Consultant, Planning

3 weeks ago


Halifax, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:158821
**Department/Program**:Planning & Improvement, Strategy and Performance
**Location**: Halifax
**Type of Employment**:Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)

**Start Date**: June 2023
**Union Status**: Non-union, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $38.7875**:

- **$48.4843 /hour
**Closing Date**: June 16, 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
The Strategic Change & Performance Improvement portfolio is mandated to lead, facilitate and support the execution of the IWK’s strategic plan as it relates to improvement and strategy initiatives. Each team member serves as a consultant to organizational leadership and clinical care areas, using and teaching methodologies to enable the IWK Health Centre to achieve its strategic priorities**.**

Reporting to the Manager of Strategic Change & Performance Improvement, the Consultant, Strategic Change and Performance Improvement functions as an internal advisor to lead, organize and coordinate assigned strategic planning, the design and implementation of complex, high-risk, organization wide change initiatives, including change sustainment and improvement processes. The Consultant works in collaboration and partnership with Strategy and Performance portfolio leadership and the IWK’s Executive Leadership Team in the development, management of assigned strategic planning, change and improvement initiatives established throughout IWK programs and services.

**Hours of Work**:
Monday-Friday, 0830-1630; 75 hours bi-weekly

**Your Qualifications**:

- Undergraduate degree in Health Services Administration, Health Information Management, Business Administration or Industrial Engineering required. Master’s degree in a related field an asset.
- Minimum three (3) years’ experience leading strategic and/or performance improvement related projects required.
- An equivalent combination of undergraduate education and relevant experience may be considered.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification (Issued by Project Management Institute) considered an asset.
- Comprehensive knowledge of program planning and strategic planning.
- Demonstrates excellent word processing, spreadsheet, relational database, visual management software, project management software and simulation modelling software skills.
- Demonstrates a high level of LEAN, project management and change management expertise.
- Demonstrates a high level or decision making and problem solving skills.
- Comprehensive knowledge of system/process re-design methodologies.
- Comprehensive knowledge of evaluation design and methodology.
- Experience and demonstrated expertise in data management, data analysis, and statistics.
- Knowledge of health care delivery systems in various hospital and community settings.
- Demonstrates excellent team building and management of group processes skills.
- Demonstrates excellent presentation communication skills (written and verbal) required.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills.
- Demonstrates a high level of initiative, patience, prioritization, and organizational ability skills.
- Competency in other languages an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be condition



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