Health Initiatives Manager Waterloo Region Job Thunder Bay area,Ontario Canada,Management

At House of Friendship, we believe in what we are doing. We get out of bed each day to make a difference in our community; to walk with and to serve. We are not happy with the status quo. We get energy from ongoing learning and growth. We lead with passion and believe without a doubt that everyone deserves to belong and thrive.

We live and breathe our values of Compassion, Inclusion, Justice, Dignity and Hope. And we have fun!

Sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? It is!

We are hiring for an individual to join our Housing Services team as a Health Initiatives Manager. This role supports programming for participants living in Shelter Care and Supportive Housing. This role also works collaboratively with all House of Friendship programs. They will possess and utilize their passion for coaching and developing people and teams. They will provide leadership and coordinate the daily operation for the Health Initiatives team by providing supervisory support to staff involved in facilitating participant pathways and ensuring wraparound health supports are available.

This is a permanent, salaried, full-time (37.5 hours per week) position with paid sick time, personal days, vacation time; group health benefits and defined contribution pension plan. Schedule is generally Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 4:30pm, with pre-planned evening and weekend work to support the 24/7 program operations. Valid G class driver’s license is required for travel throughout Waterloo Region.

Successful completion of a Police Records Check (Vulnerable Sector) required pre-employment.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead, develop and support the team (staff, volunteers and students), including coaching and development, team dynamics, conflict management etc.
Responsible for all aspects of leading a team including recruitment, retention, training and onboarding, supervision, performance assessment, development and management
Responsible for the healthy and safe operation of the program; ensuring a physically and psychologically healthy work environment for all team members
Responsible for the allocation of staff, students and volunteers based on the needs of each program and/or site
Responsible for all aspects of service operation including development and review, budget, allocation of resources, and relationships with funders and community partners, staff and participant safety
Responsible for all aspects of service data collection including completing audits of staff logs and running reports to ensure data collected is reliable and valid
Responsible for ongoing service evaluation and quality improvement, leading service reviews and service evaluation initiatives
Maintain high level proficiency with respect to confidentiality in compliance with Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)
Create reports and proposals to support or source funding. Responsible for the management financial functions
Responsible for property management functions
Collaborate with partners and agencies to provide relevant health services into House of Friendship environments
Represent House of Friendship at various community development and neighbourhood related meetings and community forums and events; bringing relevant issues and solutions to the conversation
Take a lead role in community consultation and leadership development initiatives
Maintaining partnerships, presence at appropriate community tables/communities of practice
On-call responsibilities for after-hours emergency crisis
Committed to service integration internally/externally
Champion Harm Reduction approaches across the organization

Job Specific Knowledge/

Skills:

Sensitivity to and knowledge of issues relating to and impacting on all genders and all marginalized populations
Very strong leadership,…