responsible for introducing and embedding structured project management best practices within the College. The role will implement an appropriate project management framework, provide practical guidance and support cross-functional program areas to strengthen governance, accountability, quality assurance and risk management across projects. Reporting to the Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs and Strategic Communications, the Project Manager plays a key change management role, supporting the College’s shift to a more structured and consistent approach to foster effective and high-quality project planning and delivery without direct authority over departmental projects.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

What you will be doing in the role:

• Establish and maintain the College’s project management framework, including project intake, prioritization, governance, and reporting.
• Develop and implement practical project management standards, tools, to support consistent delivery across the organization.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight and reporting on project status, risks, dependencies, timelines, and resource capacity.
• Support assigned projects from initiation through completion, including scope, planning, resourcing, risk management, quality assurance, and issue resolution.
• Act as a trusted subject matter expert and provide practical guidance and advice throughout the project lifecycle.
• Promote consistency in project documentation, communication, and reporting while allowing reasonable flexibility based on context.
• Support and reinforce the development of a consistent, organization-wide culture of effective project management.

What you will bring to the role:

• Post-secondary education in project management, business, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum three years of progressive experience managing projects, including establishing a project management office or formalizing project management practices.
• PMP certification.
• Business analysis experience is considered an asset.
• Proven experience working with change management principles and supporting teams through change.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, setting priorities, and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience working independently while contributing as a collaborative and trusted team member and subject matter expert in project management.
• Strong time management and organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and confidently.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to take initiative and exercise sound judgment.
• Demonstrated experience with handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Technologically savvy with hands-on experience in effectively utilizing the Microsoft 365 suite.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn new systems and applications.
• Knowledge and experience working with project management tools and software are an asset.

Our Core Values:

Ethical: Behaving in a manner that is equitable, inclusive, respectful, kind and upholds the dignity of all individuals.

Accountable: Serving and protecting the public by remaining responsible, responsive and transparent.

Effective: Conducting and providing service in a timely, efficient and impactful manner.

Community-centred: Collaborating with diverse perspectives, interests, and identities to ensure voices are heard, valued, included, and respected.

What we offer:

• The position is a full-time, permanent position.
• Target salary hiring range is $100,800 -$117,095
• Downtown Toronto office (directly on Line 2 of the TTC).
• Supportive work-life flexibility and a hybrid work model.
• An additional week of paid time off as the College closes between December 25th and January 1st and early office closure on the Friday before a public holiday.
• Competitive benefits package including vision care, dental care, extended health care, enhanced coverage for mental health practitioners, parental leave top-ups and a generous Health Care Spending Account.
• Investing in your professional growth through courses, conferences, cross departmental projects and collaboration.
• The opportunity to be part of an amazing team doing important work!

While all responses are appreciated and will be handled with the strictest confidence, only those being considered for interviews will be contacted.

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The Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers strives to be diverse, inclusive, fair and equitable and to create an accessible, barrier-free workplace.

If you require Code-protected accommodation at any time during the recruitment process or if you are unable to apply to this position due to a requirement, email us at accessibility@ocswssw.org with subject line “Project Manager” or call 877-828-9380 x207.

Application deadline: February 20, 2026