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Health Behaviour Change Jobs in Ontario (NOW HIRING)

... for the change health, adoption risk, and value realization outcomes of key initiatives across ... Design experiencecentered change journeys; gather feedback and iterate to reinforce behavior change ...

... drive behaviour change, achieve organizational goals, and foster a culture of learning. How you ... Health corporate clients. You will also actively manage the learning environment and share your ...

... drive behaviour change, achieve organizational goals, and foster a culture of learning. How you ... Health corporate clients. You will also actively manage the learning environment and share your ...

$36.29 - $39.29/hr

... and readiness for change using motivational interviewing * Identify barriers to treatment or ... behavioral health or social services * Collaborate with Nurse Care Managers and other team members ...

Behaviour Support Worker-GTA

Toronto, ON · On-site

CA$25.03 - CA$28.91/hr

VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our ... change, as well as care, maintenance and use of any equipment required * Implementing behavioural ...

Way Through Northumberland Adult Recovery Service, is a public health commissioned service, supporting adults in creating behaviour change regarding substance misuse and lifestyles linked to ...

$19/hr

Support recovery, change lives as a Behavioral Technician Schedule: PRN- working 1-2 days or as ... Join our dedicated team at Compass Health Network, where you'll provide essential support ...

About The Role Waythrough Northumberland Adult Recovery Service, is a public health commissioned service, supporting adults in creating behaviour change regarding substance misuse and lifestyles ...

Health & Safety Advisor

Concord, ON · Hybrid

CA$80K - CA$85K/yr

Health and dental coverage for yourself and your dependents * RRSP matching to help you plan for ... Ability to facilitate and influence behavioral change in the workplace regarding safety.

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How much do health behaviour change jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 4, 2026, the average hourly pay for health behaviour change in Ontario is $31.41, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $18.51 and $38.94 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is health behaviour change?

Health behaviour change refers to the process of helping individuals or groups modify their habits and actions to improve overall health and well-being. This often involves adopting healthier lifestyles, such as increasing physical activity, improving diet, quitting smoking, or managing stress. Professionals in this field use evidence-based strategies, psychological theories, and motivational techniques to encourage and support sustainable changes. The goal is to reduce risk factors for chronic diseases and promote long-term health outcomes.

What are some common challenges faced by professionals in health behaviour change roles, and how can they be addressed?

Professionals in Health Behaviour Change often encounter challenges such as client resistance to change, cultural or socioeconomic barriers, and maintaining long-term engagement. Addressing these challenges typically involves using motivational interviewing techniques, tailoring interventions to fit individual backgrounds, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams for comprehensive support. Building trust and setting realistic, incremental goals can also help clients feel empowered and more likely to sustain healthy behaviours.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a health behaviour change specialist, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Health Behaviour Change Specialist, you need a background in public health, psychology, or related fields, often supported by a relevant degree or certification. Familiarity with behavior change theories, motivational interviewing, and data collection tools such as surveys or health tracking platforms is essential. Strong communication, empathy, and cultural sensitivity help build rapport and motivate clients to adopt healthier behaviors. These skills are crucial for designing effective interventions and supporting individuals in making lasting, positive health changes.

What is the difference between Health Behaviour Change vs Health Coach?

AspectHealth Behaviour ChangeHealth Coach
CredentialsCertifications in health promotion, behavior change theoriesCertifications in health coaching, wellness coaching
Work EnvironmentHealthcare settings, community programs, research projectsPrivate practice, gyms, corporate wellness programs
Employer & IndustryHealthcare providers, public health organizationsFitness centers, wellness companies, healthcare organizations
Primary FocusDesigning and implementing behavior change strategiesGuiding clients to adopt healthier lifestyles

While both roles aim to improve health outcomes, Health Behaviour Change specialists focus on developing evidence-based strategies to modify behaviors, often working within healthcare or research settings. Health Coaches typically work directly with clients to support lifestyle changes through coaching sessions. Understanding these differences helps clarify career paths and job expectations in the health and wellness industry.

What are popular job titles related to Health Behaviour Change jobs in Ontario?

For Health Behaviour Change jobs in Ontario, the most frequently searched job titles are:

Infographic showing various Health Behaviour Change job openings in Ontario as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 33% Full Time, 33% Part Time, and 34% Contract. Highlights an 100% In-person job distribution, with an average salary of $65,331 per year, or $31.4 per hour.

Manager, Global Change Enablement

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Toronto, ON

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 7 days ago


Job description

Position Title: Manager, Global Change Enablement

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID:40728

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

The Manager, Global Change Enablement builds and scales an enterprise change capability that accelerates strategic outcomes and strengthens our Winning Culture-embedding consistent, humancentered change practices across functions, regions, and programs.

This role continuously evolves the enterprise change enablement strategy, operating model and governance, and is accountable for the change health, adoption risk, and value realization outcomes of key initiatives across McCain.

What you'll be doing.

  1. Enterprise Change Strategy & Governance:
  • Maintain and operationalize GCE frameworks, standards, and templates.
  • Define and continuously mature the enterprise change framework, playbooks, standards, and templates; ensure consistent adoption across functions/regions.
  • Support the operation of the Global Change Council, clarifying decision rights, prioritization, and escalation paths for change risks.
  • Partner with HR, Digital Technology (DT), Communications, Organizational Development and others to align methodologies and embed change disciplines into delivery lifecycle(s).
  1. Change Delivery Support for Strategic Programs:
  • Provide OCM leadership on high-risk, high-impact initiatives, operating model shifts, and global harmonization programs.
  • Lead strategy, planning, stakeholder analysis, impact and readiness assessments, and sponsor coaching.
  • Facilitate leadership alignment workshops and change interventions that derisk adoption and accelerate value realization.
  • Act as trusted advisor to business partners on change strategy trade-offs.
  1. Employee Experience & Adoption Management:
  • Cocreate change narratives, messaging, and engagement strategies; partner with Corporate/Regional Communications to deliver at enterprise scale.
  • Design experiencecentered change journeys; gather feedback and iterate to reinforce behavior change postlaunch.

  1. Capability Building & Engagement Network:
  • Build and lead a global change enablement curriculum (toolkits, training, coaching), and a champion/ambassador network that scales change.
  • Enable senior sponsors and people leaders as visible, effective change agents.

  1. Change Portfolio, Risk & Analytics:
  • Own and integrate the enterprise change portfolio into strategy, transformation, and planning cycles; drive integrated roadmaps and mitigation plans.
  • Translate change insights into recommendations that shape sequencing and operating priorities based on saturation, risk, and strategic value.
  • Establish measurable adoption KPIs, readiness metrics, and reporting (dashboards) that inform decisions and demonstrate value.

Key Interfaces

  • Enterprise Partners: HR, DT, Corporate/Regional Communications, Organizational Development, Strategy/Transformation Offices; regional/function change leads and PMOs.
  • Leadership Bodies: Executive Sponsor and the Global Change Council, SLT members and Program Steering Committees.

What you'll need to be successful.

Qualifications & Experience

  • 7 to 10+ years OCM experience in global matrixed organizations.
  • Demonstrated success designing and operationalizing enterprise change frameworks and governance at scale.
  • Depth in change delivery for complex programs (e.g., operating model shifts, shared services, digital transformation).
  • Strong facilitation, executive coaching, and storytelling skills; able to translate strategy into clear, humancentered adoption experiences.
  • Proficiency with change analytics (readiness, sentiment, adoption), portfolio management, and datainformed decisioning.
  • Relevant certifications (e.g., Prosci/ADKAR, ACMP, Agile/Lean) are an asset.

Leadership & Behavioral Competencies

  • Enterprise thinking; designs for global scale with local relevance.
  • Influence without authority; builds coalitions across functions and regions.
  • Inclusive leadership; grows capability through coaching and communities of practice.
  • Structured yet pragmatic; balances standards with flexibility to fit context.
  • Datadriven storyteller; turns insights into action for leaders and teams.

Measures of Success (Indicative)

  • Adoption & Behavior Change: timetoadoption, utilization, proficiency, sustainment.
  • Readiness & Risk: reduction in saturation hotspots; mitigations executed; readiness index trends; improvement in enterprise change maturity.
  • People & Capability: strengthen leader capability; change champion network performance; playbook utilization rates; team engagement and retention.
  • Governance & Consistency: audit of framework adherence across programs; cycletime improvements from decision forums.
  • Enterprise Impact: contribution to strategic milestones and culture outcomes tied to Winning Culture; business value realized from major transformations (time-to-value, benefits enabled through adoption).

About McCain.

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiousity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.

Compensation Package:$97,500.00 -$130,000.00 . CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programsinclude vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resourcesto support you in being your best self at work - and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policyand Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information isbeing handled here.

Job Family:Communications
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)

Employment Type: OTHER