About this role
Competition # : 50438 Department: Health and WellnessLocation: HALIFAXType of Employment: PermanentUnion Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG Closing Date: 24-Nov-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)About UsThe Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Our mission is to lead a quality, equitable and sustainable health care system that inspires and promotes the health and well-being of all people in Nova Scotia. Along with our partners, including Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Centre, we are 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 quality. To do this, we're recruiting leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.
About Our OpportunityReporting to the Manager, Planning and Corporate Advisory Services, the Corporate Advisor will directly impact and inform the strategic direction and decision making of the department with regards to its corporate functions, including interaction with the House of Assembly (HOA) as well as supporting senior leadership, including the Minister(s), Deputies and Associate Deputies. You will lead the creation of material for the minister and senior leadership to use for HOA committee appearances and HOA debate, including Budget Estimates and Question Period.
You will also lead and/or support strategic corporate and program initiatives, including Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP), Office of the Auditor General (OAG) reporting, organizing and moderating intra-departmental forums and exchanges, conducting research, project management, and making material fit for purpose and clients. You will work closely with other divisions/branches within the Department of Health and Wellness, the Office of Health Professional Recruitment (OHPR), the Office of Addictions and Mental Health (OAMH), Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care (SLTC), and key system partners (NSH, IWK etc.) to ensure material and processes align with departmental objectives.
- Primary AccountabilitiesIn this role, you have several key responsibilities including: Collaborating across DHW, OAMH, OHPR and SLTC to lead the advancement and implementation of robust processes to develop and review material for the House of Assembly (HOA)Leading the creation of material to support the minister and senior leadership with HOA committee appearances and HOA debate.
- Supporting the briefing of the minister and senior leadership regarding their responsibilities to the HOA, including committee preparations.
- Providing analysis and summaries of HOA debates and HOA committee appearances.
- Tracking, summarizing, and analyzing questions from Estimates and Question Period, and leading appropriate follow-up.Working with DHW, SLTC, OHPR and OAMH to respond to requests for information from HOA and multiple standing committees.
- Working with the DHW/SLTC/OAMH Correspondence Team(s) to create a robust process to flag and summarize correspondence relevant to HOA debate and committee appearances.
- Providing advice and recommendations to the Manager of Planning and Corporate Advisory Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Operations regarding project and divisional planning, and strategic narrative development.
- Conducting comprehensive research, analysis, measurement, and evaluation of complex policy issues to provide strategic advice to senior leadership and ensure material reflects up-to-date information and key issues.
- Collaborating across the department and with OAMH and OHPR to respond professionally to urgent and evolving requests from the Minister's Office or senior leadershi