Associate Director, Infectious Diseases

Associate Director, Infectious Diseases

**Job Number**:3373

**Job Type**: Full-Time
**Location**: 99 Regina Street, Waterloo, ON
**Number of Positions**:1
**Department**: IDS Clinical Services
**Division**: Public Health and Paramedic Services
**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week - Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm (hybrid), with the ability to support operational needs outside of normal working hours and the ability to provide on call coverage on a rotational basis.
**Union**: Management/Management Support
**Grade**: Management/Management Support Grade 10
**Salary Range**: $142,560.60 - $178,196.20 per year
**Posting Date**:September 16, 2025
**Closing Date**:September 22, 2025

**Why Join Our Team**: The Infectious Diseases Division is a dynamic team of multidisciplinary professionals who work to prevent and respond to infectious diseases according to the Ontario Public Health Standards. Join a dedicated management team to set the strategic direction of the division’s clinical services, to ensure our community is able to access services equitably and with a high level of customer service.

**About Us**

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:

- Taking only what we need
- Leaving some for others
- Keeping the dish clean
- This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core value, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.
- Waterloo Region is home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051.
- Guided by our 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, “Growing with Care,” we prioritize homes for all, climate aligned growth, equitable services and opportunities and a resilient and future ready organization. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core value emphasizes caring for people and the land we share. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

**The Role**
- Supports the planning, evaluation, delivery, and management of programs in the Division, including immunization, vaccine preventable disease, and infectious disease clinical services through multi-disciplinary teams, per Provincial Public Health Standards, prescribed regulations, and legislated standards.

**Duties/Responsibilities**
- Directly supervises Managers of Infectious Diseases. Indirectly supervises multi-disciplinary staff, including Public Health Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, Health Promotion Research Analysts, and Information and Clinical Program Assistants. Directs the placement of volunteers, students, and temporary agency staff. Administers contracts with clinical physicians.
- Assists the Director in the development, operational planning, implementation, and evaluation of divisional programs and activities for the eradication/reduction of incidence of communicable disease and optimization of sexual health (e.g., outbreak response, vaccination, case management, contact tracing/partner notification, clinical services, treatment, education, health promotion, community development, consultation, research, data entry to provincial databases). Ensures program efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency with departmental/corporate plans and priorities.
- Works with the Director to ensure programs required locally or by law are developed and implemented. Directs control measures to ensure public safety. Develops and administers protocols and procedures to respond to outbreaks. Oversees the preparation and monitoring of relevant orders allowed under legislation (e.g., Section 22, suspensions). Directs and provides on-call coverage for communicable disease control. Prepares and authorizes correspondence to community agencies, physicians, and health care workers with recommendations and follow-up requirements.
- Informs the Director, Associate Medical Officer of Health(s) (AMOH) and/or Commissioner/Medical Officer of Health (MOH) of significant, difficult, and sensitive situations and issues. Reports to Council as appropriate.
- Acts as a media contact on complex/high profile issues, and provides information to the media.
- Authorizes content of materials, reports, and significant correspondence prior to distribution.
- Authorizes policies and procedures for divisional programs. Directs Managers on policy and program matters, ensuring consistency with departmental and corporate policies.
- Oversees the development, implementation, and use of divisional/provincial information system requirements.
- Ensures procedures are in place to provide public health follow-up (as requested) for emergency medical, fire, police, good samaritans, and other persons exposed to communicable disease.
- Ensures observance of professional discipline, technical, and legal s