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Ontario Health Promotion Resource System Coordinator
Contract Position
Project Overview
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care funds a number of resource centres
to support health promotion in Ontario. These organizations share the goal
of empowering communities by enhancing knowledge and skills. Together, the
resource centres form the Ontario Health Promotion Resource System (OHPRS).
The OHPRS is developing joint planning, reporting, and evaluation processes
to share resources efficiently and optimize services. The Ontario
Prevention Clearinghouse (OPC), a bilingual resource centre, provides
administrative support to the OHPRS and in so doing recruits and manages any
OHPRS contract positions. Currently, a Coordinator is being sought for the
OHPRS on a one-year contract with the probability of renewal.
The OHPRS is comprised of the 14 centres around the province that provide
support to health promoters in the province. It is an evolving system
working towards enhanced coordination of services and processes across all
14 organizations. A smaller group of representatives, known as the Planning
and Coordinating Group (P&C), provide on-going management to the system.
Currently the OHPRS is working on joint planning and reporting guidelines
and formats, a communication strategy for the system to promote the
collective services, and an evaluation strategy to measure the impact of the
collective services.
The Ontario Health Promotion Resource System is comprised of fourteen
organizations who all receive some, if not all, of their funding through the
Community Health Promotion Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Health and
Long-term Care. Over the last few years, this group has been evolving from
fairly independent organizations to a more coordinated system with many
standardized features.
Position Details
This is a full-time, contract position with remuneration of $50,000 per
annum plus benefits.
The Coordinator will work at OPC at 180 Dundas Street West in Toronto, and
will report to the OPC Executive Director. On-going liaison will also be
required with the Chair of the P&C Group and any other contract staff of the
OHPRS. Currently, there is one other full-time contract staff and 2-3
project contracts underway.
Position Description
This new OHPRS Coordinator position is being created to provide full time
support to the system-wide elements of Ontario's resource centres. Many
tasks will be strategic and developmental in nature as this system continues
to evolve. It is predicted that over the April, 2001 through March, 2002
timeframe, the following key areas of work would be necessary:
Communication
- Promote and facilitate access into the OHPRS for system clients (e.g.
staff of public health, Community Health Centres, hospitals; partners and
volunteers connected with community health promotion coalitions) through
on-line, written and telephone means.
- Represent the OHPRS, when appropriate, on such things as committees or to
do presentations on the OHPRS.
- Liaise, proactively and reactively, with system members, the P&C Group,
provincial staff, OPC and others on a regular basis to maintain a current
and consistent base of knowledge in all.
- Facilitate discussions during all or parts of OHPRS-related meetings,
thereby allowing all other members to actively participate in the session.
Coordination
- Provide direction and leadership to other OHPRS staff and any consultants
on contract such that work is accomplished in an efficient and coordinated
fashion.
- Coordinate, and provide leadership and direction where required to, the
efforts of those who are involved in the development, revision and
implementation of such things as the following:
- a system-wide summary of all individual workplans and reports (interim
and final);
- a Situational Assessment tool to be used by all OHPRS members in their
program planning efforts;
- a system Web site; and,
- system identity pieces (e.g. a logo).
- Ensure or provide links between OHPRS groups (e.g. the P&C Group and the
Evaluation Committee), as needed.
Administration
- Monitor the OHPRS budget and workplan to ensure sufficient progress is
made toward deliverables.
- Adhere to the administration guidelines as established through OPC.
Requirements:
The OHPRS Coordinator will possess:
- knowledge and understanding of health promotion and population health
approaches, particularly in the Ontario context and a sensitivity to the
determinants of health
- knowledge and experience related to working with partnerships, coalitions
and committees including strong problem-solving skills
- knowledge of working with systems technology (e.g. intranet) and major
office computer applications, including databases
- a Masters in Health Promotion or related discipline or equivalent
experience
- exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience
with such things as report and proposal writing, and presentations for a
variety of audiences
- the ability to manage multiple complex projects
- strong strategic and analytical skills related to the advancement of a
developing system and its elements
- sensitivity to Ontario's diverse regions and ethnoracial/cultural
communities, including Franco-Ontarian populations
- strong group facilitation experience
- familiarity with budgeting and accounting procedures
- a proven record of self-management including the ability to take
initiative, be self-motivated and independent while working as part of the
OPC and OHPRS teams
- French- and English-language fluency is an asset
- a sense of humour.
Application Process
Interested applicants should send cover letter and resume to:
OHPRS Coordinator,
c/o OPC
180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1900
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8
Fax: (416) 408-2122
Email: [log in to unmask]
Deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, April 20, 2001. We regret
that only applications selected for an interview will be contacted.
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