Community Health Specialist

2 months ago

Agassiz, Canada Fraser Health Full time
About the Role

Fraser Health is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Community Health Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our population health team, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing community health initiatives that promote healthy living and reduce health inequities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with community groups, service providers, and government agencies to develop and implement community health initiatives that address the social determinants of health.
  • Conduct research and analysis to inform community health initiatives and develop evidence-based recommendations.
  • Build relationships with local government, school district, and community leaders to promote cooperative approaches to community health issues.
  • Support and participate in strategic planning, evaluation, and project development to strengthen community capacity to address health issues.
  • Advocate for community needs at multiple levels in local and regional government and in Fraser Health.
  • Represent Fraser Health in community consultation processes and facilitate linkages between community stakeholders and health disciplines.
  • Implement a coordinated, collaborative approach with a systems perspective at a local level, including monitoring emerging trends to guide future direction.
  • Conduct literature and research reviews to stay up-to-date on best and promising practices in community health.
  • Build relationships within communities to foster positive culture change around the critical role of social determinants of health.
  • Broker partnerships within and between communities to support mutual learning and resource coordination/sharing that promote individual and community health and well-being.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce health inequities that contribute to chronic disease and initiate, facilitate, and support related program and policy development.
  • Identify and develop grant funding proposals to support local healthy living initiatives.
  • Assess local needs and response to needs through the collection and interpretation of data and participate in the regional surveillance of local healthy living strategy outcomes.
Qualifications
  • Master's degree in Public Health, Applied Science, or related field.
  • Three years of recent related experience in community development, inclusive of experience in health promotion, community engagement, and development, population health, community capacity building, program evaluation, facilitation of integrated approaches to community health and well-being, and leadership.
  • Current valid BC Drivers License and access to a personal vehicle for work purposes.
Skills and Abilities
  • Working knowledge of local government structure, processes, and sources of information and structures within communities.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of sustainable community engagement and development, collective impact, population health principles, and health equity.
  • Knowledge of strategic planning, participatory community-based research and evaluation methodologies, policy development, project management methodology, and/or project planning.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, including individual community members, community groups, non-governmental organizations, government bodies, health professionals, interdisciplinary teams, and health authority leaders.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, prioritize work, and multi-task in an environment subject to changing deadlines and interruptions.
  • Demonstrated ability to research and write reports that provide analysis and evidence-based recommendations.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate group processes and to plan and implement collaborative projects and initiatives.
  • Demonstrated ability to create and maintain information sharing mechanisms and to facilitate knowledge transfer for community and staff education and skills development.
  • Demonstrated ability to build consensus and utilize conflict resolution techniques and problem-solving skills, particularly in sensitive situations with complex issues in a public arena.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Demonstrated ability in public speaking and advocacy.
  • Demonstrated ability in community capacity building.

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