Job Description

The Ministry of Health seeks your analytical leadership and exceptional relationship management skills to build and maintain credible, collaborative and participatory partnerships with the Local Health Integrated Networks (LHINs) and Ministry partners in developing and providing health analytics products to meet their needs. This is an opportunity to lead the Capacity Planning and LHIN Support Unit in planning for the future capacity needs of the health system and population health analysis .

About us:
Health Analytics and Insights Branch provides high quality information, analyses, and methodological support to enhance health system evidence-based decision making. The branch supports both the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Long Term Care.

Why work for the Ontario Public Service?
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is committed to being an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment. We offer:

• A defined benefit pension plan
• Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits which includes adoptive parents
• Comprehensive Health Plan
• Life and Disability insurance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Collegial and professional work culture
• Career growth and development opportunities across multiple business areas
• On-the-job training to support your success in the role.

The OPS has been recognized as a top employer. We are proud to have been acknowledged as one of:

• Canada's Best Diversity Employers
• Greater Toronto's Top Employers
• Canada's Greenest Employers
• Canada's Top Employers for Young People

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

To advance this goal, the OPS is collecting socio-demographic information that will help to address potential barriers and achieve equity in hiring. You are requested to complete the voluntary survey and contribute to building a more diverse, anti-racist, inclusive and accessible OPS.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

What can I expect to do in this role?

As the Manager, Capacity Planning and Population Analytics, you will:

• Manage and lead the branch's Capacity Planning and Population Analytics Unit.
• Provide authoritative and senior level expertise, advice and recommendations to the Director, Divisional Management team, and Executive leadership within the ministry.
• Manage analytical requests, project requirements, and communications for the unit.
• Manage the research, development and implementation of analytical methodology, indicators and statistical applications.
• Manage strategic analytic projects to plan the future capacity needs of Ontario's health system.
• Lead the development of stakeholder partnerships that promote and foster best practices for program design, development and delivery, and lead and manage stakeholder consultation processes.

Leadership in the OPS
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) Leadership Behaviours define what it means to be a leader through the following expected behaviours and attributes:

• You are committed to the responsibilities of being a leader by demonstrating authenticity, accountability and courage.
• You are innovative by embracing positive disruption, maintaining a future mindset and leading with a common purpose.
• You are collaborative by driving people-centered outcomes, being inclusive and helping staff and colleagues grow, every day.

How do I qualify?

Leadership

• You have demonstrated the leadership competencies to inspire teams to deliver highly technical and strategic analytic products within a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• You have strong experience leading multiple quantitative analytic projects and/or initiatives concurrently and a demonstrated understanding of quantitative methods and research principles.
• You have the ability to manage a geographically dispersed team of professionals.
• You affirm, promote and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, accessibility and inclusion.

Knowledge

• You have knowledge of the programs, services, initiatives and frameworks delivered by the provincial Health Sector.
• You have broad-based knowledge of Ontario's health system, including key issues, trends, and government priorities.
• You have experience leading and conducting technical analyses, and research involving health system, epidemiological, and population health data,
• You have knowledge of best practices regarding research, analytical processes, methodologies, statistics, visualization techniques, and evaluation/performance measurement.
• You have a good understanding of dashboard methodologies and common statistical packages used to analyze large datasets.
• You demonstrate the ability to understand government decision-making processes and have experience supporting evidence-based policy development.

Stakeholder Management & Political Acuity

• You have experience building and maintaining relationships across internal branches and divisions as well as with external partners in order to gather input and build consensus and deliver on priorities.
• You have demonstrated skills in stakeholder engagement, management, consultation, negotiation and issues management.
• You have demonstrated political acuity and the ability to build effective teams, in order to develop and maintain internal and external relationships.
• You have demonstrated knowledge of issues management practices and protocols.
• You have experience in working with clients and stakeholders to identify analytic needs and develop processes and products to meet those needs.

Be sure to check out the Manager Recruitment Unit's, Application Preparation Guide for Aspiring Managers for tips to help you prepare an impactful application!

Additional Information:

Address:

• 1 Temporary, duration up to 18 months, 1075 Bay St, Toronto, Toronto Region or 49 Place D'Armes, Kingston, East Region

Compensation Group:
Management Compensation Plan


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Category:
Management and General


Posted on:
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Note:

• T-HL-183488/22