Team Lead

Performance & Improvement develops population and public health strategies, leads planning and priority setting and related engagement, and supports integrated planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting for population and public health program areas within Primary Care Alberta and its partners. Working in close collaboration with team members across the department, this position provides program and operational planning leadership, expertise, guidance, and project support. They support capacity building and coordinate efforts to deliver population-based interventions and integrate health equity considerations across population and public health programs and in collaboration with key internal and external partners. Key duties will include leading or providing oversight and consultation for public health division and program planning and supporting other strategic initiatives across the service area. Other roles may include facilitating ongoing business planning, developing project plans and supporting program implementation, synthesizing evidence and information from multiple sources into various deliverables, developing and implementing engagement strategies. This position is part of Primary Care Alberta. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Primary Care Alberta.

The Team Lead, Program & Operational Planning, is a key leadership role in the Performance & Improvement department and reports to the Director of Performance & Improvement. This position is provincial in scope and is responsible and accountable for: Making key decisions and providing direct leadership in establishing and contributing to the goals of Performance & Improvement within Primary Care Alberta. Assisting with providing direction, leadership, and organization of the activities of Performance & Improvement in support of the vision, mission and mandate of Primary Care Alberta under the direction of Alberta Primary and Preventative Health Services. Providing management and oversight of the program and operational planning initiatives undertaken. Facilitating the development of aligned action plans for population and public health programs in alignment with broader PCA strategies and plans. Developing a broad understanding of strategic, program and operational planning methods, approaches, literature, and supporting ongoing capacity building in these areas. Collaborating with department leaders for project management and monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement and their team members on a variety of initiatives. Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders in order to provide leadership to Performance and Improvement. Maintaining collaborative partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders to leverage resources, increase capacity and ensure the planning of effective, coordinated, efficient population and public health programs. Assist with planning, allocating, and managing physical, human, and fiscal resources. Assessing resource requirements to meet program delivery needs and priorities of Performance and Improvement.

Masters degree required in health promotion, science, epidemiology or related field. Progressive leadership experience in a health environment, including 3-5 years experience in a management role in a health promotion, knowledge translation, planning, or evaluation team ideally in an organization of significant size, complexity and diversity. Demonstrated management experience and skills. Demonstrated strategic, program and project planning experience. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Equivalencies of education and experience may be considered.

Effective communicator with strong organizational skills. Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with decision-making responsibilities. Demonstrated effectiveness in the ability to initiate, implement and support new or modified approaches, practices and processes in a changing environment. Experience and skill in change management. Ability to recognize the need for change across services areas. Engage stakeholders in change process, manage risks and benefits accordingly. Proven ability to manage human, financial, and physical resources. Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals. Experience managing within a unionized sector. Strong track record in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Commitment to operating within a team environment and the ability to motivate and inspire other to achieve common goals. Excellent analytical and decision-making skills, including the ability to understand, interpret, and critically evaluate data. Ability to plan, organize and manage short- and long-term plans and projects and deliver customer-focused results. Ability to build solid relationships with public agencies, government, committees and other partners.

Experience working independently in an organization of significant size, complexity and diversity. Ability to be resourceful, creative, adaptive and flexible.