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Job Summary:

The Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine seeks to address health inequities, working alongside community organizations, UHN clinicians, marginalized populations, persons with lived experience, patients, and all levels of policymaking to co-design, evaluate, and scale innovative data-driven programs that lead to better health. Applying a social determinants of health approach, the Social Medicine and Population Health Program aims to bridge health services and the broader social environment of UHN’s most medically and socially complex patients with the highest needs through the design, implementation, research and evaluation of new care models and initiatives to address the health implications of inequity.

The Social Medicine Program is seeking a Project Coordinator who will be responsible for leading all aspects of the project life cycle, from planning to implementation and evaluation, working with the program manager to set project timelines, coordinate activities, and ensure the project remains on budget. The Project Coordinator supports and monitors project progress against metrics, timelines, and plans; actively identifies and resolves issues affecting timely and successful completion of projects, and escalates issues to the Manager of the Social Medicine and Population Health Program. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for executing the implementation of key project and program initiatives in social medicine, working in collaboration with UHN programs and community organizations.

Key Responsibilities of the Position

Serves as the main point of contact for project implementation using best practices to achieve project goals, including obtaining local client, clinical, community, organizational, and system perspectives

Lead all aspects of the project life cycle, working closely with the Manager and key stakeholders to:

• Advance health equity in project delivery
• Identify key stakeholders
• Develop project metrics, surveys, and data solutions
• Ensure projects are completed within budget and specified timeline, and refine approaches as needed
• Prepare reports and obtain stakeholder and project team feedback

Develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for implementations in order to ensure consistency, safety and effectiveness

Review data from various sources, analyze and interpret the information to inform project progress

Lead discussion on project progress and present to senior management on key milestones

Develops strong relationships with stakeholders and leverages multiple communication mechanisms and styles to effectively manage relationships with key stakeholders to ensure engagement in and continued support of projects

In collaboration with the evaluation specialist(s), works to ensure projects meet targeted and measurable outcomes

Identify key issues and potential risks to project and stakeholder relationships. Provide recommendations to the Manager and Executive Director related to issue resolution options

Manages multiple competing priorities, and able to rapidly shift focus in response to changing priorities

Strong knowledge and understanding of population health, health equity, and the social determinants; as well as health system design and implementation to address inequities

Qualifications

• Completion of a bachelors degree or equivalent in health sciences, health studies, public health, social services, or recognized equivalent field
• At minimum, 5 years practical and related experience, and/or on the job training
• Project planning, management, and implementation experience required, particularly as it relates to the social determinants of health; certification in Project Management preferred
• Strong experience building connections and relationships with community organizations
• Strong knowledge of, and familiarity with, community resources to address the social determinants of health, including housing, poverty, and food insecurity
• Dynamic knowledge of community engagement principles
• Demonstrated commitment to and understanding of equity, anti-racism, and anti-oppression principles and practices
• Effective communicator with strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to foster relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Understanding of acute care setting and ability to navigate hospital systems an asset
• Knowledge of the Ontario and Toronto health care and social services systems and public health an asset
• Ability to produce high quality reports and meet deadlines
• Well-developed decision-making, problem-solving, and judgement skills, as well as excellent time management and organizational skills required
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

Vaccines (COVID-19 and others) are a requirement of the job unless you have an exemption on a medical ground pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code

If you are interested in making your contribution at UHN, please apply on-line. You will be asked to copy and paste as well as attach your resume and covering letter. You will also be required to complete some initial screening questions.

Posted Date: May 4, 2023 Closing Date: June 4, 2023

For current UHN employees, only those who have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, and possess all the required experience and qualifications should apply.

University Health Network thanks all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

UHN is a respectful, caring, and inclusive workplace. We are committed to championing accessibility, diversity and equal opportunity and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to: all religions and ethnicities, LGBTQ2s+, BIPOC, persons with disabilities and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process providing the applicant has met the Bona-fide requirements for the open position. Applicants need to make their requirements known when contacted