Autism Ontario is a charitable organization with a history of over 50 years representing the thousands of people on the autism spectrum and their families across Ontario. Autism Ontario is the province’s leading source of information and referral on autism, and one of the largest collective voices representing the autism community. Our mission is to create a supportive and inclusive Ontario for autism, and we value collaboration, respect, accountability and being evidence informed.

Job Summary

Title: Educational Projects & Systems Manager

Location: Hybrid; primarily remote, but with occasional travel to Toronto Provincial Office or a regional office as needed

Reports to: Chief of Strategic Initiatives

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Duration: One-year contract

Role: Existing Vacancy

Position Summary

The Educational Projects and Systems Manager plays a pivotal role in the successful implementation and management of educational content creation, providing leadership and operational oversight across the full lifecycle of educational projects, from project planning to final delivery to stakeholder management, ensuring all content adheres to instructional design principles, accessibility standards (AODA, WCAG), and organizational values. The Educational Projects and Systems Manager will be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and optimization of the LMS while also overseeing the creation of engaging and effective online courses. This role will cultivate partnerships with subject matter experts and internal teams,



contribute to staff development and career development, and support organization-wide learning initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Oversee the development of educational materials, video content, and courses for internal training and external audiences and stakeholders.
- Manage content development staff to ensure rich educational content in e-learning, video, digital, and pdf formats.
- Develop partnerships and collaborate with SMEs, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams, including during analysis, design, development, and review, and implementation phases to produce quality learning solutions within established timeframes.
- Utilize instructional design principles to create courses that meet Autism Ontario’s learning objective
- Design and develop engaging online courses and training materials.
- Willing to adopt organizational changes and to be responsive to changes in the direction of the organization, sector(s) or broader community.
- Create an environment that embraces change, reinforcing the reason for the change by linking it to the overall vision, inspiring others to become champions for the needed changes.




- Ensure educational content is user-friendly for all users in order to optimize their learning experience.
- Ensure educational content always reflects industry best practices in the industry and the evolving needs of the organization.
- Establish and refine educational content development and design processes.
- Ensure educational content meets accessibility standards including but not limited to AODA, WCAG.
- Identify, communicate and create opportunities for process improvements, and other suggested enhancements for the training and education team.
- Develop user guides and documentation to assist learners and instructors.
- Ensure all developed assets are properly documented including but not limited to copyright, quality assurance, and other metadata.
- Manage educational projects by balancing scope, timelines, resources, and priorities to ensure project objectives are achieved on time and within budget
- Manage the enterprise LMS systems, including configuration, user management, course construction, deployment, reporting, and continuous improvement, to engage employees and develop key organizational capacities.
- Lead the development of education and training infrastructure in using but not limited to SharePoint File System, SharePoint Homepage, Loop, 365 Lists and Boards.
- Liaise with other internal teams to gather requirements, define educational and technical needs, and provide ongoing support and maintenance.
- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Adu

📌 Educational Projects (Toronto)
🏢 Autism Ontario
📍 Toronto