Title: Manager, Workplace Health and Safety
Department: Human Resources
Community: Iqaluit
Requisition Number: 314
Type of Employment: Indeterminate
Salary range: $145,539 to $165,156 per year, 37.5 hours/week
Northern Allowance: $16,328 per year
Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is Available
Union Status: Excluded
Closing date: January 30, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. eastern time
This employment opportunity is open to all applicants.
Reporting to the Director, Wellness (Director), the Manager, Workplace Health and Safety (Manager) will lead the development, execution and institutionalization of the Government of Nunavut’s (GN) Health and Safety functions, goals, programs, initiatives, policies and training. Mandate includes Health and Safety support for Government departments. The Manager ensures GN compliance with health and safety legislation, policies, collective agreements, labour arbitration cases, relevant precedents, while integrating Inuit Societal Values. The position impacts all GN work locations and employees by establishing standards, policies, practices, and by designing, delivering, communicating, monitoring and enforcing all components of the health and safety mandate.