Manager- Change Management Specialist

Posting start date: December 09, 2025	Posting end date: December 26, 2025
Location: Thunder Bay	Position type: Full Time

The Manager – Change Management Specialist is responsible for leading organizational change management and ensuring clear, culturally grounded, and appropriate communication of Health Transformation across Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN). This role focuses on building comfort, trust, and consensus throughout the transition to a new NAN-led health system, supporting the implementation of Chiefs-in-Assembly resolutions, and ensuring First Nations leadership, communities, and partners are engaged and informed at every stage.

The Manager will develop and implement strategies that build readiness for change, reduce resistance, and strengthen consensus among stakeholders to ensure successful phased adoption of new health governance and service delivery models.

Application preference will be given to Individuals who self-identify as Indigenous people with the required combination of education and experience and familiarity and/or experience working, serving, or living in one or more of the First Nation communities served by Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN).

NAN is committed to providing accommodations, on request throughout the interview and employment process, and if accommodation is required, we will work with the applicants to meet their needs.

Applications (resume and cover letter) and inquiries for all positions may be directed to:

Jill Harju, Recruitment and Training Coordinator

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

200 Syndicate Avenue South

Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1C9

Phone: (807) 473-1020

Fax: (807) 623-7730

Email: jharju@nan.ca

Applicants and candidates are accountable for ensuring that information submitted throughout the recruitment and selection process is accurate and true to the best of their knowledge at the time of submission.