Program Lead

1 month ago

Halifax, Canada Province of Nova Scotia Full time

**Department**:Labour, Skills and Immigration

**Location**:Flexible

**Type of Employment**:Term

**Union Status**:NSGEU - NSPG

**Closing Date**:1/11/2023 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

**Designation Status**:
**African Nova Scotian**:

- is any Nova Scotian who chooses to declare African ancestry, regardless of how long they have lived here and regardless of how much African ancestry they can declare.

**Indigenous Peoples** - persons who identify themselves as First Nation (Status and non-Status), Métis, or Inuit

**Persons with Disabilities** - persons who, for the purposes of employment, identify themselves or believe that an employer is likely to consider that the workplace environment may create a barrier due to a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, hearing, neurological psychiatric or learning disability.

**Racially Visible Persons** - persons, other than Aboriginal people or African Nova Scotians, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.

**About Us**:
The Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration (LSI) works as a trusted partner to grow the population, develop our current and future workforce, and foster inclusive, safe and fair workplaces. This includes welcoming people from across Canada and the world, helping people prepare for job opportunities and build the skills they need, promoting safe work environments and helping employers and employees know their rights and responsibilities. We work together to create a future where everyone has an opportunity to thrive.

The Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency was created in 2014 to operate and steward a responsive and accessible trades training system for the province of Nova Scotia. We are committed to creating a system where all are welcome, supported in their learning, experience respect and inclusion throughout their journeys and achieve certification in their trade.

The Agency is composed of an industry-led Apprenticeship Board, committees, including Trade Advisory Committees, Agency staff and the Chief Executive Officer. The staff are responsible for the daily operations of the Agency.

**About Our Opportunity**:
The Program Admin Officer (Program Lead) is responsible for providing advanced specialized program administrative or management work for one or more programs that has impacts province-wide. As the Program Lead responsibilities include the overall program administration and coordination of programs offered directly by the NSAA or indirectly through various organizations throughout the province.

This position reports to the Manager, Special Initiatives.

**Primary Accountabilities**:

- Manages and delivers required outcomes for one or more programs, offered directly by a department or indirectly through various organizations throughout the province, while reporting to senior colleagues.
- Identifies and designs programs to assist with the evaluation and planning. Activities include program(s) development, business analysis, providing advice and policy recommendations, and may include the resource and capacity management of direct and indirect program resources.
- Develops, reviews and evaluates proposals requiring government support.
- Develops and/or delivers a plan for significant aspects of internal and external communications with guidance from senior colleagues. This includes ongoing monitoring and reporting of programs and providing processes and tools to provide the required information for inclusion on reports.
- Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then delivers a plan for a small element of a change management program in collaboration with senior colleagues and the team.
- Delivers a prescribed budget for the program and conducts complex analyses on budget progress while working within established procedures. Allocates resources to appropriate places and develops strategies to ensure program management capacity meets the requirements.. Develops action plans to address budget and/or operational business plan deviations as they occur throughout the fiscal year.
- Delivers on the established outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with clients, contract service providers, and team while working within an established contract management plan

**Qualifications and Experience**:
You have a bachelor’s degree in a related field with six years of related experience; an equivalent combination of training and experience will be considered. Related experience is defined as experience administering (exercising decision-making authority in working with internal and/or external clients to determine eligibility for) programs and/or services and/or policies. You have strong communication and interpersonal skills and a proven track record of leading effective teams. You value, equity and inclusion and lead with a lens that supports and values a healthy workplace and demonstrate leadership competencies.
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