Business Performance Lead

**Competition #**: 44312
**Department**: Health and Wellness
**Location**: HALIFAX
**Type of Employment**: Term
**Union Status**: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG
**Closing Date**: 22-Oct-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
About Us
The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners, including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre, we are committed to continually improving our health care system. The Department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this, we need leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.
About Our Opportunity
Reporting to the Project Executive, as the Business Performance Lead you will provide a coordination and management function across the Physician Services branch for operational and strategic priorities. You will lead content development and coordination for strategic meetings and initiatives, including the Physician Agreement Management Group, House of Assembly preparations and Business Case coordination. Tied into all aspects of branch operations, you will lead operations plan tracking, oversight, and process reporting as well as coordinate risk tracking and the management of the branch standard operating procedures.
As the Business Performance Lead, you love to 'be in the know' and are skilled at synthesizing information quickly. Results oriented with a passion for getting things done, you are skilled at having your fingers on the pulse of many different projects at once, contributing value from your experience while amplifying the skills of domain experts. You thrive in a close-knit, collaborative team and are a self-motivated, independent contributor with an insatiable desire to learn and build relationships in the accomplishment of all objectives.
Primary Accountabilities
The Business Performance Lead is responsible to the Project Executive, Physician Services. You will work closely with all members of the branch but have detailed contact with the senior leadership team, including the Senior Executive Director. Coordination with the entire Physicians services team, inter-department and external stakeholder engagements is the key to job success.
**Key responsibilities include**:
Leading, coordinating, and managing various Physician Service initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and objectives, including the monitoring of project timelines, resources and milestones to enable proactive risk identification and mitigation.
Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project execution, from planning to completion.
Coordinating the review, implementation and management of business cases related to physician remuneration, participating in the strategic evaluation and alignment of these business cases to support department level decision-making related to physician remuneration.
Leading the creation of material to support the Senior Executive Director with House of Assembly, Physician Agreement Management Group and legal case files, providing analysis and summaries to support branch and department requirements.
Tracking, oversight and performance reporting of branch operations to yearly operational plan directives, including provincial mandate items.
Developing and coordinating strategic and operational risk tracking and management for the branch.
Coordinating the continued evolution, development and management of branch standard operating procedures.
Collate comprehensive research, analysis, measurement, and evaluation of complex policy issues and operational issues management concerns by consolidating domain expertise across multiple teams
Strengthening linkages and relationships within the department.
May perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience
The role informs strategic and operational decision-making at the branch and department level. As such, the incumbent will take initiative in establishing key relationships across the department, offices and with key core programs. The position requires experience in receiving complex information, including data, with an eye to analyzing, drawing out, and presenting the main points in a succinct and professional manner.
A positive and professional approach to leadership
Strong relationship building skills
Demonstrated experience managing engagement with internal and/or external stakeholders
Demonstrated experience drafting and/or coordinating briefing material.
Excellent writing, organization, and planning skills
Exceptional organizational ability, and are a confident communicator and presenter
Excellent time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
In addition to the above, you will also have excellent interpersonal skills along with respect for discretion