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Employee Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments): N/A Job Family: Risk Management # of Open Positions: 1 Faculty/Service
- Department: Occupational Health and Safety Campus: Main Campus Union Affiliation: N/A Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/10/29 Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/11/23 Hours per week: 35 Salary Grade: Non-Union Grade NM1 Salary Range: $107,503.00
- $134,379.00 About the Office of the Chief Risk Officer: The Office of the Chief Risk Officer offers a rewarding journey where your skills and passion for risk management will play a key role in shaping the future of the University of Ottawa. Our Office oversees Operational and Enterprise Risk Management, Insurance, Internal Audit, Protection Services, Emergency Management, and Health, Safety and Environmental Management. Our team is dedicated to ensuring the resilience and continuity of our operations. With a commitment to excellence, you'll have the opportunity to contribute significantly to promoting risk culture within our institution. We strive to be a valued partner and key player in advising and supporting University leadership, faculties, and staff, helping to foster a culture of informed decision-making. Join us in building a resilient future for the University of Ottawa and become part of our collaborative and forward-thinking team. Position Purpose Reporting to the Director, provides leadership for the development, management, and implementation of strategic and operational risk management initiatives in alignment with the strategic objectives of the Office of the Chief Risk Officer and University.



The position oversees the institutional management system and related programs in their area of responsibility to support and facilitate the appropriate risk management of the University’s facilities, properties, academic programs, research enterprise, and daily operations. The incumbent monitors and assures institutional compliance with federal, provincial, and municipal legislation, national / international standards and guidelines by faculty, staff and students through proactive and reactive programs. The incumbent assists in resolving institutional matters in their area of responsibility and is the primary person responsible and accountable for the development of institutional programs and procedures to ensure an appropriate level of compliance at the University and its related institutions. In this role, your responsibilities will include:
- Planning and strategic orientation: Develops, manages, implements, and updates strategic plans for their specific area of responsibility, including budgets, procurement processes, programs and project plans to address risk for medium and long term (greater than 5 years) durations in alignment with the business unit’s and University’s strategic plan. Determines and enacts the team objectives based on institutional, service, and regulatory objectives. Often requires integration of new and existing programs and initiatives.
- Operations management: Directs the development, implementation,



and monitoring of high-impact and integrated risk mitigation programs which focus on minimizing risk and liabilities, ensuring compliance, enhancing environmental management and compliance, environmental stewardship, emergency response and business continuity with a view to impacts on academic, research, and operational activities to ensure consistency and continuous improvement.
- Expertise: advises, informs, proposes, consults, reports, and provides subject-matter expertise to ensure accountability and assure institutional and faculty/service compliance with respect to regulatory initiatives and their implications (financial, resource, facility infrastructure, etc.) to management committees, senior faculty / service leadership, as appropriate.
- Liaison: serves as the university’s primary interface and signing authority under delegation of the Director with national, provincial, and municipal regulatory agencies, as appropriate. Examples include Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks, City of Ottawa.
- Capital projects: participates in the capital planning, project management, design, and construction processes to ensure that appropriate property, environment, and regulatory requirements are properly identified, considered and addressed. Identifies cost saving and efficiency opportunities by anticipating future regulatory or environmental standards. Assesses the appropriate standards and guidelines to ensure consistency with the overall strategic goals associated with research, academic programming, and construction of current facilities.
- Team management: builds teams from resources internal and external to the University to address institutional priorities within their area of responsibility (including program and project develop

📌 Manager, Risk Management (Ottawa)
🏢 University of Ottawa
📍 Ottawa