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SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR
Organization:
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Division:
Health System Accountability and Performance
Language of Position(s):
English
Job Code:
6A007 - Policy06
Salary:
$67,590.00 - $99,600.00 Per Year
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.
What can I expect to do in this role?
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.
How do I qualify?
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.
Additional Information:
Address:
- 1 English Permanent, 1075 Bay St, Toronto, Toronto Region, General Screening Requirement
Compensation Group:
Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario
Schedule:
6
Category:
Policy and Analysis
Posted on:
Monday, August 10, 2015
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
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
Remember: The deadline to apply is Tuesday, August 25, 2015 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.
