Consultant - Health Equity - Public Health

3 months ago

Antigonish, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:156539**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location: EZ - Flexible within the zone**
**Department**:PH Public Health EZ**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: MGMT/NON-Union** **Management/Non Union** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:13-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**:
Demonstrating leadership behaviors and capabilities, consistent with LEADS in a Caring Environment framework, which include Leads Self, Engages Others, Develops Coalitions, Achieves Results and Transforms Systems, the Consultant will be accountable to support the NSH mission and vision in the implementation and technology for decision making. In addition, the Consultant will be accountable to:

- Provide expert advice, evidence and best practice on advancing the understanding of health equity and health disparities.
- Contribute to performance development and assessment of staff.
- Participate in strategic, operational and financial planning as well as priority setting exercises with the leadership team to ensure a robust health equity lens is applied at all stages of program planning, implementation and evaluation.

**About the Opportunity Continued**:

- Collaborate with NSH and other partners to translate evidence, develop plans for building capacity around health equity and facilitates uptake and understanding of health equity practices and policies within NSH and with partner organizations.
- Coordinate local projects, initiatives and teams working on health equity and action to address disparities.
- As appropriate, contributes to the transformation of the broader health system at the provincial program and system levels by identifying opportunities to incorporate health equity principles and actions.
- Advises zone and provincial leadership teams on the integration of health equity in planning, implementation, indicator development and work force development.

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

- Baccalaureate Degree in Health Promotion, or other relevant field, with five (5) to seven (7) years’ relevant experience, OR;
- Master’s in Public Health, Health Promotion, or equivalent, plus three (3) to five (5) years’ of relevant experience (equivalent combination of education and seven (7) years’ progressive leadership experience may be considered)
- Eligible for registration with a professional body as appropriate
- Experience in planning, development and evaluation of public health programs, services and initiatives using appropriate approaches to reduce health inequities
- Demonstrated proficiency in the Core Competencies for Public Health and LEADS
- Demonstrated knowledge of oppression as a social determinant of health and awareness and study of one’s own power and privilege
- Demonstrated success in building strategic partnerships, networks, coalitions, and collaborative working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners to support health equity work
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

A skill test will be included as part of the selection process

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

**Hours**:

- Permanent Full-time 100% FTE: 75 hours Bi-weekly
- Travel to various zone may be required

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$36.33 - $45.41 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 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.

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