• Job Description

  Req#: 167616
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  Req ID: 167616
  Company: Nova Scotia Health
  Location: Provincial Zone, Hybrid remote / on-site
  Department: PPA Project Management CNS
  Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
  Status: Non-Union P osition
  Posting Closing Date: 8-Nov-23

  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 an 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

  The Project Advisor is a member of the Project Services & Performance Improvement (PSPI) team, which itself is part of Quality and System Performance. PSPI is an internal consultancy comprised of project management and industrial engineering experts who respond to internal requests for support in these specialty areas. PSPI supports the entire Nova Scotia Health organization and at all levels, with the exception of several corporate services such as Information Management/Technology (IM/IT) who have their own project managers on staff and with whom PSPI partners, as required. With PSPI’s scope are strategic organizational transformations, clinical service improvements, corporate process improvements, as well as support to zones, clinical networks and programs of care. Further to individual projects and initiatives, PSPI also strategically partners with zones, clinical networks and programs of care, offering portfolio management expertise in the form of Project Management Offices (PMOs) and dedicated industrial engineering.

  Reporting to the Manager, PSPI, the Project Advisor supports PSPI Project Managers, Industrial Engineers and NS Health operational leaders to plan, implement, track and monitor project work conducted by or on behalf of zones, networks, programs or corporate teams. Types of projects supported include NS Health strategic priorities and key performance improvement initiatives. Assignments will fall under various portfolios as required. Project Advisors are responsible for enabling large and/or complex projects with tools, processes and general support, as well as directly overseeing small and/or lower complexity projects as required by each assignment.

  About You

  We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

  • Post-secondary degree, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
  • 2 years’ experience applying project management processes to large scale initiatives
  • Project management certification an asset
  • Formal project management training an asset
  • Formal organizational change management training is considered an asset
  • Applied knowledge of the software “Smartsheet” a strong asset
  • Experience developing project management tools for efficient and streamlined tracking, retrieval and distribution of project information
  • Experience facilitating team meetings
  • Superior interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Experience in assigned service area would be an asset
  • Critical analysis skills
  • Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

  Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

  Hours

  • Permanent, Full-time position, 75 hrs bi-weekly

  Compensation and Incentives

  $34.07 - $42.60 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.

  Once You've Applied

  Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
  
  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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• About the company

  The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada.

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