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I'm posting this job for Mary Martin Rowe from the Ontario Prevention
Clearinghouse.

OPC (Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse) job opening
Stroke Prevention Project coordinator
Contract position

Project overview

The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC), Community and Health
Promotion Branch has requested the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse (OPC) to
play a role in supporting the implementation of health promotion and primary
prevention components within the Ontario Stroke Strategy. OPC is contracted
to respond to community needs for training, consultation, resource
dissemination and networking to help contribute to the enhancement of stroke
prevention activities.

OPC is a bilingual organization with a multidisciplinary focus on health
promotion, now in its 15th year as a health promotion leader in Ontario. We
support individuals and organizations in partnership with communities to
stimulate and foster health promotion, by facilitating exchange of
information, providing training and consultation, making referrals and
supporting networks.

In this project, OPC will assess needs by consulting with key stroke
prevention and care agencies (e.g. Heart and Stroke Foundation, regional
stroke care centres), agencies and coalitions involved in chronic disease
prevention (e.g. Heart Health Resource Centre, heart health coalitions,
public health units, community health centres), and Provincial staff. From
this, appropriate interventions - training, facilitation, strategy support -
will be developed and delivered to help communities, health promotion
agencies, and primary caregivers increase their capacity to effectively
incorporate stroke prevention activities into their practices.

In delivering this project, OPC will work with other health promotion
resource centres in Ontario to recommend options for supporting communities
to deliver stroke prevention activities on an ongoing basis.

Project budget is $200,000. The project time frame is immediate, with an end
date of early fall (no later than October 31, 2001). This work will involve
some travel in the province of Ontario. This is a full-time position with
salary equivalent to $50,000 per annum plus benefits.

The Coordinator will work at OPC at 180 Dundas Street West in Toronto, and
will be supported by health promotion consultants at OPC for the duration of
the project. This position reports to the Acting Executive Director of OPC.

Position Description

The stroke prevention coordinator will coordinate and ensure implementation
of this project. S/he will also deliver components of the project. The work
will involve:

*       Consultation with health staff who are or could be contributing to
stroke prevention in Ontario

*       Project management (e.g. refining deliverables, setting schedules,
managing resource assignments, monitoring spending and revising budget)

*       Overseeing the design of responsive, tailored services based on the
outcomes of the project's preliminary consultation; overseeing delivery of
these services and production of related resources to assist organizations
and communities to increase their capacity to integrate stroke prevention
activities into health promotion practice

*       Designing and implementing appropriate evaluation methods

*       Contracting, supporting and supervising short-term, part-time staff
or consultants (e.g. facilitators, trainers)

*       Writing reports

*       Facilitating development of long-term health promotion and stroke
prevention strategies for potential incorporation in the Ontario Stroke
Strategy, especially components to be implemented by Ontario's health
promotion resource centres

Requirements:

*       Proven project planning and project management ability
*
*       Extensive knowledge of community development, community
mobilization, and health promotion concepts

*       Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills,
including experience writing for multiple audiences and proficiency in
English

*       Demonstrated ability to successfully work with a wide variety of
sectors and partners, and to negotiate collaboration

*       Experience in the non-profit sector, preferably in Ontario, and
preferably in networks involving stroke prevention or chronic disease
prevention

*       Demonstrated skills in group facilitation and process, training or
adult education, preferably related to health promotion

*       Experience producing health promotion and/or training resources

*       Ability to use electronic tools effectively for communication
*
*       Experience supporting staff, volunteers or contracted consultants to
deliver services

*       Sensitivity to Franco-Ontarian community issues
*
*       The following assets are preferred

*       Written and spoken proficiency in French, and knowledge of
Franco-Ontarian communities French-Canadian culture

*       Knowledge of and sensitivity to Ontario's diverse ethnoracial
communities

*       Experience and established networks in stroke prevention, heart
health or chronic disease prevention and health promotion

*       Experience hiring staff or contracting consultants and providing
supervision to staff

Interested applicants should send cover letter and resume to: Stroke
Prevention Coordinator, c/o OPC, 180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1900,
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8; fax: (416) 408- 2122; [log in to unmask]
Deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, March 12, 2001.  We regret
that only applications selected for an interview will be contacted.