Please share among your networks. This is a great job with a long-standing prevention and health promotion organization, working with vibrant projects and energetic committed staff (like me ;-) . We are re-posting this job as we continue to seek a fit with someone with at least 5 years experience in health promotion/community or public health, and demonstrated management and supervisory experience.  Consider it, pass it on, recomend someone - here is a fine opportunity for the right person!

Alison 
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Alison Stirling, MHSc., MISt
Health Promotion Information Specialist
Health Promotion Affiliate, Canadian Health Network 

The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
180 Dundas Street W., Suite 1900
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8
T (416) 408 -2249 x 227  F (416) 408-2122  
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.canadian-health-network.ca
The Health Promotion Affiliate is a joint project of the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse and the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto

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Health Promotion Manager				Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse

Closing Date: May 15, 2006

The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse (OPC) is Ontario's leading bilingual prevention and health promotion organization, providing information, education, consultation and networking services in French and English province-wide. See www.opc.on.ca  to learn more.  

OPC is seeking a health promotion manager. The successful applicant will ensure strategic decision-making, strong programming and positive outcomes, working with staff in 3 programs: Prevent Stroke, Health Promotion Resource Centre and the Health Promotion Affiliate of the Canadian Health Network. All programs emphasize population health promotion capacity development and knowledge translation/exchange, including electronic access to health promotion resources and information. Major clients are health professionals and community volunteers in public health, community/social services, and primary care. This is a permanent full-time position.

Responsibilities
*	Strategically plan, coordinate activities, and ensure that deliverables are met. Analyse program contributions, strengths and shortcomings; initiate improvements.
*	Support, mentor and supervise staff, individually and as a team. Problem-solve and support staff to strive for excellence. Recruit/hire new staff.   
*	Negotiate grants, work plans, contracts and fulfillment. 
*	Establish budgets; approve and monitor spending. 
*	Prepare reports to funders, partners, the Executive Director and Board of Directors.
*	Collaborate with partners, funders, clients and other stakeholders. Create and pursue opportunities. 
*	Promote OPC, programs and represent the organization externally.  
*	Participate in OPC management team, and contribute to organizational policy and practice improvement.  

Qualifications 
*	Master's level degree in a related field and at least five years of experience in health promotion or community/public health programming/administration or equivalent mix of experience and education.
*	Demonstrated management and supervisory experience. Experience in project management, meeting/workshop facilitation, program design, and educational resource development. Strong team development, coaching, collaboration skills and participatory management approaches.  
*	Demonstrated strategic/analytic and judgment ability.
*	Knowledge of diverse communities, with particular attention to French-speaking communities. Preference will be given to candidates with excellent oral and written proficiency in both English and French.
*	Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
*	Word processing, presentation software, e-mail, internet/intranet usage, spreadsheets and databases.

Please submit a letter of interest and resume, in both English and French, in confidence by May 15th, 2006 to: 

Human Resources, Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1900, Toronto, M5G 1Z8
fax: 416-408-2122; [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. OPC is an equal opportunity employer.  

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