About us:
The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (the College) is the regulatory body for registered nurses in the province of Manitoba, dedicated to promoting excellence in nursing practice and ensuring public safety. The College was established in 1913 and is governed under The Regulated Health Professions Act which sets out our responsibilities.
- We regulate registered nursing practice in Manitoba
- We support RNs to provide safe, competent, and ethical care
- We set standards for education, registration, and practice
- We take action when the standards are not met
Our Values:
- Trusted: We act with integrity in every interaction as the best way to enhance our sustained regulatory impact and to ensure our standing as a reputable, trustworthy and unbiased partner
- Progressive: We seek progress, embrace risks and pursue innovative operational and regulatory practices to ensure our continued excellence and impact in a dynamic environment
- Accountable: We are transparent and take ownership for our actions, decisions and outcomes
- Relationship Oriented: We challenge the status quo for meaningful collaboration with partners and greater transparency and ease of navigation for applicants, registrants and the public
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Chief of Regulatory Practices, the Manager of Communications provides strategic communications advice to leadership, oversees the Communications Department, and is responsible for communications planning, media relations, digital communications, publications, and crisis communications to ensure clear, consistent, accessible, and effective messaging across the College.
Scope of this position:
- Acts as the primary strategic communications advisor including assessing reputational issues, evaluating issue complexity and prioritizing communications needs.
- Assesses communications requests and major project needs, determines required communications support and coordinates resources.
- Develops indicators to assess relationship quality, reputational impact, and communications effectiveness.
- Oversees the measurement and reporting of communications outcomes for major initiatives, projects and College-wide priorities.
- Maintains a working knowledge of the legislation, regulations, policies and bylaws governing the College’s operations to provide effective recommendations and strategic communications advice.
- Conducts research, environmental scans, analysis, and anticipates emerging issues, prepares briefing materials, key messaging and other deliverables.
Education and experience:
- Completion of a bachelor’s degree and a professional communications accreditation (such as CMP, SCMP, APR, or CP3); or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Five years of progressively responsible communications experience, including experience leading communications projects and/or supervising staff
- Experience in the successful development, execution and evaluation of strategic communications plans
- Experience in media relations and issues management
- Experience managing, developing, and producing a wide variety of communications materials
- Experience in interpretation of legislation or policies to support strategic communications objectives
- Excellent knowledge of the principles and best practices of strategic communications management for a variety of audiences
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to facilitate the identification of relevant communications issues
- Proficiency with MS Office, including Teams, SharePoint and Excel
This position requires excellent organizational skills, flexibility, attention to detail, motivation to be self-directed, and an ethical regard for confidentiality of information.
The College is committed to supporting equity, diversity and accessibility in our workplace and welcomes applications from racialized persons, First Nations, Inuit and Métis persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Disability accommodations are available upon request.
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter before noon on July 6, 2026.
THIS POSITION IS A FULL-TIME, PERMANENT ROLE.
We thank all who apply, but only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $103,548.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee assistance program
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Winnipeg, MB
