2025 Summer Student Program

EMPLOYER: Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Where potential meets purpose

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is here to help. It’s a place where you can apply your potential to fulfill our purpose of helping people who are injured or made ill because of their work, and help businesses make their workplaces safe and healthy. Our people are at the heart of what we do. Bring your enthusiasm and expertise to the WSIB, and we’ll help you achieve your personal and professional goals through meaningful work, development opportunities and a culture of compassion, integrity and teamwork.

Summer student recruitment

The WSIB is committed to providing opportunities for students to gain meaningful hands-on work experience and to offer insight into future employment opportunities and career options within the WSIB. When you join the WSIB, you start to put your academic experience into practice as you work on challenging assignments and take ownership of projects. We also offer training programs for each stage of career advancement. Our learning and development programs are focused on developing the core competencies that reflect our organizational values and define the skills, knowledge and behaviors we believe are critical to achieving personal and professional success.

One of our greatest strengths is our people, and our collective desire to make Ontario a safer, healthier and more equitable place to live and work.

We respect and value the diversity of our people. We strive to create an environment where employees can be themselves and where our differences are celebrated.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

We are committed to making our recruitment process equitable and accessible. Should you require accommodation at any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

The Operations team deals directly with people who’ve been injured or becomes ill because of work. We provide our customers with the best possible service through claim adjudication, ensuring payment, return-to-work services, and managing access to health services.

Some areas that have hired summer students include:

• Accessibility Office
• Account Services
• Claims Registration
• Corporate Compliance
• Health and Safety Program Design and Enablement

Our Employer Services team focuses on our business customers. Our goal is to help people to register their business, report and pay premiums and to reduce injuries and illness in their workplace. This team includes Employer Account Services, Corporate Compliance and Workplace Health and Safety Services. This team promotes and encourages employers to create healthier and safer Ontario workplaces.

Some areas that have hired summer students include:

• Business and Advanced Analytics
• Corporate Services and Finance
• Customer and Digital Experience
• Information Management Shared Service
• Injured Persons and Providers Service Excellence

Finance is responsible for the financial health and stewardship of the WSIB, and accountable for the funds required to support injured and ill people in their recovery and return to work. We are comprised of Financial Planning and Operations, Financial Reporting and Controllership, Financial Systems and Administration, Actuarial Services, Internal Audit and Investment and Pension Administration.

Some areas that have hired summer students include:

• Cash Disbursements
• Loss of Retirement Income
• Quality Assurance
• Treasury

People

The People team provides comprehensive human resources advice and services to the organization, enabling strategic business outcomes through our people. The division’s work is directed by the Strategic Plan and the aligned People Plan, both of which guide us as we transform into an agile, customer-centric organization. People also delivers a range of operational services to team WSIB, including communications and change management, translation services, talent acquisition, job classification and compensation, disability management and mental health services.

Some areas that have hired summer students include:

• Communications
• Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Business Ethics
• Employee Labour Relations
• HR Analytics
• Language Services
• Learning and Development
• Talent Acquisition

Governance

The Governance team supports, educates and champions effective governance across the WSIB. Through continuous assessment and improvement, the team strives to uphold quality decision-making, transparency, and accountability at the WSIB, while cultivating a collaborative and supportive culture that embraces rigorous frameworks that contribute to business value delivery and benefit realization through to portfolio governance and execution. The Legal Services division works to advance our service commitment and to maximize the value it provides to the WSIB. The team works together with our people to support risk intelligent decision-making and to ensure that we act in ways that are legal, ethical and reputable.

Some areas that have hired summer students include:

• Legal Services
• Office of the President

Strategy and Risk

The Strategy and Risk team acts as the strategic driver for the WSIB. The team helps improve internal decision-making and reporting and informing enterprise-wide decisions. The Strategy and Risk team includes real estate and facilities management and is also responsible for leading management teams and our Board of Directors through the risks and opportunities.

Some areas that have hired summer students include:

• Corporate Performance Measurement
• Emergency Management Business Continuity
• Real Estate and Facilities Management Services
• Strategy and Planning

Professional Requirements and Qualifications

Applicants must be:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Must currently be a post-secondary student who is enrolled as a full-time, post-secondary student in a recognized institution in September 2025.
• Applicants may also apply to the position if they are within 6 months of their graduation date.
• Final year students will need to provide proof of enrollment for their last semester.
• Available to work for the entire duration of the summer (May 5, 2025 – August 29, 2025)

All applications must include the following:

• Resume and cover letter in a single MS Word or PDF document
• Copy of your most recent GPA transcript
• Proof of enrollment for the September 2024 and/or 2025 school year
• Fourth year students will need to provide proof of enrollment for their last semester

Summer student recruitment timeline

Applications open November 20, 2024 – January 10, 2025

Resume screening and objective competency testing January – February, 2025

Interviews January – March, 2025

Offers February – March 2025

Start date/orientation May 5, 2025

To apply for this position, please visit our website between November 20, 2024 and January 10, 2025 and apply to the “2025 Summer Student Program” posting on our Careers page.

We appreciate the interest of all candidates. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are only able to contact candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

The WSIB is an equal opportunity employer and provides accommodation for job applicants in accordance with the Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you are an individual with a disability and you need accommodation in order to apply for these positions, please contact talentacquisitioncentre@wsib.on.ca.

Employees of the WSIB have important ethical responsibilities, including the obligation to place the public interest above personal interests. Job applicants are therefore required to disclose any circumstance that could result in a real, potential or perceived conflict of interest.