Project Manager and Advisor, Priority Populations

job title: Project Manager and Advisor, Priority Populations

job ID #: OHT PMAPP 23-0224

department: Downtown East Toronto Ontario Health Team

reports to: Manager, Operations and Population Health, DET OHT

salary range: $70,000 to $80,000

status: Full-Time, Permanent

hours: 37.5 hours per week

**background**:
The Downtown East Toronto Ontario Health Team(DET OHT) is a group of health and social service partners who have deep roots in the community and is committed to creating an integrated system of care. Our vision is to provide our community with seamless access to inclusive, inspired and responsive care through one connected system of diverse providers who enthusiastically embody a holistic approach to improving health and health outcomes. The DET OHT is in its first year of operations and rapidly developing its new, integrated approach to health care. The DET OHT’s work is centered on key principles to bring this vision forward including:

- Keeping **patients, families, caregivers and the communities we serve at the forefront** of any decisions we make
- In the interest of **health equity**, prioritizing services to communities with the most need
- We will think of ourselves as part of the **patient’s team -this will be our **_**identity**_
- We are committed to a leadership process that is **engaged, inclusive and transparent**, and committed to collaboration with all the partners of the Downtown East Toronto OHT
- We will clearly define processes and ensure **ongoing communications and feedback**:

- We will **collaborate with other OHTs **through the development of the Downtown East Toronto OHT.
- We will build on what has been accomplished to date and embody **evidence-informed and continuous learning principles.**

The work of the Downtown East Toronto OHT includes focused initiatives and planning to improve care for our Year 1 patient populations, ensuring lived experience partners are meaningfully part of all of our work, developing digital solutions, managing privacy and information management, strengthening governance, supporting performance and quality improvement, and developing a strategy for the OHT. In addition to this, the OHT is responsive to its environment, including responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The _Project Manager and Advisor, Priority Populations_ will be responsible for guiding and supporting the work of the OHT overall, ensuring key deliverables and outcomes are achieved. The work of the OHT is supported by a team of project managers and analysts that form a secretariat. As the Director you, will lead the secretariat.

**about the role**:
The Downtown East Toronto Ontario Health Team (DET OHT) is a collaboration of 34 organizations who provide services to clients living in the Downtown East Toronto area. The purpose of the OHT is to provide an integrated health system but coordinating the care and services for patients and their families/caregivers across multiple settings. The vision of the DET OHT is to provide our community with seamless access to inclusive, high quality, and responsive care through one connected system of diverse providers and community members who enthusiastically embody holistic approaches to improving population and individual health and well-being.

**we believe in work-life balance and offer**:

- Five weeks of vacation per year.
- Membership in Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).
- An extended healthcare and dental package.
- Long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Four personal days per year.
- An employee assistance plan.
- A professional development plan: up to $1300 to be used towards learning activities.
- Six fully paid professional development days per year - related to position/responsibilities.

**day to day responsibilities**:
The responsibilities of the Project Manager and Advisor, Priority Populations for the Downtown East Toronto OHT. includes:
**PROJECT MANAGEMENT**
- Lead Working Group to develop and implement project plans
- Conduct environmental scans as needed to determine scope of work
- Use project management principles and tools to ensure success of project
- Monitor projects
- Identify and mitigate any risks to the any deliverables and the overall project
- Work with operations team to ensure the project is leveraging and connected with other projects in the DET OHT
- Ensure that project objectives and KPIs are aligned with DET OHT strategic plan and OH/Ministry deliverables
- Create/complete reports and/or presentation to Core Group, other DET OHT WGs, Ministry, OH etc to communicate and demonstrate progress of projects
- Ensure strong relationships among project partners including family and client advisors, OHTs, OH, community agencies etc, including engaging with new interested organizations on behalf of the working groups
- Link with operations team, other DET OHT working groups and neighboring OHTs to stay aligned and leverage synergies
- Assist working groups in establishing and adheri