Planning Business Partner

Work Remotely Anywhere In The Province Of New Brunswick

WorkSafeNB is seeking to fill a two-year term contract position of Planning Business Partner. Reporting to the Director, Corporate Planning and Operational Performance, you will work with the divisions to provide advice and planning expertise, creating alignment of all divisions toward deliberate and defined objectives and measures to ensure operational excellence and accountability, leading to the achievement of the strategic plan and modernization goals. The job works the enterprise to identify its priorities, work, and projects aligned with the Board's strategic plan and ELT's annual corporate plan; works with Divisions to develop capabilities to develop divisional, departmental, and individual work plans; and collaborates to identify and report performance against plans.

Salary And Hours Of Work:

• Hours of work are those required to perform the assigned tasks but shall not be less than 35 hours per week.
• Pay Scale: $82,971.90 to $97,614.00 annually.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning – support strategic planning with evidenced-based recommendations, research, and materials to enable informed decisions relative to strategy - vision, mission, values, goals, objectives, and KPIs.
• Corporate Planning - provide planning expertise, advice, and support to WorkSafeNB's divisions to develop plans at the corporate, divisional, department, and individual levels to ensure alignment with the strategic plan goals and KPIs.
• Project Planning and Prioritization - provide planning expertise and support to WorkSafeNB's divisions to identify and prioritize projects to create a culture of continuous improvement and innovation and to ensure projects at all levels are aligned with corporate priorities.
• Operational Performance - participate in building, monitoring, and maturing the enterprise accountability framework and work with divisions to facilitate ongoing review and reporting of performance against plans.
• Support Organizational Alignment and Change – as new strategic planning and operational performance methods and models are rolled out operationally throughout the organization, lead, guide, and support the assigned divisions and departments through the change.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree preferably in a business discipline.
• Three (3) to five (5) years' experience working both across organizations and vertically from frontline to executive leadership.
• Advanced knowledge in planning and administration.
• At least two years' experience leading or facilitating strategic, operational, or business planning.
• Knowledge and ability to build a wide variety of reports, plans, and tools.
• Understanding of how strategic plans translate to operational objectives.

Competencies:

• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Consulting and Advising
• Impact and Influence
• Planning and Organizing
• Enabling Communication
• Client-focused Service
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Ensuring Accountability
• Facilitation

Written and spoken competence in English is required.

Benefits for contract opportunities include vacation, sick time and the New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan.

Your primary workspace will be from your in-home office, with the occasional expectation of in person meetings, for that reason, working from outside the province is not permissible.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity with WorkSafeNB, please apply online at www.worksafenb.ca by February 26, 2026.

We thank all those who apply however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

For more information about WorkSafeNB, or this and other employment opportunities, please visit our website at worksafenb.ca.

About Us
The team at WorkSafeNB is passionate about promoting health and safety in New Brunswick workplaces. We strive to make New Brunswick the safest place to work. However, injuries do occur, and when they do, we are committed to providing caring recovery and return to work services, benefits, and compensation to injured workers and their families. Culture is the heartbeat of the organization. The stronger it is, the further we go! Selected by our employees, our WorkSafeNB values shape our culture. We put our values of Accountability, Collaboration and Trust into ACTion. We demonstrate accountability by taking pride in and ownership of our work so we can take care of our clients and other New Brunswickers. Through collaboration, we build strong partnerships and innovate to achieve better outcomes. Trust guides our organization; we lead and listen with empathy and embrace diversity, inclusion and belonging. These ACTions shape us.