Lead, Evidence Integration

**LEAD, EVIDENCE INTEGRATION**

**REPORTS TO**:Director, Collective Impact
**STATUS**:Permanent, full-time (35 hours/week)
**HIRING RANGE**:$61,625 -$72,500
**LOCATION**:1300 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON

**ABOUT US**

The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), established in 1998, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the health and lives of people living with and at risk of HIV by using data and evidence to drive change. We work with three main types of partners: 1) testing programs and clinics; 2) AIDS service and other community-based organizations; and 3) policy and system leaders within and beyond the health sector—to support the implementation of the provincial HIV strategy, priorities, and directions.

**JOB SUMMARY**

The Lead, Evidence Integration, under the direction of the **Director, Collective Impact**, plays a key role in gathering, assessing and supporting the integration of complex scientific evidence into practical solutions that advance the work of OHTN and its partners. The incumbent will help close the knowledge, practice and policy gaps by identifying actionable evidence, and developing and implementing strategies and project plans that will improve provincial HIV services and advance the mission of OHTN.

The incumbent will be passionate about using and deploying evidence to enhance care and services, inform educational and training opportunities, and develop policy documents. They will be committed to our goals of making new HIV infections rare and improving the health and well-being of people living with and at-risk of HIV. The incumbent will focus on advancing the OHTN’s work and the work of its key partners: clinical care providers, testing programs, community-based HIV organizations, policy makers and researchers.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**

The Lead, Evidence Integration is responsible for the following key areas of work:

- Collaborate with OHTN Knowledge Synthesis team to maintain and update evidence repositories of interventions that have potential for adaptation and integration within community and clinical care services
- In collaboration with OHTN HIV Endgame Program staff:

- identify and make recommendations for advancement and integration of evidence and interventions arising from funded projects, and make recommendations for targeted uptake and scaling of evidence-based practices.
- work closely with grantees to identify implementation metrics and impact indicators of evidence and interventions.
- Provide advice that will inform the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions-based initiatives.
- Consult and support OHTN grantees in the development of theories of change to guide their data and evidence sharing activities, and the use of evidence-based approaches to drive change in clinical and community settings.
- Develop and present recommendations for interventions that may be promoted by the OHTN and adopted by community and clinical care services.
- Identify and develop indicators to monitor and evaluate uptake and integration of evidence for intended audiences.
- Support evidence-based planning and implementation of innovative population-specific health programs and approaches to address the structural conditions that drive HIV and health inequities among key populations (i.e.: Black, GBMSM, Indigenous populations, and other racialized communities) affected by HIV.
- Collaborate with the Education team to develop the OHTN’s capacity building and knowledge exchange program to enhance awareness and adoption of evidence-based practices for multiple audiences including policy makers, planners, clinicians, and prevention and support workers.
- Collaborate with Communication team to develop evidence products, such as infographics, fact sheets and social media posts that will highlight key evidence and best practices for diverse audiences
- Provide leadership, facilitation, coordination and/or support as required to organizational committees, improvement groups and operational/implementation groups.
- Other duties as required.

**ABOUT YOU**
- Master’s degree in health science, public health, health policy or social sciences related field of study
- Ability to identify and analyze scientific and policy evidence, and provide advice on appropriate responses to emerging issues
- Experience working with researchers, clinicians, community, policy and system leaders to achieve shared goals
- Excellent understanding of research methods, processes, and impact frameworks
- Strong understanding of, and ability to apply, health equity and anti-racism frameworks
- Knowledge of all phases of evidence-informed decision making (e.g., knowledge generation, syntheses, strategy and product development, dissemination, exchange, management and evaluation)
- Strong problem-solving, project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage numerous projects and shifting priorities
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently and