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William Osler Health System

Organizational Development Consultant

Hybrid

Brampton, Canada

Freelance

18-12-2025

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Leadership Creativity Go Dynamics Change Management Research Training Organization

Job Specifications

One of Canada's Best Diversity Employers and Greater Toronto's Top Employers for many consecutive years, William Osler Health System (Osler) provides a safe and supportive health care network to grow your career. Osler is nationally recognized for its commitment to patient safety and is Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest rating a Canadian hospital can receive. As a major Ontario hospital system, and home to some of the biggest specialty and emergency departments in the country, Osler serves the 1.3 million residents of Brampton, Etobicoke and surrounding communities. We are proud to offer you incredible exposure to best-in-class health care delivery and challenging hands-on opportunities to stay at the top of your game.

A hospital system built for and by the community, we continue to expand our services to meet the needs of a growing population, creating opportunities for increased hands-on skills development, cross-department training and promotional opportunities. Guided by our accomplished senior leadership team, together we are driving our vision of patient-inspired health care without boundaries.

At Osler, we invest in careers that go beyond where health care professionals like you can achieve their goals and find deep personal and professional fulfillment. Join our team today!

Job Description

Reporting to the Manager, Organizational Development, the Organizational Development (OD) Consultant will work across the organization to design and implement key initiatives critical to the people and culture components of the Osler strategic plan as well as work with clients to identify emerging business needs and design appropriate solutions to support the strategic direction and transformation of our organization.

The core purpose of the OD Consultant is to act as a strategic partner within Osler and to help build Osler’s leadership and organizational capability/capacity by designing/facilitating sustainable Talent Management and change interventions within a uniquely complex healthcare environment.

The OD Consultant applies a ‘system thinking’ approach to this work, and uses diagnostic models, data gathering, and research to design and deliver both organizational programs, as well as for specific client solutions.

In this work, the OD Consultant designs and applies leading edge tools and frameworks for effective performance management, leadership development, engagement, learning and development, recognition systems, and organizational and team effectiveness to foster transformation and impact performance at the employee, leader and enterprise level.

Accountabilities:

Working with senior human resources professionals and senior management, helps shape the development and delivery of an integrated engagement and talent management strategy to enhance and maintain excellence in the current and future generations of Osler leaders
Responsibility for higher level OD and change work that is iterative, non-linear and complex in nature. Strong intuition and creativity is required in the face of missing foundations, infrastructure and/or the absence of established best practice
Works proactively with key/business partners to design, develop and implement strategies and solutions to achieve desired change, designing Talent Management systems/processes, and facilitating team dynamics and other strategies to enhance effectiveness
Advises and guides management on organizational development, talent management and change management matters based on best practice in order to raise the bar on individual, unit and organizational performance
Leads or supports the development of various OD and change initiatives including, but not limited to, leadership, employee engagement, learning, culture change/renewal, performance management and employee development
Ensure projects align with Osler’s strategic priorities and planning goals
Supports the development and implementation of talent and succession management strategies to identify and support the growth of current and future leaders
Delivers and designs programs at the enterprise level, requiring strong diagnostic, influencing and key partner management abilities
Works with leaders at all levels to implement solutions
Provides consulting services to address complex workplace issues, typically dealing with unit/team dynamics and effectiveness
The OD Consultant is often engaged by Human Resources or leaders for either consulting support and/or direct client engagement, based on complexity
Applies best practices to elevate organizational, team and individual performance
Develops metrics and monitors the effectiveness of their work and recommends improvements or other solutions as required
Identifies areas of resistance or disengagement and recommends solutions to address these issues
Evaluates services using data to ensure interventions meet desired outcomes
Sources, establishes and maintains a network of consultants and industry experts to resource projects; a

About the Company

William Osler Health System (Osler) is a hospital system which includes Brampton Civic Hospital, Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness and Etobicoke General Hospital, and serves 1.3 million residents of Brampton, Etobicoke and surrounding communities within the Central West region. Nationally recognized for its commitment to patient safety, Osler is also Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest rating a Canadian hospital can receive from Accreditation Canada. Osler has three unique sites, each provid... Know more