836 - HL - Community Health Promotion - Health Promotion Specialist

Health Promotion Specialist (1 Permanent Full-Time)

The Middlesex-London Health Unit has an exciting opportunity for a permanent full-time Health Promotion Specialist to work on the Community Health Promotion team in the Healthy Living division at the Citi Plaza location, London Ontario.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:    Under the direction of the Manager, Community Health Promotion, the incumbent will:

• Identify program opportunities to develop and implement health promotion and population health strategies to address the Ontario Public Health Standards, specifically, program areas including food systems, active transportation and the built environment, mental health promotion and the prevention of chronic disease;
• Develop and produce written materials and knowledge mobilization tools including but not limited to: reports, technical documents, scoping reviews, health communications, presentations, educational resources, and literature reviews and analysis, etc.;
• Implement project management tools and processes to organize and support project completion;
• Contribute to a positive work environment, work collaboratively with others and establish positive and constructive internal and external working relationships;
• Develop and provide knowledge translation for health promotion theories, strategies, and policies in key public health areas, including providing advice and recommendations to leadership as it relates to policy recommendations, legislation and initiatives at various levels of government;
• Assess and critically appraise evidence for health promotion action, healthy public policy options and health equity implications;
• Conduct environmental scans, needs assessments, and situational assessments to identify community perspectives, assets, resources, challenges, and gaps related to the Community Health Promotion Teams program areas;
• Able to engage in culturally humble ways with partners and other relevant parties with the aim of enhancing collective capacity to address social determinants of health and health equity;
• Teach, mentor, and train colleagues and/or students in the practice of health promotion and project supervision;
• Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Health Promotion, Public Health, Behavioural Sciences, Education or related field; Candidates who have an equivalent level of expertise acquired through related employment experience and on-the-job training or alternative education may be considered in order to support Employment Equity. 
• Minimum of 5 years of health promotion experience with demonstrated advanced skills in population and community health, health communications, and healthy public policy;
• Advanced skills in applied health promotion, including policy development, community needs assessment, situational assessments, health communication, educational and skill building at individual, group and community levels, community development and mobilization, diversity and inclusion, continuous quality improvement, and healthy public policy development and implementation;
• Ability to work independently;
• Extensive experience in community engagement, capacity building and community mobilization coupled with political acuity;
• Demonstrated experience working with equity deserving groups to understand need and co-create solutions;
• Advanced interpersonal, presentation and written and oral communication skills with demonstrated experience creating project proposals, evidence briefs, technical documents and correspondence to communicate epidemiologic findings.
• Demonstrated experience mobilizing committees and working groups to develop and coordinate logic models, work plans, and indicators to achieve measurable outcomes; and
• Demonstrated application of health equity principles and theory, and experience in taking action to reduce health inequities.

The salary for this position ranges from $71,278.53 to $89,098.34 based on qualifications and experience.

 To apply to this position, please select “Apply Now” and submit a resume and cover letter as a single document by May 23, 2023. Please note: new applicants will need to create an online account to apply.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit is committed to equity in employment. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to establishing a qualified workforce that is reflective of the diverse population we serve. We encourage applications from equity seeking communities including Indigenous peoples, racialized people, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as LGBTQ2S+. Candidates are encouraged to voluntarily self-identify in their cover letter, in a transparent manner, as part of the application process. When a candidate voluntarily discloses such information in their application, the information will be kept confidential. Disclosure and/or self-identification with an equity-seeking community will not lead to advantageous treatment of a candidate who is not qualified. 

We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at the Middlesex-London Health Unit; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.