Lead, Indigenous Chronic Disease Prevention

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What Ontario Health offers   Comprehensive health coverage from day one, with fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits to support you and your family’s health
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Competitive vacation entitlement that encourages time to rest and recharge
Three personal days and two float days annually, providing added flexibility to support work‑life balance, in addition to vacation days
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The Indigenous Chronic Disease Prevention Lead works as a member of the Indigenous Health Unit. Working with the Director and Manager, this position is responsible for developing and implementing the components of Prevention and Wellness Program that fall under the direction of the Indigenous Strategies. The Indigenous Chronic Disease Prevention Lead assists in creating interventions to address commercial tobacco, cannabis and vaping cessation, prevention and protection.

This position will advise on key issues to support the Director and Manager to advance policy and programmatic initiatives of the Prevention and Wellness Program. In addition, the position will collaborate with staff in other Divisions and Departments of Ontario Health as well as staff of Regional Cancer Programs. The Indigenous Chronic Disease Prevention Lead will also be responsible for relationship development with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous peoples at the community, regional and provincial level as well as all other relevant stakeholder groups.

Key Responsibilities   Plan, design and implement chronic disease prevention initiatives that will support the advancement of the Prevention and Wellness Program and Indigenous Strategies.
Engage and develop relationships with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous peoples in the development process of the strategy.
Work in collaboration with Regional Cancer Programs to deliver commercial tobacco, cannabis, vaping cessation, prevention and protection programming initiatives along with chronic disease prevention initiatives.
Support strategic planning activities of the Indigenous Cancer Strategy and other relevant initiatives/ strategies of Ontario Health and the Ministry of Health.
Programming activities and initiatives to be evidence-based and informed by previous/current best practices in commercial tobacco, cannabis and vaping cessation,…