SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

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The Acute and Rehabilitative Care Unit develops health policies, programs, and standards to support access, quality, and value in the delivery of effective and sustainable publicly-funded health care services. The Unit seeks a dedicated results-oriented professional who seeks an active involvement in the transformation of health care delivery at the system level in Ontario.

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About the job

In this role, you will:

• Exercise leadership in developing health policies, programs, and standards, including designing and implementing strategies, proposed draft legislation and regulations, and funding packages.
• Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships within government and between government and external partners.
• Apply your advanced critical thinking skills and experience to conceptualize and define policy challenges and opportunities at a systems level and recommend creative policy options and solutions using the best available evidence.
• Communicate complex issues in a way that facilitates understanding and decison-making by senior ministry decision makers.
• Develop coherent results-oriented implementation plans to promote behaviour change in the direction of improved access, quality, and value.
• Develop and manage risk mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning.

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What you bring to the team

Health Policy Development and Critical Analysis Skills and Abilities:

• You possess demonstrated expertise in health policy development and the use of policy and research tools, system improvement and planning methodologies, and the levers and instruments of behaviour change and performance management.
• You demonstrate well-developed analytical abilities and an aptitude for synthesizing large amounts of complex data coherently, identifying patterns, generating workable options, and communicating findings and proposals clearly to recipients.

Health System Knowledge:

• You understand the structures and processes of the provincial health care system, the relationships between providers, and current dynamics and trends affecting access, quality and value for persons requiring publicly-funded healthcare.
• You possess applied knowledge of how healthcare services are delivered and regulated in Ontario and the role and responsibilities of the provincial government and its agencies and the roles and interests of major health care stakeholder groups.
• You have an understanding of the hospital and/or rehabilitative care sector at both a provincial and operational level.

Project Management and Stakeholder Management Skills:

• You are a proven action-oriented leader who has managed policy projects from concept to implementation.
• You have a reputation for being conscientious, taking initiative, and consistently meeting timelines.
• You have brought teams together around common goals and led successful stakeholder consultation events.
• You have proven written and communication skills, including computer and internet research proficiency.

You have proven written and communication skills, including computer and internet research proficiency.

Strategic Thinking, Creativity and Innovation Skills:

• You demonstrate an ability to link current actions to long-term strategic priorities.
• You have proven capacity to explore problems and opportunities in creative ways by leveraging lessons and evidence from previous initiatives, other jurisdictions, and the available literature.

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service Employment Screening Checks Policy, the top candidate(s) may be required to provide a general or enhanced screening check. Please refer to the Additional Information / Address section above on this job advertisement to determine the screening check that is required for each position.
  
  A general screening check includes a criminal record check and if applicable, fingerprint verification at your own expense. An enhanced screening check includes a criminal record check and if applicable, fingerprint verification at your own expense and permission for the Negotiations & Security Branch , Employee Relations Division to conduct any specific screening as indicated in the Additional Information / Address section above.
  
  A record of a Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The screening check results will only be reviewed and evaluated by the Negotiations & Security Branch for the purpose of making a clearance decision. The details of an individual's screening check will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Screening check records will be maintained by the Negotiations & Security Branch and kept strictly confidential.
• T-HL-80378/15

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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.