Program Officer - Toronto, Canada - CDA-AMC

CDA-AMC

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Toronto, Canada

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Position:
Program Officer

Status: 1 year term

Location:
Ottawa, Ontario (hybrid)

Closing date:
June 21, 2024

Salary range:
$ 76,000 to $95,000per year

CADTH is now Canada's Drug Agency — a pan-Canadian health organization. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Ottawa, with a satellite office in Toronto.

Created and funded by Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, we drive better coordination, alignment, and public value within Canada's drug and health technology landscape.

We provide Canada's health system leaders with independent evidence and advice so they can make informed drug, health technology, and health system decisions, and we collaborate with national and international partners to enhance our collective impact.

We are proud to be a 2024 National Capital Region Top Employer.

This recognition celebrates our dedication to fostering a work environment that nurtures growth; innovation; and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA).

It reaffirms our ongoing efforts to create an outstanding workplace where our employees thrive and feel valued.

Primary Focus

The Program Officer is responsible for ensuring the effective communication, collaboration, analysis, and coordination of matters that directly support our expert review and advisory committees, and the Medical Devices and Clinical Interventions (MDCI) teams.

The Program Officer also facilitates the multidirectional communication of a wide range of program development needs by responding to specific day-to-day operational issues.

This position reports directly to the Director of Health Technology Assessment but works closely across and with leadership and program development officers within the MDCI teams on operational requirements.

What do the daily responsibilities look like?

On any given day, the Program Officer will:

Support the director and managers of the MCDI teams by ensuring that the day-to-day operations and needs of the director and managers are prioritized by facilitating and supporting multifaceted activities, including the planning and coordination of expert and advisory committee meetings, initiatives, and collaborative projects. The Program Officer will maintain effective communication channels for the exchange of information and provide support and assistance to team members to develop topic resources such as meeting materials, scoping briefs, and briefing notes.
Coordinate and manage the processes and activities of the expert and advisory committees by organizing and attending a variety of meetings; overseeing and coordinating teams for project initiation and development; and supporting collaboration and communication among the members of the expert committees (e.g., the Health Technology Expert Review Panel) and advisory committees (e.g., the Drug Advisory Committee) and the panCanadian health technology assessment community of practice. Maintain operative processes, provide strategic insight to planning, and provide working group oversight at various committee levels. Help position Canada's Drug Agency in a leadership role by acting as a point of contact to communicate project status adequately to all participants and keeping them informed on deliverables and topics of critical interest.
Work with the program development officers and managers to identify issues and gaps in processes, formalize procedures, develop approaches to manage issues, and note key results from specific strategies; identify streamlining opportunities for overall program development operations.
Work closely with MDCI team members to contribute to a variety of assessment reports. Facilitate collection of committee or working group requirements and build consensus among members on accomplishment of deliverables.

Is this the right role for you?

The Program Officer will likely have:

excellent written and oral communications skills, organizational and project management capabilities; analytical, systems, and critical thinking abilities; and strategic insights; a can-do attitude combined with the ability to anticipate needs and the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities while ensuring plans are well-executed and on time are important; a strong working knowledge of current health care issues and fluency in conversing using medical terminology

- strong interpersonal skills and networking capabilities, sound judgment and the ability to take initiative keys to success in this role; a confident self-starter with demonstrated ability working independently and responsively; the ability to work under pressure and handle confidential matters with discretion
- a thorough understanding of office systems and operations, as well as strong MS Office Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel skills.

What will set you apart?

The following are considered asset qualifications: