Community Engagement Leader

**Req ID**:206429**
**Location**:Northern** Zone,**Colchester East Hants Health Centre**
**Department**:MHA NS Health Promotion & Prevention**
**Type of Employment**:Temporary**Hourly FT long-assignment** (**100%**) x**1**
**MGMT/NON-Union** **Management/Non Union** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:1-Aug-25**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Provincial Manager of Health Promotion, the Knowledge Collaborative and Roots of Hope, Mental Health and Addictions, the Community Engagement Leader advances the work establishing a community-based partnership approach for promoting mental health and wellness.
As part of a provincial team, the Community Engagement Leader will provide leadership and support to the Mental Health & Addictions, Northern Zone community partners for operational planning, performance measurement, quality improvement, evaluation, and quality reviews. Other areas of focus will include leading, coordinating, facilitating community focused initiatives and events as well as public education and community engagement activities. The Community Engagement Leader will also be involved in supporting activities related to mental health literacy, mental health first aide, psychological first aide and psychological safety.
The Community Engagement Leader will help address and build capacity and structure to support our response to the Mass Casualty Commission's final report recommendations, relevant to Mental Health & Addictions program.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Bachelors Degree in a health related discipline is required. A Masters Degree in Health Services or equivalent is considered an asset. Experience in a mental health setting an asset.
- 3 years demonstrated experience in project management and evaluation, redesign and quality improvement methodologies or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- Advanced knowledge of health care delivery systems in various hospital and community settings.
- Expert-level skills in data management, statistical manipulation, and data analysis
- Demonstrated expertise and understanding of mental health information and unique data systems.
- Demonstrates understanding of the interrelationships of health care organization departments and services in program delivery.
- Credible leader with experience in complex planning and project development that includes multiple stakeholders, including academics, service providers and consumers.
- Project management experience/training an asset.
- Bilingual in French an asset.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**:

- Long assignment, full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
- Assignment is approximately 24 months in length

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$38.36 - $47.95 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. 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.