Built Environment Coordinator - Truro, Canada - Nova Scotia Health Authority

Nova Scotia Health Authority

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Truro, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

Req ID:174858**
Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location:
Northern
Zone,
Colchester East Hants Health Centre

Department:

PH - SF Mass Casual Com - CNZ**
Type of Employment:Temporary
Hourly FT long-assignment
(**100%
FTE) x **1
position(s)****Status: NSGEU
Admin Professionals** Position**
Posting Closing Date:28-Mar-24**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.

About the Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager Healthy Communities, the Healthy Built Environment Coordinator (HBEC) will work collaboratively with team members, community partners planners, and engineers to identify strategic areas of action, and accelerate integration of health considerations into land use, transportation and various healthy built environment policies.

This includes supporting transportation networks, community access and affordability to healthy food, protecting the natural environment, enhancing neighborhood design and affordable/safe housing.

This position will focus on assessment, and evaluation of public health's transportation pilot and work towards strategic planning and advocacy to increase equitable access to transportation in rural communities.

Much of this work will align with principles of smart growth, Transportation Demand Management and Transit-Oriented Development.

This position will also bring a focus on reducing health inequities related to access to transportation and the built environment.

As a member of the Healthy Communities team, the Healthy Built Environment Coordinator will contribute to an understanding of the health impacts of built environments, the opportunities for improvement and collaboration with community partners to promote community designs that facilitate active transportation and integration of physical activity in daily life.

The HBEC will support Public Health Services in adapting, implementing, evaluating and further disseminating the tools and promising practices that have been developed in other jurisdictions.

They will foster meaningful engagement and collaboration with local community planners, engineers, NGOs, and other community partners the development, implementation and evaluation of tools and interventions.

About You:

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

Undergraduate degree in Community/Urban Planning or Civil Engineering
Masters' degree preferred
Minimum of 5 years' related experience
Understanding of the association and policy issues related to health outcomes and built environment.
Experience with transportation planning, land use planning, community planning including Experience with project analysis, evaluation and coordination.
Excellent communication skills, assessment skills and facilitation skills
Familiarity with population health, health promotion and disease prevention concepts
Ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team both within the organization and in the community
A valid Nova Scotia's driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
Competencies in other languages an asset
Member of Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) is an asset

Hours:

Temporary Long Assignment /100% FTE / 70 Hours Biweekly
Starting April 1, 2024/Ending March 31, 2025

Compensation and Incentives:

$ $44.06 Hourly

Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

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