Manager, Strategic Indigenous Health Programs Unit

**Manager, Strategic Indigenous Health Programs Unit**:
**Job ID**:

- 233209

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Health

**Division**:

- Strategic Policy, Planning & French Language Services

**City**:

- Toronto

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary contract/assignment up to 12 months

**Job code**:

- M1108A - Prog Planning & Evaluation08

**Salary**:

- $105,307.00 - $148,429.00 Per year
- Are you a values-driven leader with a passion for advancing Indigenous Health in Ontario?

Do you excel at building consensus, managing complex files, and solving problems creatively?

If so, consider this exciting opportunity with the Ministry of Health
The Indigenous, French Language and Priority Populations Branch is looking for an experienced, highly motivated, and inclusive leader as the Manager, Strategic Indigenous Health Programs Unit.

This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous partners to advance health outcomes through Indigenous-led programs while also regularly collaborating with other ministries.

**About Us**:
The** Indigenous, French Language and Priority Populations Branch** provides systems thinking and evidence-based innovations to solve complex challenges in health care; translates evidence into policy and practice to help achieve health system change targets; proactively analyses emerging issues, research and trends to support policy development, evaluation and implementation.

**Why Join Us**:

- **Impactful Work**: Play a key role in advancing health outcomes for Indigenous communities through strategic Indigenous-led programs.
- **Collaborative Environment**: Work closely with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban partners, as well as other ministries, to foster a collaborative approach to health care.
- **Professional Growth**: Enhance your leadership and strategic thinking skills while managing high-profile initiatives and complex projects.

**About the job**: At the Ontario Public Service, we hold our leaders to the highest standards, expecting them to embody authenticity, accountability, and courage in every action and decision. As a leader, you'll be at the forefront of creating a dynamic work environment that sparks innovation, fosters collaboration, and champions inclusivity. We value a diverse, anti-racist, and accessible workplace where everyone feels safe and respected. By embracing these values, you'll help build a vibrant team culture where every individual can thrive. Your leadership will inspire and motivate your team to achieve their best, aligning their efforts with our strategic vision.

To succeed in this role, you will:

- Coach and mentor a team of professional staff to deliver exceptional results in a changing environment.
- Oversee the planning and implementation of operational policy initiatives and programs.
- Provide expertise to senior executives on policy and program options, legislation, regulation, funding models, risks, and issues management strategies.
- Direct stakeholder and Indigenous partner relations, including federal, provincial, inter-provincial, and inter-ministerial consultations, engagement, and facilitation processes.
- Lead strategic data analysis to support evidence-based decision making and initiatives that enhance Indigenous data governance.
- Cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and supportive work environment.

**What you bring to the team**:
**Leadership Experience**:

- An inclusive leadership style, promoting a positive team environment and a culture valuing diversity, inclusion, and equity.
- Experience leading strategic large-scale projects or initiatives, delivering results in a high-profile environment.
- Ability to coordinate strategic policy planning, including the review of policy directions and evaluation of evidence-based outcomes.
- Strong understanding of public sector organizations, such as the Ontario Public Service, with in-depth knowledge of HR policies and practices, including labour relations, organizational design, and succession planning.

**Technical Expertise**:

- Expertise in operational policy and program development theory and methods, with unique approaches to working with Indigenous partners and transfer payment recipients.
- Understanding of Cabinet legislative and political decision-making processes.
- Knowledge of ministry and government transfer payment recipient policies and processes.
- Strong understanding of factors and issues impacting and influencing the health of Indigenous communities and peoples.

**Political Acuity and Strategic Thinking**:

- Good judgement and political acuity to manage contentious and emerging issues, identify and minimize risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
- Flexibility, resilience, and adaptability in a changing and/or uncertain environment.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to provide sound advice to influence senior-level decision-makers.

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