Project Officer, Health Promotion - Toronto, Canada - Digital Public Square

Description

Program/Project Officer | Health Promotion | Full-time

Digital Public Square (DPS) seeks an experienced program/project officer who has worked on health promotion projects and creating content to fight misinformation through digital engagement.

We are looking for someone whose eyes light up when you hear about an opportunity to engage in public health initiatives, and combating misinformation, all within a working culture of smart, genuinely caring, and driven people.

Digital Public Square is a technology powered non-profit that works to build healthy communities enabled by good technology. We aren't a tech company that declared a mission. We are a mission based Not-for-Profit that builds great technology.

In fact, we don't define ourselves by what we are "not" (ie:
a Not-For-Profit), rather we define ourselves as a For-Impact organization because we have strong revenue streams.

We work on some of the biggest threats today such as mis/disinformation that is toxic to vulnerable communities. We help communities become more inclusive and responsive.

Our commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging are baked into our culture and our technology offering:
Equality comes from meaningful participation; Diversity is how we grow.

We pay competitive wages and health benefits and are chock full of intrinsic rewards.


About Digital Public Square
Communities are healthier when they have vibrant spaces and opportunities to cultivate belonging, inclusion, connectedness, and meaningful engagement.

Digital Public Square (DPS) and its founding team have spent the better part of a decade learning how to create tools that generate these outcomes with good technology.

From building platforms that track political accountability; to tackling critical public health issues that impact the world; to empowering new voices countering violent online narratives with evocative campaigns; and even creating new ways for neighbourhood communities to reach decisions — Digital Public Square has created tools that enable people to more safely explore complex ideas at scale.

How you work:

• Thoughtful, flexible, and affable
• Thorough and keen attention to detail
• Able to balance priorities of a diverse set of stakeholders on shared projects
• A critical thinker, not afraid to ask questions
• Proactive problem solver
• Result oriented
• Collaborative and communicative
• Continuously Learning
• Outcome and Impact Oriented
• Innovative
• Fosters healthy relationships

What you will do:

It's a wonderful moment to join us We are clear on our mission, we have experimented and know what works in the market.

Working closely with Project Leads, you will join our programs team and collaborate on the achievement of the delivery of business outcomes for projects that seeks to advance health promotion and combat misinformation.

• Support Project Leads to execute on their program vision (this may include multiple projects simultaneously)
• Help manage risk diligently, to ensure the wellbeing of program participants
• Conducting, cataloging and coordinating research to support the project initiatives
• Provide research analysis
• Draft proposals and work with internal teams to design new program concepts that can be shared with external stakeholders
• Work with a crossfunctional team of digital experts, data scientists and strategists to launch campaigns
• Help with the procurement including contracts for partners, vendors and contractors according to policies
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders (community, government, etc)
• Help with the development of training materials for stakeholder onboarding
• Coordinate the production of website content to combat misinformation
• Communicate with team members, including relaying briefs, connecting daily tasks to larger goals, and providing context and support
• Support with the production of donor reports
• Support finance team with project expenditures
• Help manage key partners & stakeholders (internal and external)
• Help set impact metrics and then communicate and celebrate successes

Who you are:

We know that some of the best program/project people come from virtually any background so we've built the following list as a _guideline _for some of the skills and interests - but we strive to build our team with members from a diverse background and skill set, so if any combination of these applies to you, please apply.

• Character: integrity; honesty; credibility, passionate
• Minimum 12 years experience on as a program/project officer
• Minimum 12 years experience working on research and data analysis
• Professional experience working on health promotion programming and health policy
• Demonstrated experience developing content for campaigns on health promotion and combating misinformation
• Have worked on large scale campaigns (national level)
• Exceptional writer, able to convey complex concepts in writing
• Experience managing relationships with