Health Promotion Coordinator

4 weeks ago


Dartmouth, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:159411**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Provincial** Zone, **All Locations**
**Department**:MHA NS Opioid Treatment Program**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: NSGEU** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:4-Jul-23**

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.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Provincial Manager - Health Promotion, Mental Health and Addictions, the Take Home Naloxone Coordinator is responsible, in collaboration with NSHA health promotion colleagues and internal and external partners, for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the Take Home Naloxone Program. The Take Home Naloxone Coordinator will play a critical role in ensuring Nova Scotians have barrier free access to Take Home Naloxone Kits across the province.

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

- Bachelors degree in Health Promotion is required (or equivalent determined by the employer)
- Masters degree an asset
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in the health promotion field with focus on harm reduction, policy development, program design, implementation and evaluation
- Knowledge of best practices and research in the field of health promotion and substance use prevention
- Understanding of the research process and its role in evidence-based decision
- Superior coordination, presentation, facilitation, and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple and simultaneous responsibilities and prioritize work is an asset
- Strong communication, interpersonal and collaborative skills to effectively work with multiple internal and external partners in a variety of settings in Nova Scotia Health Authority and the community
- Demonstrated skills in health promotion, population health, community development, program planning, implementation and evaluation, social marketing
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

**Hours**:

- Permanent, Hourly Full Time (100% FTE) - 75 hours biweekly
- Some travel throughout the zones may be required
- Location flexible within the province

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$31.85 - $41.63 Hourly

**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 Admin Professionals 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.

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