Req ID: 174858
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Northern Zone, Colchester East Hants Health Centre
Department: PH - SF Mass Casual Com - CNZ
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSGEU Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 28-Mar-24
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 Manager Healthy Communities, the Healthy Built Environment Coordinator (HBEC) will work collaboratively with team members, community partners planners, and engineers to identify strategic areas of action, and accelerate integration of health considerations into land use, transportation and various healthy built environment policies. This includes supporting transportation networks, community access and affordability to healthy food, protecting the natural environment, enhancing neighborhood design and affordable/safe housing. This position will focus on assessment, and evaluation of public health’s transportation pilot and work towards strategic planning and advocacy to increase equitable access to transportation in rural communities. Much of this work will align with principles of smart growth, Transportation Demand Management and Transit-Oriented Development. This position will also bring a focus on reducing health inequities related to access to transportation and the built environment. As a member of the Healthy Communities team, the Healthy Built Environment Coordinator will contribute to an understanding of the health impacts of built environments, the opportunities for improvement and collaboration with community partners to promote community designs that facilitate active transportation and integration of physical activity in daily life.
The HBEC will support Public Health Services in adapting, implementing, evaluating and further disseminating the tools and promising practices that have been developed in other jurisdictions. They will foster meaningful engagement and collaboration with local community planners, engineers, NGOs, and other community partners the development, implementation and evaluation of tools and interventions.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Undergraduate degree in Community/Urban Planning or Civil Engineering
- Masters' degree preferred
- Minimum of 5 years' related experience
- Understanding of the association and policy issues related to health outcomes and built environment.
- Experience with transportation planning, land use planning, community planning including Experience with project analysis, evaluation and coordination.
- Experience in the application of public health principles and practices, partnership development, and community development
- Excellent communication skills, assessment skills and facilitation skills
- Familiarity with population health, health promotion and disease prevention concepts
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team both within the organization and in the community
- A valid Nova Scotia's driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
- The HBEC must have proficiency with computer software, including Geographic Information Systems, MS Office, internet, email
- Competencies in other languages an asset
- Member of Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) is an asset
Hours
- Temporary Long Assignment /100% FTE / 70 Hours Bi-weekly
- Starting April 1, 2024/Ending March 31, 2025
Compensation and Incentives
$34.96 - $44.06 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. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.
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.
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