Senior Advisor, Health Workforce

Ontario Health; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A provincial health organization in Ontario seeks a motivated leader to manage health workforce projects, develop strategies, and provide expertise in improving clinical care outcomes. The role requires a master's degree and substantial experience in health administration. This position offers a hybrid work model and numerous employee benefits, fostering a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Fully paid medical, dental, and vision coverage

Wellness spending account

Defined benefit pension plan

Three personal days and two float days annually

Three weeks vacation to start

Qualifications

• 8-10 years experience in healthcare improvement initiatives.
• 5 years leading health workforce projects.
• Experience influencing senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead health workforce projects and policies.
• Provide subject matter expertise to the organization.
• Develop strategies to foster best practices.

Skills

Subject matter expert on health human resource issues

Highly organized

Analytical problem-solving

Leadership and management of diverse teams

Strong technical skills

Education

Master’s degree in relevant field

Tools

Salesforce

MS Office Suite

Job description

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
• Health care spending or wellness spending account
• 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
• Wellness program
• Hybrid working model
• Participation in Communities of Inclusion

Here is what you will be doing:

• Perform a leadership role planning, leading and executing health workforce projects, policies, initiatives and providing expert consultation and guidance.
• Provide subject matter expertise and advice on a particular area or function for the organization, ensuring up-to-date knowledge and the ability to assess workforce impacts on new initiatives and/or policy changes.
• Lead and contribute to knowledge transfer and exchange activities within and outside the team, especially around recruitment and retention best practices, workforce planning, succession planning, models of care, etc.
• Act as the main point of contact for assigned program initiatives, using collaborative leadership to develop and support dissemination and implementation of program resources and quality standards on time and on target.
• Play a leadership role in terms of content, process and methods in the development and implementation of projects and initiatives and related activities across Ontario Health and externally.
• Develop strategies and policies to foster best practices in the expert area within Ontario Health.
• Create guidelines for developing education materials and staff development.
• Proactively identify issues and risks and put in place mitigation plans.
• Anticipate and proactively design solutions to challenges such as staffing shortages in both short‑ and long‑term care.
• Understand business strategy and provide consultative support to drive key priorities (assess present findings/solutions, test, iterate and measure).
• Partner with key stakeholders and leaders to communicate and drive programs across stakeholder groups.
• Communicate and enable critical Health Workforce Strategy and Implementation program components such as performance management, engagement and organizational development.
• Champion and monitor diversity and inclusion among partners and leaders, including the development of diversity strategies within the context of Health Workforce Strategy and Implementation.
• Oversee project tasks and workflow for assigned health workforce initiatives and support effective resource allocation.
• Maintain extensive knowledge of relevant health human resources stakeholders, regulators and associations to appropriately identify collaborative solutions.
• Identify and rapidly escalates urgent, often politically sensitive issues to ensure appropriate responses.
• Assist the Manager with the development of work plans to ensure delivery of project milestones and meeting key performance indicators.
• Demonstrate exceptional tactical and critical strategic thinking to keep projects effective and impactful when faced with changing circumstances such as program priority or funding changes.
• Accountable for project deliverables, including monitoring all projects to ensure successful delivery within the constraints of scope, schedule, cost and quality.
• Perform cross-functional and/or other duties as assigned.

Here is what you will need to be successful:

Education and Experience:

• Completion of a master’s degree (major in business administration, health administration, health informatics, information technology or recognized equivalent experience and knowledge required).
• Minimum of 8–10 years of work experience on initiatives that aim to improve clinical care outcomes, health system design, planning and performance.
• Minimum of 5 years leading health workforce projects/initiatives.
• Experience as a clinical professional is considered an asset.
• Demonstrated success and proven experience consulting with and influencing senior and executive leadership.
• Experience in managing large/complex operations and projects and overseeing day-to-day operational activities.
• Experience in engaging and soliciting support from critical stakeholders in the delivery of operational/program activities.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Subject matter expert on a range of health human resource issues including staffing models, trends, incentives and support programs, etc.
• Highly organized with an ability to work independently while managing multiple projects and priorities within strict deadlines.
• Proven track record working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, senior leaders and team members.
• Proficient at proactively identifying risks and issues, and developing tactics and solutions to maintain required project timelines.
• Demonstrated analytical problem‑solving and organizational skills in addition to the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Proven ability to lead, manage and motivate people with a variety of skill sets.
• Professional standard of conduct, poise, diplomacy and integrity in all interactions to work confidentially and effectively with sensitive and complex issues.
• Broad knowledge of the Ontario health care system and its stakeholders and actors; understands the changing health care environment with all its complexities.
• Strong technical skills, including the ability to analyze and present program data.
• Familiarity with customer relationship management databases (e.g., Salesforce) and strong working knowledge of the MS Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word).

Location:

Ontario Health supports a hybrid work environment and has office locations across the province. We welcome applications from candidates residing anywhere in Ontario.

Employment Type:

Permanent, Full‑time

Contract Length:

N/A

Salary Band:

Band 7

External Application Deadline Date:

October 13 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 to participate in the recruitment process, please email us and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.

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