Specialist, Stakeholder Engagement, Regional Cancer

At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.
- What Ontario Health offers:
Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:
- Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day- a health care spending account- a premium defined benefit pension plan- three personal days and two float days annually- three weeks’ vacation to start (for individual contributors), increasing to four weeks after two years- career development opportunities- a collaborative values-based team culture- a wellness program- a hybrid working model- participation in- Communities of Inclusion Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

Here is what you will be doing:
Working as system partners, the Health System Performance and Accountability Portfolio enables the Ontario healthcare system to provide high-quality, equitable care, through:
- Development, implementation and operations of funding policy and innovative funding models, with the goal of leveraging funding to align with overall program goals and drive value and performance in the system.-
- Development, issuance and management of Agreements that align system goals and funding in order to drive strong system accountability.-
- Standardization and implementation of best practice for performance management across the province
- including a coordinated approach to target setting, monitoring, and escalation to support quality improvement and accountability.-
- Coordination of engagement between Regional teams and the OH provincial office (including Regional Cancer Programs), thereby facilitating effective, streamlined collaboration for system improvement.The Performance and Accountability department within the Health System Performance and Accountability Portfolio is responsible for ensuring that every patient in Ontario has access to high quality care, by working with partners to lead and coordinate Ontario Health’s accountability and performance processes. Additionally, the Performance and Accountability Department acts as a liaison to regional partners across identified service areas. This includes acting as a key point of contact with OH regions on topics of performance and accountability, Regional Cancer programs etc.

The department is responsible for the development, issuance, and ongoing management of Ontario Health funding agreements with hospitals and other healthcare facilities across Ontario. The team is also responsible for providing support regarding non-funding agreements (e.g. data sharing agreements, software service and license agreements, etc.), as appropriate. The team works closely with clinical program teams across the organization as well as with partners from Finance, Legal, Privacy, Analytics, Informatics, and regional/facility partners to lead a robust contract management system to deploy more than $3.5B in funding to health care organizations across the province. Through collaboration and partnerships with many internal and external stakeholders, the team also supports the implementation and operational activities of innovative funding models aligned with evidence-based practice enabling system sustainability.

Here is what you will need to be successful:
Lead several planning and coordination items with stakeholders to ensure effective engagement at regular videoconferences and in-person meetings with RCP leadership, including meeting scheduling, strategic agenda planning, recording of meeting minutes, meeting follow-up, and supporting with additional meeting logistics as neededDevelop and maintain processes and tools to contribute to the operations of and ongoing staff education for successful implementation of regional communications guidelines, including leading implementation for process improvements-
- Lead the scheduling and organization of Quarterly Performance Review performance management meetings with each of the 14 Regional Cancer Programs and key internal stakeholders, including managing related communications and supporting with additional meeting logistics as neededManage and maintain the ongoing development of web-based collaboration spaces (SharePoint and Microsoft Teams) for regional and internal stakeholders (e.g. planning purposes, knowledge-sharing, collaboration)-
- Manage annual calendars and tracking documents to inform RCP leadership and internal stakeholder planning, including by engaging with programs across Ontario Health to collect and consolidate information-
- Identify and escalate program