Program Administrator Officer

**Req ID**:195360**
**Location**:Central** Zone,**Bethune Building - QEII**
**Department**:The NS Health Learning Institute for Health Care Providers**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent**Hourly FT** (**100%**) x**4**
**NSGEU** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:31-Jan-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.

The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team facilitates and advances person-centered care through evidence-based professional practice and learning strategies and programs that are designed provincially and implemented locally to enhance collaborative learning and practice. The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team takes a leadership role in creating a culture of collaboration with a focus on team-based care, evidence-informed practice, and learning and professional development to improve health outcomes for patients, families and communities. Through strong partnerships with the academic sector, regulators, and government, the Interprofessional Practice and Learning team has an integral role in influencing and operationalizing health system priorities.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting directly to the Manager, NS Health Learning Institute for Health Care Providers the Program Administrator Officer A is responsible for developing and managing key processes that support the delivery of education programs and services at the Learning Institute. These will include, but are not limited to, Learning Institute Specialty Programs (Perioperative Nursing Program, Family Practice Nursing Program, Critical Care Paramedic Program, etc.); supports for pre-licensure education for culturally diverse participants; Faculty and Staff Development/Transition to Practice Program. The Program Administrator Officer works closely with the leadership team to promote responses to any gap in service and ensure accurate communication among the interprofessional team.

Duties include the development and maintenance of systems and processes for participant referrals and registration; the development and maintenance of communications and records of participation; development of systems and processes to organize the logístical and administrative requirements for program delivery; analysis of the program evaluations and development of reports and recommendations for quality improvements; distribution of appropriate program materials; leadership in the development and distribution of promotional materials; development and maintenance of a database; analysis and writing of reports; promotion and maintenance of excellent customer relations with a host of external partners and vendors required in the development and implementation of educational programs and services.

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

- Bachelor’s degree plus one-year related experience required or a relevant two-year Community College diploma with three years’ experience required
- Minimum one to three years' experience in a related field required
- Well developed verbal and written communication skills
- Word processing, electronic file management and data entry skills
- Ability to write letters/papers/reports
- Well developed group decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Well developed conflict resolution skills
- Ability to manage multiple and simultaneous responsibilities and prioritize work is an asset
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
- Demonstrated ability to work with interprofessional groups of learners/employees in a variety of educational settings (e.g. classroom, online, lab, practice setting)
- Ability to work with culturally diverse populations
- Well developed customer relations skills

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

**Hours**:
Permanent, Full-Time (75 hours bi-weekly) x4 Positions

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$31.12 - $35.14 hourly
$56,635 - $63,961 annually
$36.34 hourly ($66,146 annually) with 25 years' related experience

**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 Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employe