System Lead

**Req ID**:182164**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Provincial** Zone, **Mumford Professional Centre**
**Department**:CNS ADMINISTRATION PC HEALTH HOME**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: MGMT/NON-Union** **Management/Non Union** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:26-Jun-24**

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.

**About the Opportunity**:
This role focuses on people, and the changes to organizational and team processes, policies and/or procedures, use of new technology, structures, and evolving culture as we continue on a journey of health system transformation. This position provides change management leadership and advice and is responsible for developing and implementing a strategic integrated approach to change management activities, leading to the successful adoption of primary healthcare transformation priorities.

This role helps build and support a culture that promotes the delivery of high-quality primary healthcare through the implementation of broad-scale transformation initiatives that are improving patients’ and providers’ experience.

Demonstrating leadership behaviours and capabilities, the Change Management and Engagement Lead focuses on evidence-based strategic change approaches in support of health system transformation. Working collaboratively, this position ensures that approaches and tactics in support of health system transformation are timely, relevant and effective in upholding the mission and values of Nova Scotia Health and health system partner organizations, and that change activities are targeted where they are most needed to create a world-class healthcare system.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have:

- Undergraduate degree and/or post-secondary study in business administration, communications, human resources, social/behavioral sciences, education, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Minimum of three years’ relevant experience in a change management role.
- Knowledge of best practice related to change adoption and benefits realization of new projects.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
- Experience in building and maintaining relationships and influencing decisions and actions.
- Demonstrated success in influencing thinking while demonstrating Nova Scotia Health values and principles.
- Strategic and system-focused thinking with strong analysis and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional communication, presentation and organizational skills.
- Experience engaging, mentoring, empowering teams in a participatory environment.

**About You Continued**:

- Ability to build collaborative relationships; proven ability to work effectively with many internal and external partners and the ability to work effectively within cross-departmental teams.
- Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and the project lifecycle.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects, delivering on budget and on time.
- Ability to effectively organize heavy workload with multiple competing priorities.
- Valid driver's license and access to reliable transportation
- Assets include:
- Change management training and/or certification (e.g. PROSCI, CCMP)
- Project management training and/or certification (e.g. PMP)
- Knowledge of IAP2 principles and practices
- Experience in the health sector
- Working proficiency of French

**Hours**:

- Permanent Full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
- Shifts may include evening, weekends and holidays

This position offers a remote work model opportunity

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$40.15 - $50.18 Hourly

**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 Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.