Community Liaison

**Req ID**:187938**
**Location**:Northern** Zone, **Colchester East Hants Health Centre**
**Department**:PHC NZ CRC Primary Health**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%**) x **1**
**CUPE** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:14-Oct-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**:
Reporting to the Primary Health Care Manager (PHC), the Primary Health Care Coordinator will provide support to advance the strategic priorities in the Primary Health Care, Chronic Disease Management, and Department of Family Practice (DFP) portfolios specifically related to the health and wellness of Men of African Descent. The PHC Coordinator will have responsibility for coordination of the planning, ongoing development and implementation of programs, services and initiatives assigned through leadership in the Nova Scotia Brotherhood portfolio.

Travel within the catchment area maybe required.

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

- Baccalaureate degree preferably from a health discipline/health related science
- Current registration with professional association if applicable
- Two years' of recent related experience
- Experience working in a family practice setting with family physicians an asset
- Experience working with African Nova Scotian community considered an asset
- Coordination and Project Management Skills
- Broad knowledge of the health system with high level understanding of population health approaches, community development, primary health care, health prevention and promotion, and disease management
- Experience in Practice Facilitation including coaching, facilitation, change management strategies, and quality improvement is an asset
- Organizational and process management skills
- Superior time management skills in order to prioritize and complete assignments
- Sound knowledge and skill working in an interdisciplinary setting
- Ability to analyze information to identify priorities and emerging issues
- Ability to think critically, quickly and accurately; creative problem-solving ability
- Demonstrated leadership in facilitation and multiple stakeholders and service providers
- Proven ability to build, enhance, foster and maintain effective relationships
- Superior communication skills - written, oral, presentation
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Proficiency in cultural competencies
- Demonstrated high degree of independent decision making, self-direction, motivation and team building/leadership skills
- Ability to effectively organize heavy workload with multiple competing priorities
- Ability to function independently as well as a team member
- Must have a high level of judgment in order to make independent decisions related to responsibilities
- Valid Nova Scotia Driver’s License
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.

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

**Hours**:

- Permanent full-time position; 70 hours bi-weekly.
- Shifts may include evenings, weekends and holidays

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$34.11 hourly - $41.23 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 Admin Professionals 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.