Location: Toronto, ON Canada
Type: Permanent Full-time
Group/Grade: Bargaining Unit/Officer
Rate: $115,232.38 (start)
Date: November 2, 2026
The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is Canada’s largest nurses’ union. We are powered by our members - 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, and 18,000 nursing student affiliates - who provide care in hospitals, long-term care, public health, the community, clinics and industry.
Our mission is to defend the rights of and advocate for nurses and health-care professionals who care for the health of Ontarians. We empower members and fight against unfair and unsafe treatment, negotiate and enforce our contracts, offer benefits and insurance, provide tailored education and development opportunities and much more. We confront governments, administrations and other policymakers head on to fight for high-quality public health care.
ONA is seeking to hire a Labour Relations Officer (Member Mobilizer) to join our Government Relations and Mobilizing Team in our Toronto office. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The ideal candidate is an organizer who can support comprehensive mobilizing campaign strategies. This candidate must be passionate about organizing, engaging, activating and empowering nurses and health-care professionals for actions, events and activities. They will work with a team to build capacity and power in support of ONA’s broader government relations and communications strategy, including member support in the context of health-care transformation and labour relations initiatives; be able to articulate ONA’s values in a compelling way to current and future members; and work within the boundaries of ONA’s governing and administrative policies, vision and strategic directions, and team standards.
This is what else you can expect from this dynamic role:
- Train and engage members about the value of the union, working together to build power, advocacy beyond the workplace and strategies for change.
- Identify, organize and empower workplace leaders to mobilize and engage members for actions, events and activities.
- Support member requests for actions and coordinate with staff on the communications and government relations team.
- Work closely with members and leaders at the bargaining unit level on the ground in a concerted effort to train, engage and activate using internal organizing tools, techniques and strategies.
- Engage members with the use of technology as a tool for outreach and mobilization, such as Action Network and texting, including interactions via social media.
- Develop comprehensive campaign plans and oversee their implementation.
- Develop strategies, timelines and tactics to support local actions, events, and activities, including organizing phone banks and phone zaps to mobilize ONA members.
- Introduce techniques and strategies to maintain member contact information for local mobilization.
- Coach, mentor and support members to achieve local goals, structure tests and agreed outcomes.
- Support efforts to develop working relations with local external groups, coalitions and other unions.
- Analyze, evaluate and report on member engagement, capacity building and activities.
- Provide support for bargaining units taking job action and for activities or actions during mediation and conciliation.
- Prepare content for reports to the Board of Directors and for member meetings.
What we are looking for:
The successful candidate will possess:
- University Degree in Social or Political Sciences, Public Relations, Public Policy or any related fields.
- Five years related organizing and campaigns experience required.
- A solid grounding and understanding of the theory of power in a union context and how to build power.
- Knowledge and demonstrated experience with various core organizing methods.
- Ability to work collaboratively and constructively with a solutions-based approach.
- Experience with issues related to health care, labour relations, and unions within the Ontario political environment.
- Experience in writing, editing and producing organizing materials.
- Experience with programs such as Action Network and texting platforms.
- Knowledge of health-care issues.
- Ability to work on a flexible schedule including some evening/weekend work, especially around intense periods of workplace campaigning, provincial bargaining or policy changes, as well as during election campaigns.
The successful candidate must be able to travel, possess a valid driver’s license and have access to an automobile for business use. The ability to travel across Ontario is expected, or to other areas outside of Ontario.
All interested candidates may apply via ONA Jobs by 4:30 p.m. on November 16, 2026.
The Ontario Nurses’ Association is committed to employment equity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from equity-deserving groups including individuals of Indigenous descent, Racialized individuals, individuals with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI persons. We also provide accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at HumanResources@ona.org.
Thank you for your interest in joining us. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
