Manager, Healthy Communities CZ - Public Health

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nova Scotia Health Authority seeks a Manager for Public Health to lead and support public health initiatives. The role focuses on team leadership, policy development, and collaboration to foster healthy communities, while ensuring effective resource deployment and monitoring within varied settings.

Benefits

Health benefits

Pension plan

Long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years’ progressive leadership experience.
• Experience in planning and evaluating public health programs.
• In-depth knowledge of Public Health programs in Nova Scotia.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing recruitment and performance of the team.
• Identify emerging public health issues and implement improvement strategies.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team for healthy public policy development.

Skills

Leadership skills

Strategic planning

Systems thinking

Conflict resolution

Education

Baccalaureate degree in health promotion

Masters’ degree in public health

Job description

Click here to apply as an internal applicant.

Req ID: 205119
Location: Central Zone,Public Health Services - Burnside
Department: PH Healthy Communities CZ
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% ) x 1
Management/Non Union P osition
Posting Closing Date: 30-Jun-25

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 Director, Public Health, and working closely with the zone public health management team, the Manager is responsible for anticipating and planning the public health resources and action required to promote and support the development of policies and physical, social and built environments to improve health for all. The Manager ensures resources are deployed to achieve consistent practice that is aligned with the Healthy Communities and Middle Years and Youth Public Health standards and protocols. They actively identify emerging issues within the zone and takes action to improve quality, reduce inequities and achieve measurable improvements that create supportive environments that promote health. The Manager manages recruitment, orientation, performance management and change management for the team. The Manager collaborates with Healthy Communities Managers across the zones and at the provincial level to fulfill the provincial program mandate and to seek opportunities for quality improvement in the program area.

The Manager leads a multi-disciplinary team of public health practitioners, whose work is focused on supporting healthy public policy development in various settings, creating supportive environments to protect and promote health and influencing policy change to reduce inequities. In addition, they are responsible for providing leadership and support for the understanding the needs, assets and collaboratively taking action on the health of children in the middle years and youth. They collaborate with the Manager, Healthy Communities, Science and System Performance to translate evidence to action, identify policy levers and contribute to best practice.

The Manager identifies opportunities for quality improvement within the zone, continually monitoring and measuring team progress, competencies and outcomes. As the champion for healthy communities’ work within the zone, the Manager pursues opportunities to connect and integrate with other teams, partners and stakeholders with the aim of optimizing impacts and achieving outcomes consistent with the Healthy Communities and Middle Years and Youth standards and protocols.

About the Opportunity Continued

The Manager is responsible to ensure knowledge is translated into action across the zone and that staff continually demonstrates high levels of proficiency and professionalism in accordance with established standards and the Public Health Core Competencies. The incumbent provides direction and oversight to staff related to program implementation, monitoring processes and outcomes per established accountability frameworks and engaging staff in active learning, team development.

The Manager fosters a shared and common vision for healthy communities’ work across the zone by setting goals, communicating, monitoring and evaluating achievements of the team. Contributing to and leading provincial initiatives as assigned, the Manager identifies opportunities for advancing healthy communities work across the zone and province, connecting ideas and evidence, and fostering a culture of respect, curiosity, accountability, teamwork and innovation well beyond the zone level.

The Manager demonstrates a core set of public health attitudes and values, applies public health core competencies to all of their work, and; is accountable to provide competent, safe and ethical professional practice.

About You

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

• Baccalaureate degree in health promotion or other relevant field
• Masters’ degree preferred in public health, health promotion or acceptable equivalent
• Equivalent combination of education and 10 years of progressive leadership experience may be considered
• Eligible for registration with a professional body as appropriate
• 5-7 years’ progressive leadership experience including 3- 5 years recent related management experience in a unionized health care/ community setting, including financial and human resource management
• Experience in the planning, development and evaluation of Public Health programs, services and initiatives based on community assessments, data, emerging science and best practice models
• Ability to assess and anticipate future needs, potential problems, directions and development for all aspects of strategic, financial, operational and human resource management
• Proficiency in the Core Competencies for Public Health
• Knowledge of applicable legislation and regulations including the NS Health Protection Act, NS Health Authorities Act, etc.
• In depth knowledge of Public Health programs and practice related to Healthy Communities including the mandate and functions in Nova Scotia
• Innovative systems thinking with an understanding of working with communities
• Proficiency in LEADS
• In depth knowledge of Public Health programs and practice related to Healthy Communities including the mandate and functions in Nova Scotia
• Leadership skills consisting of building a vision, team building, conflict resolution, goal setting, coaching, mentoring, delegation, change-leadership.
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Temporary Long Assignment, Full-time Position, 75 Hours Bi-weekly
• Approximate term of 12 months (Assignment length subject to change)
• Travel will be required
• Valid Nova Scotia Driver's License and access to reliable vehicle

Compensation and Benefits

$46.36 - $61.60 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.