Req ID : 192508

Location : Provincial  Zone,  Flexible Within the Province, NS

Department : PH Planning Qlty Systems Performance

Type of Employment : Permanent   Hourly FT  ( 100% ) x 1

Management / Non Union  P osition

Posting Closing Date : 13-Dec-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.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

This position is responsible for evidence-gathering, evaluation, planning, and knowledge translation initiatives within Public Health for the purposes of accountability, decision-making, and quality improvement. The Planning and Evaluation Consultant contributes to program decision-making that impacts project implementation and improvement. The position contributes to a culture of evaluation and evidence-informed decision making through the development and implementation of evaluation frameworks, data collection tools, standardized processes, and capacity building initiatives for staff related to planning and evaluation.

This position reports to the Planning and Evaluation Lead and is part of the Planning Quality & System Performance team within Strategic Policy & Planning, Public Health.  This position generally works at a provincial level to provide planning and evaluation support for the Public Health Focus Areas and Public Health overall.  This will include writing evaluation reports and presenting findings to senior leadership.

About You

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

• Masters degree in program evaluation, public health, health administration, social sciences, or community health, with an emphasis on program planning and evaluation.
• Minimum three years of experience in planning, evaluation, quality improvement, or social science research.
• Preference may be given to those with, or in the process of attaining the Canadian Evaluation Society's Credentialed Evaluator designation.
• Knowledge, skills and abilities aligned with the Canadian Evaluation Society Evaluator Competencies
• Extensive experience developing and implementing evaluation initiatives
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, including government partners, organizational colleagues, and community groups
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (verbal and written), and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of methodologies related to research and evaluation, systematic literature reviews, and environmental scans
• Very strong qualitative and quantitative analysis, synthesis, interpretation skills
• Experience developing knowledge translation products
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Experience in public health is preferred
• Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred

Please Note : Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Hours

Compensation and Benefits

37.60 - $47.01 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black / African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals / Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.