Strategy Management Consultant

Department: Corporate Strategy
Program: Strategy
Status: Temporary Full Time
8 Hour Shifts, days Schedule (Subject to Change)
Location: Whitby, ON - Corporate Office
Wage Schedule: $47.380 - $64.610 per hour
File Number: 2600001308

Lakeridge Health is more than a hospital. It is a health network that includes five hospitals, a long-term care home, a community-based surgical centre, and more than 30 community sites across the Durham Region. Guided by our vision of One System. Best Health. and supported by a dedicated team of nearly 9,000 staff, physicians, and volunteers, Lakeridge Health is a place where the best people want to start, grow, and finish their careers in health care. We are focused on fostering an environment that’s inclusive, compassionate, innovative, and joyful. This is Lakeridge Health!

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Strategy Management Consultant will play a lead role to support the development and implementation of the Strategy Deployment process, tools, training and activities to achieve organizational strategy. They will partner with senior leaders to achieve Lakeridge Health's vision, driving transformational thinking. This role is instrumental in informing the decisions of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in helping to align all areas of the organization to Lakeridge Health's strategic goals and priorities. The Strategy Management Consultant will also play a lead role in the execution of the corporate strategic priorities.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the development and deployment of the organization's strategy to ensure the organization can drive a consistent Strategy Deployment approach.

• Align Lakeridge Health priorities through appropriate levels of the organization using Strategy Deployment tools and processes.

• Provide coaching and mentoring around Strategy Deployment process, tools, technologies and systems, focusing on enabling these skills in others throughout the organization.

• Facilitate Working Sessions with programs/departments to support alignment to the organization's priorities.

• Support the development of the organization's strategic plan and supporting program/department plans including research, data analysis, stakeholder engagement, environmental scans (SWOT analysis), and issues analysis.

• Conduct secondary research and best practice reviews and link with external partners and experts to obtain information and tools to support project activities and inform decision-making.

• Provide project management support to execute large, cross-functional strategic priorities. Coaches' leadership and project teams, enabling a continuous improvement culture that achieves long-term sustainable success through Strategy Deployment.

• Work with Executive Leads and project teams to develop required monthly/quarterly project status updates, including variance analysis and recommended mitigation strategies/action plans.

• Participate in the creation and delivery of presentations, briefing notes and planning documents to support the Senior Leadership Team.

• Engage with members of the Decision Support team to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure strategic and operational performance and improvement.

• Monitor the external environment to identify collaboration, funding opportunities and co-ordinate preparation of submissions.

• Communicate written and verbally on the status and achievements of strategic priorities.

• Maintain excellent relationships with the Senior Leadership Team, Directors and Managers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Undergraduate, Master's degree or recognized equivalent in Health Care or Business Administration (preferred disciplines).

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent.

• 3-5 year's recent strategy development and deployment experience in a health care environment

• Previous experience (professional and/or educational) in quality and continuous improvement (i.e. Lean Green Belt, Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent Quality Improvement Certificate).

• Advanced understanding of strategic and program planning processes.

• Demonstrated experience managing and executing complex strategic projects.

• Demonstrated expertise and experience related to research, indicators/performance metric development, monitoring and evaluation.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively train, coach and mentor teams and leaders.

• Highly developed judgement skills combined with tact and diplomacy.

• Proven ability to foster and maintain effective working relationships and to deal effectively with a wide range of diverse, interested and involved stakeholders.

• Highly collaborative, teamwork oriented work style with ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Excellent communications and presentation skills. Must be able to communicate effectively and succinctly in writing and verbally with all levels of the organization as well as external stakeholders and across multiple mediums.

• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work.

• High proficiency with the MS Office suite to include MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project and MS PowerPoint.

• Demonstrated commitment to our core values of Inclusion, Teamwork, Compassion, Innovation and Joy.

At Lakeridge Health, we value inclusion and diversity. We are committed to fostering a culture that is respectful, inclusive, and accessible. We are committed to employing a workforce that is representative of the diverse community we provide services to and welcome applications from all qualified applicants from all backgrounds.

Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the recruitment and assessment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require any accommodation at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact recruitment@lh.ca .

Unless specifically stated, all job postings at Lakeridge Health are to fill existing vacancies within our organization. Lakeridge Health may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the recruitment and screening process. A member of our Talent Acquisition team is actively engaged in the Recruitment and Selection process to ensure a fair and thorough assessment of applicants.

Lakeridge Health thanks all those who apply, however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

The terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with Lakeridge Health's policies and procedures.

Lakeridge Health thanks all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Successful External applicants must provide a satisfactory Criminal Investigation Reference for the vulnerable sector, dated within the past six (6) months.

Lakeridge Health is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all team members and patients. New Lakeridge Health team members will be required to complete a Pre-employment Health Assessment as a condition of employment.