Evaluation Lead - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario-camh

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Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO, www.youthhubs.ca) is a network of 32, Integrated Youth Services (IYS) hub networks that currently operate in over 40 communities, where young people ages 12 to 25 years have walk-in access to youth-centered, community-based mental health and wellness services. YWHO engages youth, family members, service providers, and other partners through a co-creation process, enhancing the relevance, acceptability, and youth friendliness of services. The hubs are provincially consistent in core features and locally led and adapted to offer and connect to a range of evidence- based services-mental health care, substance use health services, primary care, education, employment, housing, peer support, family support and care navigation-in youth-friendly spaces. Outcomes are rigorously evaluated within and across hubs, focusing on positive outcomes in areas of wellness important to youth and their families.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and healthy workplace that values teamwork, equity, and respect. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Black, and other racialized people, as well as those with intersectional lived experiences, including 2SLGBTQIA+, newcomer, immigrant, neuro-divergent, and people living with a disability. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment for all. This position is located in Toronto.

Position Description:

The YWHO Provincial Office (PO) is currently seeking an experienced Evaluation Lead for a full-time, permanent position. This role will play a critical part in evaluating a number of initiatives across the YWHO network and enhancing the quality of care provided to young people across Ontario. Reporting directly to the Manager of Evaluation, the Evaluation Lead will collaborate closely with the YWHO PO to develop and oversee the day-to-day implementation of rigorous, equity-driven evaluation projects, ensuring the effective use of evaluation processes and findings. A key focus of this role will be building evaluation capacity across the YWHO Network, engaging project partners, and leading discussions with advisory committees, working groups, and other partners to support high-quality evaluation activities within all evaluation projects. The Evaluation Lead will have demonstrated experience in planning and overseeing the day-to-day activities of complex evaluation projects, along with a passionate commitment to ensuring evaluation practices are rooted in appropriate knowledge and theory, including the wisdom and expertise that comes from equity-deserving communities and people with lived experience. They will have an active interest in mental health and have worked with health care data, including assessment and clinical data.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: