Opportunities Manager, Project Manager

Tyler Data & Insights; Halifax; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A government health department in Halifax is seeking a Performance Manager to coordinate healthcare transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and experience in a changing environment, with strong leadership and communication skills. This role involves working with various internal and external stakeholders to improve performance and outcomes in the healthcare system.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a dynamic changing environment.
• Track record of leading and delivering results.
• Experience in healthcare system considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate across the health system.
• Ensure transparency and communication on transformation outcomes.
• Manage the Office budget and administrative functions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Systems thinking

Relationship building

Education

Graduate or bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

Competition # : 47424

Department : Health and Wellness

Location : HALIFAX

Type of Employment : Permanent

Union Status : Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG

Closing Date : 26-Nov-25 (Applications accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre were committed to continually improving our health care system. With a focus on collaborative primary health care continuing care improved supports for mental health and addictions digital health capital infrastructure and more the department is thinking differently about how to plan fund legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this were recruiting leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.

About Our Opportunity

The Health Transformation Office was established in April 2022 to work with and support health system partners to deliver on government's strategic plan : Action for particular the team is focused on helping ensure implementation of a set of priority initiatives that are foundational to the transformation of Nova Scotias healthcare system.

Performance Manager Responsibilities

As the Performance Manager you will work as part of a small team supporting partners including Nova Scotia Health IWK Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care Office of Addictions and Mental Health and Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment and other related government departments to coordinate and collaborate across the health system to:

• Be a source of truth on transformation and ensure transparency across the system
• Clearly and consistently communication progress toward transformation outcomes
• Improve coordination across transformation initiatives
• Coordinate resources and funding required for initiative success

The performance manager will work with colleagues across the healthcare system to deliver a performance program for healthcare system transformation ensuring fulsome monitoring and reporting of achieved outcomes risks associated with not achieving outcomes and the impact on Nova Scotians healthcare providers and the system overall.

Primary Accountabilities

Reporting to the Executive Director the Manager acts as support to strategic health system priorities the administration and operational requirements of the Office and corporate and other ad hoc asks as required. This includes but is not limited to :

• Providing leadership to performance functions through coordination and collaboration with colleagues in key functions (analytics finance policy) cross the healthcare system
• Ensuring strategic reporting aligns with the goals and priorities government has set for healthcare transformation by making connections and effective decisions which support system thinking.
• Working closely with SDO team members to support and advise priorities focus areas to help them meet their stated outcomes.
• Leading conversations and facilitation meetings to land on planning critical milestones and cross priority dependencies.
• Managing the Office budget procurement and other administrative functions.
• Supporting the system priority governance structures.
• Supporting executive council submissions.

This role works with and across leadership teams in the health system and is a critical enabler to strengthening collaboration and trust across partners.

Qualifications and Experience

As our next Manager you will have a (graduate or bachelors) degree in a related field experience working in a dynamic changing environment and a track record of leading and delivering results. You will also have significant experience working closely with a broad range of internal and external groups. Experience in the healthcare system will be considered an asset.

You are a leader with a demonstrated ability to execute and deliver actions in the short-term along with experience in developing and implementing a vision with a longer-term outlook. You are a systems thinker who is a strong communicator and relationship builder and have a bias for candid and open discussions both with internal and external parties. You have a proven track record of building meaningful relationships within your workplace but also across and outside of government / health system.

You have an ability to take in new information and quickly synthesize