About this role
Competition # : 50130
Department: Health and Wellness
Location: HALIFAX
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG
Closing Date: 01-Nov-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
About Us
The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners, including Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Centre, we're committed to continually improving our health care system. With a focus on collaborative primary health care, continuing care, improved supports for mental health and addictions, digital health, capital infrastructure, and more, the department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this, we need leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.
The people who benefit from government programs and services come from all walks of life. It is important that the Department of Health and Wellness reflects the people that we serve - so we can deliver better, more accessible, and inclusive public services. We work hard to create an environment where different perspectives and experiences are valued. We are committed to helping diverse talent thrive.
About Our Opportunity
Achieving our strategic vision to provide more care, faster for Nova Scotians requires focused investment in the most important parts of our health system. Nova Scotians expect better healthcare. We're working together to make it happen right now.
As a Senior Strategist, you will report to the Director of Planning and Investment and help ensure the department's resources are aligned with system priorities and outcomes. The department must make sustainability a guiding principle in planning, investment and service delivery. Decisions need to be monitored for impact, value, cost, safety, equity and outcomes so they continue to meet evolving needs.
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