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• Flexible remote work arrangements anywhere in Ontario

• Competitive Compensation

• Comprehensive Benefits Program

• HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Pension)

• Employee Assistance Program and Dialogue Well Being Program

• Generous vacation, float and caregiver days for all employees

• Education Fund and Dedicated Education Days

• Holiday Closure

• Perkopolis Employee Discount Program

Introduction:

ICES is currently seeking a Health Equity Data Partnerships Specialist to join our Strategic Partnerships Department. The Health Equity Data Partnerships Specialist will lead and manage complex data partnership initiatives involving equity-related data (such as race-based and Indigenous data) across a range of government bodies, agencies, priority populations, and internal and external stakeholders, under the direction of the Director, Strategic Partnerships. This role will provide leadership in advancing ICES’ data business initiatives by applying project management best practices, including defining project scope in a complex data and political landscape, building partnerships and trust, managing risks, and establishing timelines to guide projects and subject matter experts toward long-term, sustainable collaborations. The Specialist will also play a key role in co-developing a health equity data management framework along with supporting tools and processes for use within the Strategic Partnerships department at ICES more broadly, ensuring alignment with ICES’ Strategic Goals, Mission, Vision, and Values.

Responsibilities of the position include, but may not be limited to:

• Develop and manage key equity data partnerships, including partnerships related to child well-being and welfare data, immigration data, and Indigenous data including:

  • Serving as the relationship manager as it relates to data and a regular liaison with equity data partners;
  • Designing partnerships and ongoing evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency;
  • Internal reporting and operations, including to ICES and external partners;

• Manage the design and development of an effective and ongoing partnership strategy and ensure alignment with broader ICES initiatives;

• Support the Director, Strategic Partnerships, Social Data Working Group and other relevant committees in assessing the potential of new partners, and respond to the suggestions of these groups, and serve as a key contact who ensures that partnerships, once established, are productive;

• Implement partnership development and engagement processes/strategies;

• Participate in forums, panels, and conferences as a representative of ICES;

• Write reports, status reports, and briefing notes;

• Lead discrete partnership initiatives relating to equity data;

• Participate in working groups that discuss the use of equity data and administrative data in general;

• Play a key role in translating the ICES Strategic Plan into action to expand the ICES Data Repository by managing, leading and supporting new corporate business relating to the development of equity data partnerships and ICES research, including large complex data partnership projects with a variety of stakeholders, that span organizations;

• Manage all phases of the project life-cycle in collaboration with and under guidance of the Director, Strategic Partnerships, Indigenous Partnerships and Data Analytics (IPDA) department, ICES Scientists, ICES Privacy and Legal Office (PLO) and Data Quality and Information Management (DQIM) and external stakeholders using project management best practices;

• Support the needs and requirements of data partners, as they relate to ICES’ Strategic Plan and data partnership and data sharing agreements;

• Core activities may include:

  • Assess and in some cases, identify new business and business needs/project requirements related to equity data partnerships and use of new data sets, according to ICES Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan;
  • Develop and implement equity data partnership plans, charters and budgets as required, working with all relevant internal and external stakeholders;
  • Produce novel data governance and data sharing models, according to stakeholder needs and in collaboration with ICES PLO and DQIM, and aligned with PHIPA and other legislation and ICES policies, practices and procedures, as required;
  • Define and manage the project processes including scope, timeline, cost, issue, risk management, change management, quality and resource management; review and communicate project status on a regular basis with the project sponsor, project team or other stakeholders as required;
  • Identify project resource requirements and work with stakeholders to ensure projects are appropriately resourced;
  • Maintain all project documentation associated with the data partnership and data sharing agreement development activities;
  • Manage complex stakeholder engagement and relations (internal and external) including problem resolution, negotiating and resolving conflicts;

• Collaboratively contribute to recruitment and general orientation/mentoring of new members of the role group or other project support staff as required;

• Contribute to Strategic Partnerships department development and ICES Strategic Initiatives as required;

• Perform other duties as assigned within the scope of the position.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities required:

• Master’s degree in Epidemiology or related field;
• Minimum 8 years of project management experience, ideally in health care or health services research sectors and/or experience working with researchers, ideally clinical, epidemiological and health services research projects and/or studies based on large health administrative data;
• Experience working with major health system stakeholders and leaders within Ontario or elsewhere;
• Experience working in extended collaborative networks helpful;
• Management experience helpful but not essential;
• Experience in health planning, public policy, government relations is an asset;
• Demonstrated understanding and use of health services population based/administrative data for health service research, planning and policy development;
• Demonstrated understanding of equity data and Indigenous data and the associated landscape;
• Demonstrated project management expertise (budget and timeline management etc.);
• Demonstrated understanding of partnership development strategies and standard of practice development;
• Demonstrated expertise in health services and population-based epidemiologic research methods;
• Demonstrated understanding of health care system, policy development and planning in Ontario or elsewhere;
• Demonstrated understanding of strategic planning and program implementation; Demonstrated understanding of partnership development strategies and standard of practice development;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Flexible and able to work on multiple projects simultaneously;
• Demonstrated strategic planning and management skills;
• Demonstrated ability to lead effective teams toward desired outcomes; Understanding and implementation of PHIPA (and other legislations) as it relates to prescribed entities like ICES.

This is a full-time opportunity at ICES Central. Successful candidate must reside within Ontario while working remotely and able to come into the office if required from time to time. There may be instances where in-person meetings are requested; however, ICES continues to support Flexible remote work arrangements anywhere in Ontario.

Security clearance may be required.

Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter detailing how their knowledge, skills and abilities match the scope of this position.

ICES is committed to ensuring equity in employment. Our goal is to attract, develop, and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. ICES strongly encourages applications from candidates from equity-deserving communities including but not limited to First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Black and racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, and persons with visible and non-visible disabilities.

ICES is committed to providing accessible employment practices, in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Applicants are asked to make accommodation requests to ICES and we will make every effort to ensure that accommodation requests are met throughout the recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest in working at ICES. Due to the volume of applications received, only applicants being considered for the position will be contacted for further discussions.