Accreditation Lead

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Champion accreditation and continuous improvement where health care quality truly matters.

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About the job

Are you passionate about driving quality improvement in health care? Join the Health Care Planning and Performance (HCPP) Unit, where as the Accreditation Lead, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure compliance with accreditation standards and drive continuous quality improvement across Ontario's correctional institutions. You will work closely with internal teams, senior leadership, and external partners to strengthen program integrity and performance.

Reporting to the Manager, Health Care Planning & Performance, the Accreditation Lead will:
• Lead health care accreditation planning, readiness and monitoring activities.
• Embed accreditation standards compliance into organizational continuous improvement activities and culture.
• Oversee accreditation standards compliance, risks, and performance reporting.
• Provide strategic advice to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Drive cross branch collaboration to strengthen program quality and outcomes.

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What you bring to the team

Technical Knowledge

You have:
• Experience supporting accreditation readiness, compliance activities, and ongoing monitoring
• Knowledge of applying standards, legislation, and best practices to support quality and safe service delivery
• Experience contributing to quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ability to use performance and compliance information to identify gaps and inform improvements

Leadership and Project Management Skills

You have:
• Experience leading and managing complex policy, program, and initiative development
• Demonstrated use of project management approaches to support planning, delivery, and performance improvement
• Experience delivering projects from concept through completion, meeting timelines and expectations

Issues Management and Problem Solving Skills

You have:
• Experience analyzing information to understand complex business and operational issues
• The ability to assess risks, impacts, and options to support decision making
• Experience working collaboratively with stakeholders to resolve sensitive or contentious issues

Research, Evaluation, and Analytical Skills

You have:
• Experience assessing the effectiveness of policies and programs against ministry priorities and goals
• The ability to interpret and apply legislation, policy, and procedural requirements
• Experience supporting change initiatives through analysis, risk assessment, and innovative approaches
• Demonstrated sound judgment and political acuity in complex environments

Relationship Management and Facilitation Skills

You have:
• Experience building and managing effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to lead consultations and facilitate discussions to support shared understanding
• Experience collaborating to navigate differing perspectives and shifting priorities
• Experience preparing and presenting briefings, reports, and recommendations for senior management

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Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

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How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer  accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please  contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

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Additional information:

Note:

• About security checks:
  A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
  If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
  Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.
• The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
• T-CL-243655/26

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How to apply:

1. You must apply online.
2. Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
3. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
4. Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.
5. OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
6. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.