Manager, Sector Support, Homecare and Community Services - Toronto, Canada - Ontario Health

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    At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.

    What Ontario Health offers:

    Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:

  • Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day
  • Health care spending account
  • Premium defined benefit pension plan
  • 3 personal days and 2 float days annually
  • Individual contributors start at 3 weeks' vacation with 4 weeks at 2 yrs.
  • Career development opportunities
  • A collaborative values-based team culture
  • Wellness programs
  • A hybrid working model
  • Participation in Communities of Inclusion
  • Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

    Here is what you will be doing:

    The Sector Support, Performance and Accountability portfolio of Ontario Health focuses on high-impact provincial health system strategies, standards and initiatives aimed at providing information, evidence, and support to assess, inform and improve health system performance.

    The Sector Support, Homecare and Community Services team will provide leadership and support for ensuring all patients receive accessible, high-quality homecare and community services. With deep content knowledge centered around delivery of homecare and community services, the team will collaborate across OH and with our partners (including Ministry and HCCSS) to provide support for this sector.

    As the Manager, Sector Support, Homecare and Community Serviceswithin the Sector Support, Performance and Accountability Portfolio, you will be responsible for leading a high-performing team focused on providing support to all aspects of delivering care in the home and community, including community support services and assisted living.

    This leader will have deep sector knowledge in home care and community services programs, services, and operations, including long-term care placement function.

    This leader thrives under ambiguity and is energized by driving the business forward.

    Here is what you will need to be successful:

    The Manager, Sector Support, Homecare and Community Services is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and people management to deliver on key strategic initiatives, which include:

  • Support the modernization of homecare delivery in Ontario through the Ontario Health team model
  • Plan, implement, deliver, and evaluate projects including monitoring risks and timelines.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders in the determination of sector support needs and development of the team work plan and metrics
  • Support the procurement process, if a vendor for services or products is required
  • Monitor team capacity and provide access to resources to ensure the successful delivery of team's mandate
  • Resolve issues identified by staff and escalate risks issues as required
  • Ability to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Operations and Administration

  • Participates in the departmental annual planning process and provides input to the overall operating plan with regards to – priority, resourcing, metrics
  • Identifies operational improvement opportunities by monitoring and measuring the portfolio's performance
  • Monitor procurements and the performance of vendors
  • Implement OH policies and ensure compliance with portfolio
  • Resolves issues that are identified by staff and escalate when appropriate.
  • Human Resources

  • Oversight of team staff on a day-to-day basis including resourcing, workload distribution/management, quality assurance, and troubleshooting
  • Responsible for on-going coaching and support to the staff in relations to their Professional Development Plan
  • Responsible for the administration, development, and evaluation of the Performance Development Plan for all staff
  • Implements Performance Plan for staff not able to meet the goals and requirements in their PDP
  • Knowledge

  • Knowledge of key management accountabilities including planning, performance measurement, change management and people leadership
  • Deep content knowledge of the homecare and community services operating context and changing healthcare landscape
  • Quality improvement, project management and change management
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills

  • Responsible for collaborating and maintaining relationships with key cross-portfolio contacts to ensure alignment with key external stakeholders.
  • Sophisticated written and verbal communication and presentation skills to influence and guide sound decision-making
  • Problem Solving and Complexity

  • Problem solving and complexity focuses on managing competing priorities for time and resources
  • Provide technical advice and support to the staff in the course of their day-to-day work
  • Provide research and facilitation to support sector specific project groups in developing programs
  • Capable of applying critical thinking skills to solve complex problems and issues
  • Accountability / Decision Making

  • Responsible for the day-to-day overall operations of the department ensuring priorities are set, workloads/resourcing are operating at optimal efficiency
  • Ensures that team is appropriately trained to deliver its mandate
  • Responsible for ensuring that the portfolio can successfully deliver products and projects
  • Accountable for managing day-to-day role responsibilities; decisions on portfolio operations and logistics
  • Other

  • Additional roles & responsibilities may evolve upon advancement and growth of the portfolio
  • Education and Experience

  • Experience working within or partnering with homecare and/or community services is a must
  • Post-Secondary degree or equivalent in business or health administration, public policy, health policy, or clinical profession (nursing, social work, allied health, pharmacy, etc.) required
  • Graduate/Master's degree or equivalent experience in applicable field (business or health administration, clinical profession (nursing, allied health, pharm, etc.) preferred
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working with guiding, influencing, implementing, etc. policy at system level (can be done as provider contributing frequently to provincial sector tables), with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership position
  • Knowledge and Skills

  • Experience leading multidisciplinary and cross-organization teams with formal and informal lines of accountability/reporting structures
  • Proven team leadership and management experience, with ability to recruit, engage and develop staff with advanced degrees/knowledge and diverse backgrounds
  • Develop emerging leaders who are able to build strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to move departmental and portfolio mandate
  • Experience in program management, quality improvement, project management and/or change management are an asset
  • Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time

    Paygrade: Band 7

    Location: Ontario (currently hybrid; subject to change)

    All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.

    Internal Application Deadline Date: April 4, 2024

    Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; Black and racialized; members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary; and disabled.

    We encourage applicants with accessibility needs to notify us if they have any accommodation needs in the application and/or interview process.

    Note: As part of the initial recruitment screening process, applicants must confirm that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If applicants are not fully vaccinated, they will be required to identify any accommodation needs pursuant to a protected ground under the Code. Applicants who identify an accommodation need will be required to provide supporting documentation with respect to their need for accommodation when requested by Ontario Health. If no such accommodation is identified, the applicant will not be eligible to proceed through the recruitment process.

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