Consultant, Strategic Partnership & Engagement - Public Health

 Req ID: 192087
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. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

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About the Opportunity

All Public health professionals embrace a core set of attitudes and values which form the context within which the work is practiced. These include a commitment to equity, social justice and sustainable development, the recognition of the importance of the health of the community as well as the individual, and respect for diversity, self-determination, empowerment and community participation.

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, working with others, to strengthen and build a culture of working in 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 the steps 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 the necessary 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 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.

The Consultant collaborates with system and external partners, identifies and monitors key indicators, and supports knowledge exchange across the health system and other sectors. 

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 a variety of methods
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders using a variety of 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)

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• 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+ to apply and self-identify.