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Director of Strategic Planning

2 months ago


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time
About IWK Health Centre

IWK Health Centre is a leading 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.

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

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director to join our Strategy and Improvement portfolio. The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, Directors Council, and the Board of Directors to create, deploy, and maintain the organization's strategic framework.

The Director will provide leadership and guidance to help foster a culture of accountability and transparency to support the organization in developing and achieving its strategic objectives. They will oversee the development and implementation of IWK Health Centre's annual strategic plan and its execution frameworks/processes – Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

The Director will also be responsible for communicating IWK Health Centre's strategy to all staff and physicians and for translating strategy into action to achieve a culture alignment and accountability. They will act as the organization's OKR lead and work to increase adoption and engagement rates within the framework.

Related to enterprise risk management, the Director will work with staff and physicians and operational leaders in identifying, assessing, analyzing, and implementing mitigation strategies to mitigate identified organizational risks. The Director is responsible and accountable for the development of the organization's enterprise risk management program framework and for developing bi-annual reports for the Board of Directors.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement IWK Health Centre's annual strategic plan and its execution frameworks/processes – Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
  • Communicate IWK Health Centre's strategy to all staff and physicians and translate strategy into action to achieve a culture alignment and accountability
  • Act as the organization's OKR lead and work to increase adoption and engagement rates within the framework
  • Develop and implement enterprise risk management program framework and develop bi-annual reports for the Board of Directors
  • Provide leadership and guidance to help foster a culture of accountability and transparency to support the organization in developing and achieving its strategic objectives
Requirements
  • Master's Level Degree in health-related discipline, health administration, or related subjects
  • Registration with relevant health or professional discipline/college or association
  • 5-8 years of experience in relevant field of expertise of which a minimum of 3 years must be in a leadership role
  • Expert content knowledge in key areas of leadership responsibility
  • Expert knowledge in field to critically analyze evidence-based practices to inform strategy development and organizational planning
  • Evidence-based collaborative problem solving of complex multifaceted issues
  • Critical thinking/analytical problem solving
  • Quality improvement methodologies
  • Strategic planning/systems thinking
  • Excellent interpersonal skills as reflected by active listening, interest-based negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
  • Strong presentation and public speaking skills that are responsive to audience needs
  • Advanced communications skills/positive energetic public persona
  • Cultural competence
  • Expertise in leading complex change
  • High level of emotional intelligence – self-awareness/self-reflection
  • Advanced skills in motivating, coaching, and mentoring staff/teams
  • Collaboration, negotiation, and persuasion skills are paramount as this role requires the input of internal and external partners
  • Ability to provide high levels of interpersonal sensitivity and diplomacy
  • Demonstrated strong working memory