Lead, OHT Strategic Planning

At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.

What Ontario Health offers:

Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day

• Health care spending account

• Premium defined benefit pension plan

• 3 personal days and 2 float days annually

• Individual contributors start at 3 weeks’ vacation with 4 weeks at 2 yrs.

• Career development opportunities

• A collaborative values-based team culture

• Wellness programs

• A hybrid working model

• Participation in Communities of Inclusion

Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

The Lead, OHT Strategic Planning, will be responsible for leading the design and execution of evidence-based strategies and projects that build the maturity and performance of Ontario Health Teams (OHTs).

The Lead, OHT Strategic Planning, will be responsible for:

• Leading the development of multi-year strategies to advance OHT provincial priorities in consultation with the Ministry of Health and other internal and external stakeholders.

• Ensuring Ontario Health’s funding and accountability agreements with OHTs reflect provincial strategic priorities and Quintiple-AIM objectives.

• Enabling OHT success through timely access to guidance materials produced in consultation with the Ministry of Health and other internal and external stakeholders.

• Facilitating effective decision-making by providing strategic analysis, recommendations and briefings for Ontario Health’s senior leadership team.

Here is what you will be doing:

• Lead the translation of Ministry of Health policy and Ontario Health Corporate strategy and Annual Business Plan priorities into evidence-based and integrated strategies and projects at the portfolio level.

• Lead the planning and implementation of priority projects that advance OHT development and maturity.

• Translate OHT policies and strategies into outcomes-based deliverables and key performance indicators that can be embedded into funding and accountability agreements.

• Lead the engagement of internal Ontario Health program areas, the Ministry of Health, Ontario Health Teams, and other system partners in developing guidance to support provincial OHT priorities.

• Develop proactive communications and key messaging relating to provincial OHT priorities to enable OHTs to plan and implement effectively.

• Develop performance measures, evaluation and reporting mechanisms to support the assessment of outcomes aligned with Quintiple-AIM goals.

• Identify key insights and trends from OHT reporting and consultations and translate them into concrete improvements that enable OHT maturity and performance.

• Synthesize data and analysis from research, reporting and evaluation activities into meaningful dashboards, reports and presentations for executive level briefings for Ontario Health’s divisions and regions, the Ministry of Health and other key stakeholders.

• Work across Ontario Health portfolios, the Ministry of Health, OHTs and other system partners in a collaborative and consultative manner to advance OHT development and integrated care.

• Lead the development of proposals for new strategies, projects and funding that align with Ministry of Health policies and Ontario Health’s corporate strategy.

• Work with Ontario Health’s Corporate Strategy and the Ministry of Health to support performance monitoring and reporting.

Here is what you will need to be successful:

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in research, consulting, health or public administration or a related field

• An undergraduate degree in Public Policy, Business / Health Administration, or another relevant discipline is essential; a graduate degree (e.g. MBA, MA, MHSc, MHA, MPA) would be highly advantageous.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of health care systems and priorities, including Ontario Health Teams and/or integrated care systems

• Demonstrated experience leading multi-year strategic planning processes, including problem definition, options analysis, benefits realization, key performance indicators and risk analysis

• Strongbusiness acumen,leadershipand critical thinkingabilities with the ability to apply systems thinking to complex problems.

• Outstanding ability to form working relationships and partnerships with external stakeholders to advance common priorities.

• Demonstrated ability to lead internal and external consultations to identify opportunities and challenges and build consensus relating to potential solutions.

• Strong research and analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to synthesize and visualize data and analysis into briefing materials, presentations and dashboards that support decision-making.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex project activities, from initiation and design to implementation, monitoring and reporting. Experience with project management methodologies is an asset.

• Experience developing and/or managing funding agreements, including defining outcomes-based deliverables, key performance indicators and reporting mechanisms.

• Experience designing and managing effective reporting processes that support decision-making.

• Strong writing skills and ability to translate complex ideas and concepts for both executive and publicaudiences

• Ability to developanddeliver presentations confidently to a variety ofaudiences

• Proven ability to work in afast-pacedenvironment; adaptable, flexible, positive and responsive tochange

Employment Type:Full Time Permanent

Salary Band:Band 6

Location: Toronto, Ontario (currently hybrid; subject to change). All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.

Internal Application Deadline Date: April 3rd, 2024

Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; Black and racialized; members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary; and disabled. We encourage applicants with accessibility needs to notify us if they have any accommodation needs in the application and/or interview process.

Note: As part of the initial recruitment screening process, applicants must confirm that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If applicants are not fully vaccinated, they will be required to identify any accommodation needs pursuant to a protected ground under the Code. Applicants who identify an accommodation need will be required to provide supporting documentation with respect to their need for accommodation when requested by Ontario Health. If no such accommodation is identified, the applicant will not be eligible to proceed through the recruitment process.

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