Project Lead | Evaluation

Interior Health is looking for an experienced Project Lead, Evaluation to join our team on a full-time term basis that is expected to last until October 2027.

This position offers a flexible work location from within the Central Okanagan Region area.

• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended health & dental coverage
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Work-life balance

The salary range for this position is $90,770 (min) to $113,462 (midpoint) to $130,481 (max) per annum, based on 1.0 FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

In accordance with the established vision and values of the organization, reporting to the Manager, Health & Outreach, and supporting the Director, Community Prevention, the Project Lead prepares and coordinates high priority projects from initial planning through implementation and evaluation at the regional level. The Project Lead is also accountable to and responsible for reporting project status to the Manager for the implementation of priority Interior Health (IH) and provincial Health & Housing strategies being implemented.

The Project Lead provides leadership to project teams and ensures the involvement and participation of key partners including clinicians, medical staff, and support staff through all the project stages so that projects are delivered within scope, cost, time, and quality. The Project Lead is required to lead or coordinate several projects simultaneously.

The Project Lead works with other leaders from across IH and key partners at the site, community, and provincial levels to facilitate ongoing collaboration, potential for standardization of approaches and application of change management requirements. Additionally, the Project Lead develops and populates project charters, status updates, briefing papers and reports, and ensures the timely and effective implementation of decisions and communication between various working groups, teams, key partners, site leadership, Population Health leadership, the Medical Health Officer team and Senior Executive.

• Provides leadership and direction to projects, including the development of project teams, for high priority IH and provincial Health & Housing initiatives, under the direction of the Manager, Health & Outreach, and supporting the Director, Community Prevention.
• Applies knowledge and experience in project management, process review, and analysis to ensure initiatives are completed in a timely manner and result in quantifiable and documentable improvements.
• Analyzes key strategies, initiatives, and opportunities and provides feedback to the Health & Housing Program on the feasibility and requirements for the achievement of objectives. Identifies and analyses gaps in service delivery and provides suggestions for mitigation of issues.
• Identifies and promotes the expedited resolution to problems or barriers to enable successful project implementation.
• Provides regular updates to the Manager, Health & Outreach, and supporting the Director, Community Prevention, as required, on implementation status and issues encountered in any project area. Prepares formal reports including project executive summary, project charters, needs assessment, gap analysis, work plans, summary of programs and service areas, cost estimates, status updates, and escalates issues for resolution within the Population Health leadership teams.
  
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