Job Description

Requisition ID: 410815

Position Number: 20089754

Posting End Date: September 21, 2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: WRHA Community Health Services - 490 Hargrave Ave

Department / Unit: Street Connections & STBBI

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: CUPE

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 09/28/2026 - 05/31/2027

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 0.50

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $27.853, $28.804, $29.803, $30.781, $31.919, $32.982, $34.146, $35.194

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

The Communicable Disease Technician works under the direction of regional public health teams (Public Health Nurses, Communicable Disease Coordinators, Medical Officers of Health, Team Managers) to support public health communicable disease prevention and control within the General Program Public Health, Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction and Tuberculosis services.

Experience

• Minimum two years working with diverse populations from a community-based perspective that supports individuals, families, groups and communities across the lifespan.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Complete High School Education, Manitoba standards required.
• Recognized post-secondary certificate or diploma in a health services or social sciences field required.
• Post-secondary education, including degree specific to population and public health preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Province of Manitoba Class 5 Drivers Licence, or equivalent from province of residence, and access to a personal vehicle required.

Qualifications and Skills

• Collaborative approach to working with individuals and families.
• Able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team using strong communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of population health and health equity an asset.
• Knowledge of communicable disease management and harm reduction an asset.
• Experience working with street involved populations an asset.
• Knowledge of and experience working with diverse populations required.
• Acceptable adult and child abuse registry/criminal record checks required.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 15lbs.
• Must be physically able to provide services in a variety of settings and weather.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, Prairie Crocus Manor, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.