Project Advisor- Facilities Management and Support

Req ID: 205541
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII  
Department: FMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 2 
MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 14-Jul-25

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.

About the Opportunity

The Project Advisor is a member of the Project Management Team, which itself is part of the Facilities Management and Support portfolio of corporate services.  Project Management supports the entire Nova Scotia Health organization where building infrastructure renovations are required. Within it's scope are strategic organizational transformations, clinical service improvements, corporate process improvements, as well as support to zones, clinical networks and programs of care.  Further to individual projects and initiatives, Project Management also strategically partners with zones, clinical networks and programs of care, offering project management expertise in the form of Project Management Offices (PMOs).

Reporting to the Manager, Project Management, the Project Advisor supports Project Managers, and NS Health operational leaders to plan, implement, track and monitor project work conducted by or on behalf of zones, networks, programs or corporate teams.  Types of projects supported include NS Health strategic priorities and key performance improvement initiatives.  Assignments will fall under various portfolios as required.  Project Advisors are responsible for enabling large and/or complex projects with tools, processes and general support, as well as directly overseeing small and/or lower complexity projects as required by each assignment.

About You

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

• Post-secondary degree, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• 2 years’ experience applying project management processes to large scale initiatives
• Project management certification an asset
• Formal project management training an asset
• Formal organizational change management training is considered an asset
• Applied knowledge of the software “Smartsheet” a strong asset
• Experience developing project management tools for efficient and streamlined tracking, retrieval and distribution of project information
• Experience facilitating team meetings
• Superior interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Experience in assigned service area would be an asset
• Critical analysis skills
• 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 Position; 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits

$35.98 - $44.97 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. 

​This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

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.