Planning and Evaluation Coordinator - Emerging & Re-emerging Infections Network

 Req ID: 190679
Location: Provincial Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII 
Department: ERIN Team CNS
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1 
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 14-Nov-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Emerging & Re-emerging Infections Network (ERIN) leadership team, the Planning and Evaluation Coordinator works collaboratively with program content leads to support planning and evaluation needs and may include developing logic models, developing and implementing appropriate frameworks for evaluation and monitoring activities (evaluability assessments, process/outcomes/impact evaluations). Recommendations resulting from these activities may have implications on budget, staff complement, staff mix and performance management of staff. 

The Planning and Evaluation Consultant is responsible for the following evaluation activities: engaging evaluation users/contributors, identifying evaluation purpose with a focus to support evaluation use, selecting the appropriate data collection methodology (focus groups, interviews, surveys, case studies, document review, etc.), identifying or developing appropriate measurement tools, gathering credible-reliable and valid data, establishing information management processes, analysing the information, interpreting findings, developing recommendations, and presenting findings and recommendations in reports and presentations for a variety of audiences. 

The Planning and Evaluation Consultant uses project management strategies to ensure the project is on-track/on-time, stakeholders are engaged, and the knowledge is shared/disseminated, as needed. 

The Planning and Evaluation Consultant will adhere to the Canadian Evaluation Society ethics statement.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Masters degree in program evaluation, public health, health administration, social sciences, or community health, with an emphasis on program planning and evaluation.
• Minimum five years of experience in planning, evaluation, quality improvement, or social science research.
• Preference may be given to individuals with the Canadian Evaluation Society's Credentialed Evaluator designation.  
• Knowledge, skills and abilities aligned with the Canadian Evaluation Society Evaluator Competencies
• Extensive experience developing and implementing evaluation initiatives
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, including government partners, organizational colleagues, and community groups
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (verbal and written), and facilitation skills         
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of methodologies related to research and evaluation, systematic literature reviews, and environmental scans
• Very strong qualitative and quantitative analysis, synthesis, interpretation skills
• Experience developing knowledge translation products
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred

Please ensure your resume includes all relevant education, experience, training and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent full-time position; 75 hours biweekly

Compensation and Benefits

$37.61 - $47.01 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. 

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.