Analyst, Health Policy

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At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.

What Ontario Health offers:

Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day.

• A health care spending or wellness spending account.

• A premium defined benefit pension plan.

• Three personal days and two float days annually.

• Three weeks’ vacation to start (for individual contributors), increasing to four weeks after two years.

• Career development opportunities.

• A collaborative values-based team culture.

• A wellness program.

• A hybrid working model.

• Participation in Communities of Inclusion.

Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

The Cancer Screening Program is part of the Prevention and Cancer Control (P&CC) Portfolio at Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario). Cancer Screening focuses on the delivery of Ontario’s three cancer screening programs: ColonCancerCheck, the Ontario Breast Screening Program, and the Ontario Cervical Screening Program. There are three units that make up Cancer Screening: Program Design & Implementation, Operations, Quality Management.

The Analyst, Health Policy is an integral member of the Program Design & Implementation team and plays a key role in ensuring that Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) achieves its screening-related objectives in the Ontario Cancer Plan and its annual commitments to the Ministry of Health. The Analyst is primarily responsible for assisting the Manager and/or Team Leader in delivering on Cancer Screening mandates within specific areas of expertise by executing key activities and developing the required deliverables. As part of this role, the Analyst develops the required processes and tools to implement key activities and deliver on program plans. The Analyst supports projects/program areas that are large and broad in scope, have more complex mandates/objectives, and/or are related to more than one focused area of expertise. The work associated with the position impacts the success of the program based on the accomplishment of key responsibilities and activities within areas of expertise.

Here is what you will be doing:

• Develops needs assessments, jurisdictional scans, policy briefs, options analyses and impact assessments to create program policies and guidance.

• Support the planning, implementation, and maintenance of quality improvement initiatives.

• Define scope and deliverables for initiatives in coordination with the Manager or Team Leader, with a focus on providing input on specific areas of expertise.

• Supports the clinical/scientific leads of the cancer screening programs and/or primary care team.

• Monitors, collates and synthesizes information on evidence, including clinical evidence, trends and best practices to facilitate planning and decision making.

• Develop various products to execute on the program plan, support internal and external communication, reporting and decision-making, including but not limited to tools, templates, briefing notes, reports, executive summaries, status updates and presentations.

• Organizes and supports both internal and external working groups or advisory committees involved in policy development and program design.

• Provides management and stakeholders with programmatic/status updates, feedback and appropriate reporting on projects.

• Develops and presents material for review and informational purposes using excellent written, verbal, and graphical communications skills, with ability to express complex concepts effectively.

• Has well-rounded expertise and helps facilitate complex project interdependencies between projects and with key partners.

• Takes efficient and prompt action to resolve problems, and identifies and escalates program risks to the Manager or Team Leader; proposes recommendations to address the issues identified.

• Develop and foster effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to health care providers, administrators, patient and family advisors, project teams, and committees.

• Plan, develop and support knowledge translation and exchange activities for various clinical initiatives/programs.

• Support integration within OH departments on related work and support other initiatives within Cancer Screening as needed.

• Works for consensus and contributes to achievement of team/group goals.

• Upholds the importance of core values and organizational culture.

• Approaches problems proactively and recommends thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of complex problems.

• Performs cross-functional and/or other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned or requested.

Here is what you will need to be successful:

Education and Experience

• An undergraduate degree in health sciences, health administration or a related field is required.

• A master’s degree in health sciences, health administration or a related field is preferred.

• Minimum of 2-4 years of related work experience, experience in a health related field is preferred.

• Experience formulating policy and working on policy initiatives, assessing impacts and conducting environmental scans and options analyses.

• Experience working with clinical experts, patient and family advisors and health care administrators.

Knowledge and Skills

• An understanding of Ontario’s healthcare system including primary care, with particular emphasis on population and public health approaches, theory and practice.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely articulate key messages that resonate with different stakeholders and audiences and to prepare briefing notes, reports, policy papers and evidence summaries.

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with demonstrated experience engaging and building relationships and consensus among diverse stakeholders.

• Superior attention to detail, organization, and time management skills, with ability to prioritize and manage several tasks.

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook; skilled in creating products (e.g. papers, reports, presentations, diagrams) for multiple audiences.

• Ability to define problems, find solutions and provide well-articulated recommendations to the Manager or Team Leader.

Attributes:

• Self-directed, with enthusiasm, initiative and demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively to achieve deadlines.

• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment and exercise high caliber judgment. Comfortable working in a dynamic fast-paced environment with a degree of uncertainty or ambiguity.

• Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude, and be committed to organizational health, culture, and values.

• Familiarity with cancer screening or cancer in Canada would be an asset.

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Employment Type: Permanent Full time

Contract Length: N/A

Salary Band: Band 4

External Application Deadline Date: April 23, 2025

All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.

Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; members of Black and racialized groups; 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary individuals; and people living with disabilities.

Ontario Health is an accessible employer, and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email careers@ontariohealth.ca and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.