Job Description

\xe2\x80\x8bReq ID: 153472
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Bethune Building - QEII
Department: The NSHealth Learning Institute for Health Care Providers
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 11-Apr-23

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 an 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 to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team facilitates and advances person-centered care through evidence-based professional practice and learning strategies and programs that are designed provincially and implemented locally to enhance collaborative learning and practice. The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team takes a leadership role in creating a culture of collaboration with a focus on team-based care, evidence-informed practice, and learning and professional development to improve health outcomes for patients, families and communities. Through strong partnerships with the academic sector, regulators, and government, the Interprofessional Practice and Learning team has an integral role in influencing and operationalizing health system priorities.

About the Opportunity

The NS Health Learning Institute for Health Care Providers within Interprofessional Practice and Learning (IPPL) plays a leadership role within the organization in creating a culture of learning with a focus on transition to specialty practice programs, entry-level transition to practice, interprofessional practice education (IPE) and continuing professional practice development. The Learning Institute promotes accountable professional practice in quality practice environments, facilitates patient and family centered care, fosters collaborative team relationships, and supports research and evidence-based practice.

Reporting to the Manager, Provincial Programming, Learning Institute, the Project Leader is responsible for providing essential coordination of and logistical support to new programs and initiatives at the Learning Institute. The successful applicant will ensure a coordinated effort between Learning Institute team members, strategy directions as well as all other partners of the project.

The project lead works closely with the Manager and Professional Practice Leader to identify goals, objectives, timelines, deliverables aligned with key strategic initiatives of various projects. The position will be responsible for coordination and achievement of goals and objectives outlined in the project charter. Travel is required.

About You

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

• Bachelor\'s degree in a health profession/adult education/ health promotion or relevant experience
• Formal education (or equivalent work experience) in program development and evaluation preferred
• Certification in Project management an asset
• 1-3 years\' experience in project management in planning and executing a variety of large scale and/or complex initiatives
• Demonstrated experience in project management/project administration
• Experience facilitating team meetings
• Experience working in collaboration with key stakeholders and partners
• Superior interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Experience utilizing technology to create efficiencies and streamline tracking, retrieval, and distribution of information
• Experience with program evaluation framework development and implementation
• Experience with indicator development and data capture
• Critical analysis skills/experience
• Valid Nova Scotia Driver\'s License
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Successful Applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check to Human Resources before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will be screened on the above qualifications. Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet the knowledge and competencies in their cover letter and resume. Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application. Applicants will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or missing information.

Hours of Work

Permanent, Full-Time (75 hours biweekly)
Beginning April 16, 2023.
Dates are approximate and are subject to change.

Salary Information

$31.08 - $38.85 hourly
$60,606.19 - $75,757.89 annually

Once You\'ve Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000. For more details and instructions, please visit

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.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

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.

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