Consultant, Strategic Partnership & Engagement - Public Health

Req ID:
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Location:
Northern Zone, Flexible within the zone
Department:
PH HC Healthy Communities NZ
Type of Employment:
Permanent
Hourly FT (100%) x 1 Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date:
29-Nov-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.

About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager, Healthy Communities, the Consultant, Strategic Partnership and Engagement provides advanced knowledge, leadership, and coordination of the PH Zone workforce development in the area of partnerships. The position is responsible for strengthening and building a culture of successful partnerships and civic engagement in Public Health. The position works closely with the Manager, Healthy Communities and other Consultants to provide advice and direction for partnership engagement, building and sustaining effective coalitions.

The Consultant has in-depth knowledge of developing and sustaining partnerships and coalitions and understands how to create and plan opportunities for strengthening practice among staff. The incumbent achieves this by providing guidance, coordination, and direction to staff on the use of methods and tools, continually advising staff practice and recommending quality initiatives and work practice changes to the manager.

The position builds and links to coalitions, strengthens the work in partnership between Mental Health & Addiction Service, Primary Health Care, and the NSH's department of Public Engagement and Community Health Board Support. The Consultant seeks ways to mobilize the community in taking action for better health outcomes. This position provides guidance, direction, and advice to public health staff and teams to assist in navigating complex partnership and engagement processes needed to build capacity within public health and communities to address local and systemic public health issues.

About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Masters' in public health, health promotion, or equivalent with 3 - 5 years relevant experience
• Baccalaureate degree in health promotion or other relevant field, with 5 - 7 years’ relevant experience
• Equivalent combination of education and 7 years’ progressive leadership experience may be considered
• Eligible for registration with a professional body, as appropriate
• Training in IAP2
• Experience in planning, development, and evaluation of public health programs, services, and initiatives
• Demonstrated proficiency in the Core Competencies for Public Health and LEADS
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders using various methods
• Demonstrated success in building strategic partnerships, networks, coalitions, and collaborative working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners to support public policy work (school boards, municipal units)
• Demonstrated judgment, decision making, and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated planning, organization, and time management skills. Ability to deal with competing priorities
• Demonstrated innovative systems thinking with an understanding of working with communities
• Demonstrated high standards of ethics, integrity, respect, and accountability
• Demonstrated knowledge of volunteer management, training, and orientation
• Demonstrated knowledge of community development and mobilization
• Demonstrated expertise on the role of partnerships and community engagement in animating public policy work
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours
Permanent full-time / 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits
$37.61 - $49.97 Hourly. Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ and self-identify.