Risk and Resilience Specialist

Risk and Resilience Specialist - University of Toronto

• I. EDUCATION: University degree in business administration, risk management, finance, public administration, or another relevant discipline, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• II. EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in enterprise risk management, business continuity, project management, or a related discipline, preferably within a university, public-sector, or similarly complex organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Experience maintaining databases, registers, trackers, records, and document-management systems.
• Experience conducting risk assessment and translating complex information into clear, practical recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with individuals across multiple organizational levels.
• Experience collecting, reviewing, consolidating, and presenting information for reports, dashboards, briefing notes, or presentations.
• Experience leading multi-stakeholder projects is an asset.
• III. SKILLS:
• Excellent facilitation, consultation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong written communication skills, including experience preparing professional correspondence, reports, meeting materials, and presentations.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including and not limited to, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• IV. OTHER:
• Demonstrated ability to independently plan, prioritize and execute complex work with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to monitor multiple deliverables, manage competing priorities, and follow-up effectively on outstanding actions
• Ability to exercise sound judgement, discretion, diplomacy, and tact when working with sensitive and confidential information.
• Demonstrated initiative, resourcefulness, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Closing Date: 10/15/2026, 11:59PM ET
• Employee Group: Salaried
• Personnel Subarea:PM
• Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
• Schedule: Full-Time
• Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 3 -- Hiring Zone: $93,592 - $109,190 -- Broadband

Salary

Range: $93,592 - $155,985

• Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
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