JOB SUMMARY
Position: Lead, Population and Public Health Initiatives and Innovation, Population and Public Health Services
Company: PHSA
Job Location: Vancouver, BC
Job type: Part-time
Salary job: $80,935 - $116,344 a year
Requisition # 148342E
WORK PERFORMED
- Lead strategic planning for initiatives and innovative, complex projects in population and public health portfolio/content areas. Establish collaborative mechanisms for project for planning, implementation and evaluation to influence strategic directions and policy discussion.
- Provide consultative guidance on the development, design and implementation of practical evaluation models that integrate monitoring, self-assessment, planning, and evaluation of program or services, including process and outcome measures. Develop specific evaluation criteria, performance measures, and definitions, and generate evidence to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis and to generate recommendations.
- Develop processes, tools and tracking mechanisms based on review of output of data from services to monitor the impact of initiatives, innovation and key indicators. Monitor outcome and provide input on changes.
- Lead and manage complex projects and initiatives including synthesizing information and using data for business case proposals, managing timelines, deliverables, and provides input into budget for project elements. Initiates and/or participates in community development programs and provides support for the development of provincial population health initiatives in line with service line priorities.
- Promote evidence-informed practice and share knowledge about current research and literature while advancing innovation in population and public health. Scan the environment and the literature to identify emerging trends, synthesize information received and support knowledge translation and exchange through interdisciplinary and local and provincial partnerships.
QUALIFICATIONS
- An undergraduate degree in food and nutrition.
- A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Master’s Degree in Public Health, Nutrition or Social Sciences, or related field with expertise in nutrition and healthy eating considered an asset.
- Courses in qualitative and quantitative research, evaluation an asset, and a minimum of five (5) years recent related experience with preference given to Registered Dietitians with experience working in population and public health.
