Position: Lead, Screening

Location: Hybrid. The Partnership’s head office is in downtown Toronto. Candidates can work anywhere in Canada.

Status: Full Time, 21-month fixed term contract

Job Level: Level 6 salary range: $80,624 - $109,080 per year; Compensation offered will be based on an assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, while ensuring internal equity.

Vacancies: 1

Division Overview

The Cancer Systems and Innovation Division supports initiatives to improve equitable access, to better experiences and outcomes, and to advance reconciliation throughout Canada’s cancer system. The division enables system change with data, research, innovation, and modelling. Work of the division is primarily accomplished through partnerships across Canada to implement evidence-informed and co-developed solutions, encompassing everything from prevention and screening to diagnosis and clinical care through to palliative care and survivorship.

Overview of the Role

The Lead, Screening supports the Cancer Systems and Innovation Division in carrying out projects and initiatives to achieve organizational priorities. Reporting to the Manager, Screening, the incumbent coordinates and provides support to deliver on screening program/project priorities. As a highly organized professional with strong technical and systems thinking skills, this position delivers on the tasks of the job while contributing to CPAC’s overall vision to reduce the burden of cancer on all Canadians.

Core Responsibilities and Activities

Project Management

• Leads the implementation of pan-Canadian initiatives to increase cancer screening quality, participation, and equity.
• Works with the team to drive the successful development and execution of plans that align with stakeholder priorities and CPAC’s mandate.
• Establishes project foundations and standard baseline data for quality initiatives, including preparation of internal strategic documents such as full project plans.
• Applies evidence and findings from literature reviews to advise on portfolio work and emerging trends in cancer screening.
• Supports the Director and Managers in strategic planning and decision making, including the development of long-and short-term plans and projects and determining desired project outcomes.
• Guides the work of analysts and students in the development of content focus for network meetings, workshops, working group meetings, and quality initiative projects.
• Works with teams to design and implement evaluation frameworks and approaches (including indicators and targets) that measure and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of screening initiatives and prepare reports on status and findings to support pan-Canadian measurement and CPAC performance measurement to Health Canada. • Oversees, and supports management of, external vendor and partner funded contracts including timely delivery of quality products and milestone and budget monitoring.
• Engages with cancer screening partners and stakeholders to respond to partner needs through co-creation of funding initiatives, knowledge products, and key resources.

General Accountabilities

• Writes technical reports, providing content expertise for stakeholder engagement, and supports the collection and reporting of pan-Canadian screening program data.
• Leads and supports partner engagement and maintains continuous partner relations.
• Acts as the primary contact and source of substantive information regarding program content, status, and findings, to both internal & external stakeholders.
• Assists the Director, Managers, Cancer Systems and Innovation Division, and other Divisions as needed.
• Performs other duties and ad hoc projects as required.

Experience and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, Health Administration, Health Policy, or other relevant discipline, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience, preferably in the non-profit or healthcare sector.
• Education or experience with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis and/or health equity is an asset.
• Extensive experience analyzing and interpreting data, gathering, and synthesizing evidence, preparing reports and presentations on technical topics.
• Experience in implementation science and/or supporting real-world implementation, evaluation and knowledge translation activities would be an asset.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive)
• Proficient in Project Management e.g., PMP designation would be an asset.
• Experience working in the area of cancer control or population-based cancer screening would be an asset.
• Bilingual in both English and French is an asset.

What We Offer

• Flexible hybrid work model, allowing the ability to work from your home office anywhere in Canada the majority of the time. Occasional travel to the Head Office in Toronto will be required.
• A comprehensive total rewards package that includes a competitive salary; employer paid premiums health and dental plan (SunLife) starting your first day; a defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP) and other rewards and allowances.
• Generous vacation and wellness leave entitlements.
• Maternity and parental leave top-up.
• Learning development allowances.

How to Apply

A completed letter of interest along with a resume should be forwarded in one file by email with the subject line 'Lead, Screening' to .

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