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Welcome to the Canadian Association of Midwives! We are a small team of dedicated individuals committed to growing the profession of midwifery in Canada and around the world.
The head office of the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) is located in downtown Montreal, Quebec. We offer a positive and inclusive workplace shaped by a feminist, anti-racist and anti-oppression framework.
Each employee contributes to this environment by supporting and respecting other team members and maintaining a positive and professional attitude. We value teamwork, honesty and integrity at all levels of the organization. We are proud of the role CAM plays in supporting midwifery both in our national strategies and global programs, and CAM team members understand the importance of their work and its reflection on CAM.
Benefits of Working with CAM
- Employee Health Benefits Program: dental, medical, paramedical, life insurance (certain exceptions may apply) and Employee Assistance Program services
- Generous leave entitlements (starting at 3 weeks’ vacation, generous paid time off for illness, personal days, family responsibilities), and additional paid time off for December holiday closure
- Flexible work hours and flexible hybrid work arrangement (home/Montreal office)
- Access to a bright, shared office space in a central location in Montreal as needed
- Travel, learning and development opportunities
CAM is deeply committed to ensuring our organization reflects the diversity of our members and of the clients they serve – this includes diversity of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, and all other protected grounds under the Canadian Human Rights Act. CAM encourages submissions from applicants from diverse communities.
If you have any questions about a position posted here, please email admin@canadianmidwives.org.
Current Openings
Call for Student Midwife Volunteers:
Student Assessment Tools and Processes Desk Review
Somali Midwives for Improving Lives and Enhancing SRH (SMILES) project
*La description est seulement disponible en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour les inconvénients.
Canadian Association of Midwives
Summary
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) is seeking Canadian student midwife volunteers to help prepare a training workshop that will strengthen the ability of midwifery educators in Somalia and Somaliland to assess their students. The workshop will focus on the development and upgrade of student assessment tools and processes, including Observed Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and written exams. This activity, as part of the Somali Midwives for Improving Lives and Enhancing SRH (SMILES) project, will directly support midwife educators from five midwifery schools to enhance the quality and consistency of student evaluation.
Timeframe: Approximately 15 working days (equivalent to 105 hours in total), non-consecutive, to be completed by January 2026. The assignment may be carried out by one volunteer working solo or by a team of 2–3 volunteers.
Location: Remote.
This call is directed to Canadian student midwives to support a Canadian Midwife Consultant in the review and revision of existing content, materials, and activity reports developed during a previous project. The purpose of this work is to contribute to the development and delivery of a workshop led by the Canadian Midwife Consultant for a group of Somali midwife educators, aimed at strengthening skills in student assessment tools and processes. The desk review will serve as the foundation for developing and delivering a comprehensive workshop for midwifery educators from five schools across Jubaland, Galmudug, Puntland and Somaliland. The workshop will combine a series of lecture-style sessions with hands-on practical work, focusing on the development and implementation of OSCEs and written exams within the midwifery education program. This activity aims to strengthen the midwifery schools to effectively evaluate student midwives’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes, while ensuring alignment with the midwifery diploma curriculum and global standards
The volunteer’s mandate will take the form of a desk review, which will require approximately 15 days of work (105 hours), and can be carried out remotely at the volunteers’ own pace. CAM will provide guidance and support, ensure access to the necessary documentation and materials, and oversee the overall coordination of the work.
Deadline: October 20, 2025.
Consultancy: Student Assessment Process
Somali Midwives for Improving Lives and Enhancing SRH (SMILES) project
*La description est seulement disponible en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour les inconvénients.
Canadian Association of Midwives
Summary
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) is seeking a Midwifery Education Consultant to collaborate with Somali partners to improving the quality of student assessment processes, practices, and materials midwifery schools in Somalia and Somaliland. This consultancy involves strengthening Somali midwife educators in student assessment through workshops and collaboration on the development of assessment tools.
Timeframe: The consultancy spans 62 non-consecutive days, with activities scheduled between early 2026 and early 2027.
Location: Hybrid: remotely from Canada with workshops in Somalia and Somaliland..
Budget: A maximum of CAD 55,800.
The SMILES project is a 5-year initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada and led by CARE International, in partnership with the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM), Somalia Midwives Association (SOMA), Puntland Association of Midwives (PAM) and the Somaliland Nursing and Midwifery Association (SLNMA). The ultimate outcome of this project is to improve SRHR for Somali women and adolescent girls (ages 15–49) by strengthening the supply of qualified midwives to provide rights-based, gender-responsive services, and enhancing the utilization of midwifery care by women and girls by increasing awareness their SRHR to access these services.
The SMILES project is working with five midwifery schools in Somalia and Somaliland to strengthen their ability to provide high-quality, rights-based, and gender-responsive pre-service education in the classroom and in health facilities which provide clinical placements to midwifery students. This project builds and expands on the achievement of Strengthening Midwifery Education and Practice in Somalia (SMEPS) project from 2020-2025 which introduced a new three-year midwifery diploma curriculum and trained tutors and clinical instructors to implement the curriculum and supported them through supportive supervision in midwifery schools and health facilities.
The SMEPS project identified gaps in student assessment tools. An initial orientation session provided limited results, underscoring the need for further work. Building on this, the SMILES project will train midwifery educators in developing assessment tools (e.g., OSCEs and written exams), support them in co-developing standardized tools, and orient schools on their use.
Deadline: October 17, 2025
Consultancy: Supportive Supervision
Somali Midwives for Improving Lives and Enhancing SRH (SMILES) project
*La description est seulement disponible en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour les inconvénients.
Canadian Association of Midwives
Summary
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM), seeks a Midwifery Education Consultant to support the implementation of a supportive supervision programme of midwife tutors and clinical instructors in targeted midwifery schools and health facilities in Somalia (Jubaland, Galgaduud and Puntland). The Consultant will collaborate with Student Midwife Volunteer(s) and Somali counterparts to: i) Review and revise supportive supervision documentation as required; ii) Develop and facilitate an in-person orientation session for Somali stakeholders, including tutors, clinical instructors, representatives of the Ministry of Health, and midwifery associations; iii)Provide remote mentorship to Somali Midwife Consultants during the in-country training of supportive supervisors.
Timeframe: Tentatively, January 2026.
Location: Canada (remote); Mogadishu and Bosasso (Somalia).
Budget: A maximum of CAD 9,000.
The SMILES project is a 5-year initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada and led by CARE International, in partnership with the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM), Somalia Midwives Association (SOMA), Puntland Association of Midwives (PAM) and the Somaliland Nursing and Midwifery Association (SLNMA). The ultimate outcome of this project is to improve SRHR for Somali women and adolescent girls (ages 15–49) by strengthening the supply of qualified midwives to provide rights-based, gender-responsive services, and enhancing the utilization of midwifery care by women and girls by increasing awareness their SRHR to access these services.
CAM, SOMA and PAM will provide technical assistance throughout the implementation of a supportive supervision program at three targeted midwifery schools in Jubaland, Galmudug and Puntland, Somalia. This activity consists of an orientation of stakeholders on the supportive supervision program, establishment of a steering committee, provision of trainings to supportive supervision supervisors as well as conducting supportive supervision visits at targeted schools and affiliated health facilities that accept student placements. CAM is seeking a midwife with expertise in education to work with SOMA and PAM to lead an orientation session on supportive supervision and support the implementation of a five-day workshop that will train supportive supervisors.
Deadline: October 17, 2025
Baseline Assessment Consultancy: Technical Support and Operationalization, South Sudan
*La description est seulement disponible en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour les inconvénients.
Canadian Association of Midwives
Summary
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) seeks to engage one consultant (1) to provide focused technical and operational support in the design and implementation of the TRUST baseline assessment in South Sudan, with particular emphasis on leading Health Facility Audits and managing all data collection processes and logistics at the facility and community levels.
Timeframe: October 2025 – January 2026
Location: South Sudan: Juba and field locations (Bor and Torit counties)
Remuneration: A maximum of $15,000.00 USD
The TRUST: Women’s Voice, Midwifery Leadership for Resilient Health is a 5-year Global Affairs Canada-funded initiative led by the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) that aims to strengthen gender-responsive, resilient health systems in Malawi and South Sudan. The project seeks to improve the ability of women and girls, including adolescents and those facing intersecting forms of marginalization, to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by advancing midwifery leadership, expanding access to inclusive, rights-based care, and engaging communities in participatory, gender-transformative approaches.
The overall purpose of the TRUST baseline assessment is to generate context-specific, inclusive, gender-responsive data and insights that will inform evidence-based target setting, refine the project’s implementation and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) approach, and establish a foundation for measuring impactful change over the life of the TRUST project.
Deadline: Monday October 13, 2025
Baseline Assessment Consultancy: Technical Support and Operationalization, Malawi
*La description est seulement disponible en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour les inconvénients.
Canadian Association of Midwives
Summary
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) seeks to engage one consultant (1) to provide focused technical and operational support in the design and implementation of the TRUST baseline assessment in Malawi, with particular emphasis on leading Health Facility Audits and managing all data collection processes and logistics at the facility and community levels.
Timeframe: October 2025 – January 2026
Location: Malawi: Lilongwe and field locations (Ntcheu, Mwanza and Mzimba South districts)
Remuneration: A maximum of $15,000.00 USD
The TRUST: Women’s Voice, Midwifery Leadership for Resilient Health is a 5-year Global Affairs Canada-funded initiative led by the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) that aims to strengthen gender-responsive, resilient health systems in Malawi and South Sudan. The project seeks to improve the ability of women and girls, including adolescents and those facing intersecting forms of marginalization, to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by advancing midwifery leadership, expanding access to inclusive, rights-based care, and engaging communities in participatory, gender-transformative approaches.
The overall purpose of the TRUST baseline assessment is to generate context-specific, inclusive, gender-responsive data and insights that will inform evidence-based target setting, refine the project’s implementation and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) approach, and establish a foundation for measuring impactful change over the life of the TRUST project.
Deadline: Monday October 6, 2025
Call for Student Midwife Volunteers: Supportive Supervision Desk Review
*La description du mandat est seulement disponible en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour les inconvénients.
Canadian Association of Midwives
Summary
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) in collaboration with the Somalia Midwives Association (SOMA) and Puntland Association of Midwives (PAM) wishes to recruit Canadian student midwife volunteers to support the preparation of an orientation and training on supportive supervision program targeting Somali schools and attached health facilities as a part of the Somali Midwives for Improving Lives and Enhancing SRH (SMILES) project.
Research Assistant
Timeframe: approximately 15 days of work (105 hours)in total, non-consecutive, to be completed by January 2026.
Location: Remote.
This call is for Canadian student midwives to assist a Canadian Midwife Consultant to review and revise the content, materials and tools for an orientation session and training on supportive supervision1. This program will be implemented in three midwifery schools and affiliated health facilities offering midwifery students clinical placements in Galgaduud, Lower Juba and Puntland. This work is expected to take approximately 15 days (105 hours) and can be completed at one’s own pace, remotely. It will be structured as a desk review of the existing tools, materials, documents, and previous supportive supervision reports. CAM will provide support to the volunteers, facilitate their access to documentation and materials, as required, and oversee the overall coordination of the work.
Deadline: September 30, 2025
Administrative Assistant, Procurement
National Council of Indigenous Midwives / Canadian Association of Midwives
Background information
The National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM) advocates for the restoration of midwifery education, the provision of midwifery services, and choice of birthplace for all Indigenous communities consistent with the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Midwives enable access to culturally safe sexual and reproductive health care for Indigenous families, the return of birth to Indigenous communities, and a reduction in the number of medical evacuations for births in remote areas. As an organization, NCIM upholds the values of humility, respect, and compassion.
The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) is the national professional association representing midwives and the profession of midwifery in Canada. CAM’s work is focused on ensuring more equitable access to high quality sexual, reproductive, and newborn midwifery services in Canada and globally. To achieve this, we work in partnership with the National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM), midwifery associations, midwives, and relevant stakeholders. CAM’s national programming is funded mostly by Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, other federal departments, private donors, and operational funding.
Deadline: September 19, 2025, at 5:00 PM EST
Call for Interest
Marketing Consultant for CAM Learns (LMS) Launch and Promotion
*La description du poste est seulement disponible en anglais. Nous sommes désolés pour les inconvénients.
Canadian Association of Midwives
Background information
The Canadian Association of Midwives/Association canadienne des sages-femmes (CAM/ACSF) is seeking proposals from qualified individuals or firms to lead the strategic planning and initial promotion efforts for the launch of paid courses on CAM Learns (ACSF Apprend), an online Learning Management System platform that offers e-learning resources specifically tailored for midwives and broader healthcare providers. The consultant will work closely with CAM’s communications team to develop a comprehensive marketing roadmap that drives awareness, engagement, and course enrollment.
Deadline: August 29, 2025, at 5:00 PM EST