Analyst, Business Improvement

ABOUT US

SickKids Foundation, with over 50 years of philanthropic impact is Canada's largest charitable funder of child health research, learning and care, raising over $200 million last year. As a national charity, SickKids Foundation invests in national and international initiatives to benefit children in Canada and around the world. As the fundraising partner to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), we are aligned in supporting Precision Child Health (PCH), the future of tailoring medicine to each child's unique traits so SickKids can diagnose faster, treat smarter, and predict better.

We are driven by our core values of integrity, collaboration, excellence, innovation, and inclusion, with goals of delivering a superior donor experience, investing in our people and culture, driving innovative and sustainable fundraising, and disrupting the market through data and technology.

SickKids Foundation is committed to an inclusive culture by embedding equity, diversity and inclusion in our policies, practices, and behaviours. We aim to build awareness and skills in this area, both internally and with our partners. Our commitment extends to creating a safe, positive work environment. For details on our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion commitment, please click here.

We’re committed to attracting and retaining passionate individuals to help create a healthier future. That’s why SickKids Foundation is looking for a new Business Improvement Analyst.

Description of the Position

The Business Improvement Analyst will provide analytical, discovery and project support for strategic, innovation and continuous improvement priorities across SickKids Foundation.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Innovation & Process Improvement, the Analyst will gather and analyze information, support process and service discovery, conduct targeted research, support strategy performance monitoring, develop project and governance materials, and provide disciplined coordination that helps cross-functional initiatives move forward effectively.

Working across priorities within the Innovation & Process Improvement portfolio, this role will own defined pieces of work while collaborating with senior professional leads who provide the higher-order strategy, innovation and continuous improvement expertise. The Analyst will bring curiosity, sound judgment, strong synthesis and reliable follow-through to help turn evidence into useful analysis and plans into execution.

Key Responsibilities

You will:

• Conduct discovery activities, including interviews and stakeholder or user input gathering, and document current-state processes, services, workflows and requirements.
• Organize and analyze qualitative and quantitative information, identify initial themes, patterns, inconsistencies and gaps, and surface evidence-based observations, hypotheses and questions for further interpretation.
• Support journey, service and process mapping and prepare concise synthesis, briefing and presentation materials that make findings useful for decisions and action.
• Conduct environmental scans, benchmarking and targeted research; organize inputs and support consultation analysis for strategic and annual planning activities.
• Gather strategic initiative, milestone and KPI updates from accountable teams; maintain performance data, trackers and dashboards; check information for completeness and consistency; and flag trends, gaps or emerging issues for review.
• Prepare tables, charts and first drafts of progress reports and briefing materials, coordinate recurring strategy-reporting timelines, and maintain actions and decisions arising from reviews.
• Gather process data such as volumes, cycle times, errors, rework and handoffs; document current-state processes; and develop process maps and baseline analyses.
• Support root-cause analysis, measurement, pilots and testing; identify potential pain points and patterns requiring further analysis or validation; and maintain improvement data, project documentation, test results and lessons learned.
• Own defined analytical, project or governance deliverables for designated enterprise and cross-functional priorities.
• Develop and maintain workplans, schedules, action and decision logs, meeting and workshop materials, project documentation, presentations and status reports.
• Coordinate agreed project and governance routines, monitor progress, follow up on commitments and flag risks, dependencies, slippage or unresolved actions to the appropriate lead.
• Apply an inclusive, user-centered lens by considering whose perspectives need to be understood and recognizing that people may experience the same process, service or organizational issue differently.
• Manage multiple assigned deliverables, communicate progress and capacity risks early, and contribute to a collaborative portfolio-wide approach to priority work.

Qualifications

While we know that for any job posting no one candidate will possess the qualifications being sought in equal measure, below is an outline of the qualifications we believe are important for a candidate to bring to the position or for the successful candidate to develop while in the role:

• Relevant university degree in business, project management, research, design, engineering or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically, 3-5 years of relevant experience in qualitative research, business or process analysis, strategy support, project coordination, performance reporting, continuous improvement or similar cross-functional work.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to work with qualitative and quantitative information, distinguish evidence from assumptions and notice patterns, inconsistencies and gaps.
• Experience gathering information through interviews, research, document review or basic data analysis and translating it into clear, useful synthesis.
• Practical project coordination and organizational skills, including experience maintaining workplans, milestones, action and decision logs, project documentation and status reporting; exposure to project management approaches is considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of process mapping, current-state analysis, measurement or structured problem-solving; exposure to Lean, Six Sigma or another continuous improvement approach is considered an asset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare concise summaries, presentations, briefing materials and professional stakeholder communications.
• High attention to detail, reliability and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple defined deliverables and recurring reporting cycles.
• Confidence working with employees and leaders across functions, asking clarifying questions and building productive relationships without formal authority.
• Practical and action-oriented approach, with the ability to move between analytical work and hands-on project coordination without over-engineering straightforward work.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams; experience with dashboards, reporting or project-tracking tools is considered an asset.
• Genuine curiosity about strategy, innovation and continuous improvement and a commitment to developing capability across these disciplines.

We are looking for a curious, analytical and highly organized individual who enjoys bringing clarity to complex problems and reliably moving important work forward. This role offers the opportunity to contribute across strategy, innovation and continuous improvement while developing professional capability alongside experienced practitioners and cross-functional teams working to advance the Foundation's mission.

Total Compensation Package

Expected Hiring Salary Range: $70,056- $82,418; with the ability to progress to a maximum of $98,902 with demonstrated experience and proficiency. To ensure fair and equitable pay at SickKids Foundation, placement on the salary range will be based on your years of experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the Business Improvement Analyst.

To help you lead in the fight for kids’ health and to support your health, wellness, and career growth, in addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefit package (includes a flex benefit plan), tuition reimbursement, flexible work arrangements, pension plan and birth parent/parental top up – to name a few!

Position Status: Permanent Full-Time;

Hours: Hybrid work model: minimum two days per week in-office (Tuesday and Wednesday).

Available To: Internal and External Candidates

Available: Immediately; this posting is for an existing vacancy.

Date Posted: October 16, 2026

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We encourage interested candidates to apply early.

How to apply: Please apply on-line by visiting our website: https://www.sickkidsfoundation.com/careersandvolunteers

Please note that automated tools, including artificial intelligence, may be used to support the pre-screening of applications as part of our recruitment process.

SickKids Foundation is committed to its people and the talents, capabilities, and perspectives they bring to our mission. We live that commitment by being open and accessible to all, by valuing and respecting every individual, and by equally supporting every employee. As an organization proud to have joined the BlackNorth Initiative’s CEO pledge, we uphold our commitment by inviting and encouraging individuals from diverse lived experiences from Black, Indigenous, communities of colour, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ community and all candidates who may contribute to the further diversification of the Foundation’s community.

Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at: recruitment@sickkidsfoundation.com