Preventing Chronic Diseases Manager - Sioux Lookout, Canada - Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

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Sioux Lookout, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sioux Lookout, ON

Posted 2 hours ago

- $95,681 to $123,146 per annum. CAD

Preventing Chronic Diseases Manager - Ref #

Job Summary:

The Approaches to Community Wellbeing is a regional resource to 31 First Nations Communities. The Approaches to Community Wellbeing provides expertise, support, services, and programming in public health to the region. The program also supports communities in the development, implementation, and monitoring of their own Approaches to Community Wellbeing. The Healthy Living section of the Model includes Preventing Chronic Diseases, which works to promote healthy lifestyles including physical activity, healthy eating, mental wellbeing, and smoking cessation

The Preventing Chronic Diseases Manager will provide oversight and direction for the Preventing Chronic Diseases programming of the Approaches to Community Wellbeing.

The Preventing Chronic Diseases Manager will oversee the regional services provided by the Preventing Chronic Diseases Team, and will work with communities to enhance their capacity around Preventing Chronic Diseases initiatives.

Qualifications:

Persons of First Nations ancestry will be given preference (OHRC, Part II, Special Employment)
Master's in public health is an asset
Undergraduate degree in a healthrelated field (health sciences, nutrition, public health, nursing, etc.)
Minimum two years' experience in public health
Experience planning, supervising, and evaluating projects.
Previous leadership and supervisory experience
Understanding of Public Health Systems (including Health Promotion and Protection Act and the Ontario Public Health Standards), and First Nations health systems
Understanding of the unique determinants of health for First Nations in northwestern Ontario, and the health landscape in which they seek services
Extensive knowledge of public health, chronic diseases, nutrition, and health promotion
Strong written and oral communication skills
Experience managing budgets and fulfilling reporting requirements to funders
Ability to develop and maintain respectful/cooperative relationships with First Nations people, communities, service stakeholders, and health care providers to promote an integrated seamless delivery of service
Experience and training in cultural competency with First Nations
Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects within the Sioux Lookout Zone an asset
Must be willing to travel

Roles and Responsibilities:

Work with the ACW Director and Human Resources staff to recruit, interview, select, hire, and employ an appropriate number of employees to enhance Preventing Chronic Diseases
Provide supervision and direction to Preventing Chronic Diseases staff by:
Ensuring communication practices are clear and in place
Providing effective problem solving and conflict resolution as required
Administering, monitoring, and ensuring adherence to organizational policies and procedures
Appraising employee job results
Providing ongoing coaching, advice, and motivation
Identify and support professional development and training of staff
Monitor work plan and finances of Preventing Chronic Diseases
Managing the development of annual work plans and reports
Conduct ongoing health planning with the Preventing Chronic Diseases Staff
Assist in the preparation of an annual budget for each program area as per service goals and objectives
Monitor budget variances
Monitor and ensure proper financial coding
Assist with the preparation and submission of funding requests and reports
Coordinate the ongoing promotion of Preventing Chronic Diseases
Manage preparation, maintenance, and submission of all correspondence, reports and briefing notes
Conduct presentations as needed
Coordinate and supervise Preventing Chronic Diseases services
Plan, develop and implement systems that perform the work and fulfill the goals of the program efficiently and effectively
Liaise with leadership, frontline workers, health care providers, and other service workers in communities to collaboratively strategize means to tackle priority issues related to Preventing Chronic Diseases
Facilitate delivery of Preventing Chronic Diseases services to support communities
Participate and direct delivery of training, educational, and capacity building activities for all communities related to Preventing Chronic Diseases
Action community concerns and requests appropriately
In conjunction with the Director of Approaches to Community Wellbeing and the Public Health Physician, develop regional policies, objectives, and standards for Preventing Chronic Diseases
Support program and service evaluation and quality improvement
Evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability, availability and cost efficiency of Preventing Chronic Diseases programming in conjunction with the Planning and Evaluation staff
Ensure that systems are in place to monitor the delivery of health services