Program Consultant – Integration & Implementation Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Utilize and implement evidence-based strategies for change, encompassing Implementation Science, Quality Improvement, and service/system design.

• Offer expert guidance and insights on equity, anti-racism, and anti-oppression to aid in the implementation and evaluation of the YWHO model across various sites.

• Create strategies that foster a continuous learning culture, incorporating equity into frameworks of implementation science and quality improvement.

• Organize workshops, lunch-and-learn sessions, Communities of Practice, and consultations for YWHO sites.

• Analyze trends and monitor data to pinpoint gaps and opportunities for equitable service delivery.

• Identify, engage, and build collaborative relationships with various stakeholder groups.

• Gain an understanding of local mental health and substance use systems to facilitate context-specific implementation.

• Co-develop, lead, and establish goals, objectives, and consensus among diverse groups.

• Assist internal and external teams with practice and system changes through facilitation, problem-solving, capacity building, consensus building, decision making, and conflict resolution.

• Evaluate needs and coordinate capacity building initiatives for project members.

• Create project implementation plans, processes, and tools using evidence-informed implementation methodologies.

• Mentor organizational staff through strength-based problem solving, active listening, motivational interviewing, modeling, and other coaching techniques.

• Enhance and support organizational capacity for sustainable and effective change.

• Aid in the implementation of improvement cycles across and within organizations.

• Report to the Manager of Site Implementation and collaborate closely with Integration and Implementation Leads.

• Work in partnership with Knowledge Mobilization, Evaluation, Equity, Engagement, and Research teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Health, Education, or Social Services.

• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in the mental health and substance use or health services sector.

• Experience in executing a complex community-based health services initiative focusing on youth and families.

• Knowledge in health equity and facilitating discussions on equity, racism, and oppression.

• Capability to provide direction and leadership to collaborative partnerships.

• Experience in facilitating or contributing to strategic planning processes.

• Ability to coach staff at multiple organizational levels using strength-based problem solving, active listening, motivational interviewing, modeling, and other coaching methodologies.

• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication, community engagement, and innovative problem-solving skills.

• Experience working within frameworks of implementation science, evidence-informed implementation, or quality improvement.

• Commitment to equity, inclusivity, respect, and social justice.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, clients, and equity-seeking groups.

• Experience supporting teams in system change initiatives through facilitation, problem solving, decision making, and conflict resolution.

• Skills and dedication to data-driven/evidence-informed decision making.

• Ability to work collaboratively and independently with limited supervision.

• Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills; adept at multitasking and coordinating projects under tight deadlines.

• Bilingualism (French/English) and/or proficiency in a second language are considered assets.

• Possession of a valid driver's license, access to a vehicle, and capability to travel for program-related activities.

• Successful completion of a Broad Record Check or Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check as a condition of employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• HOOPP defined benefit pension plan.

• Comprehensive extended health and dental benefits.

• Paid vacation starting at four weeks.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Continuous professional development support.

• Mission-driven environment focused on public health outcomes.

• Support for teaching, research, and clinical care across the hospital.

• Accommodations available during the application or recruitment process.