CHW Program Coordinator Reference Number 2024-122

CHW Program Coordinator

Internal/External Posting

Full-time Position

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Salary Range: $75,793 - $110,682 per annum

Reference Number: #2024-122

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Job Summary:

Diabetes has been identified as a high priority health issue impacting First Nations communities in the Sioux Lookout Zone. The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) and Dignitas International (DI), a non-governmental medical and research organization, have formed a partnership to improve community-based diabetes prevention, management and care in the 33 communities which SLFNHA serves. A core element of our initiative is to enhance and expand a customized capacity building program for community health workers (CHWs), based on Canadian clinical guidelines and international best practices.

The CHW Program Coordinator plays a key role in this initiative by leading and supporting the implementation and expansion of the CHW program in participating First Nations communities. S/he will collaborate with the joint SLFNHA - DI program team to undertake planning processes with community leaders and health system providers, support the development and implementation of a training curriculum, act as a mentor and quality improvement coach, and oversee the collection of monitoring and evaluation data.

The CHW Program Coordinator report directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

Qualifications:

• Persons of First Nations ancestry will be given preference (OHRC, Part II, Special Employment)
• Nursing, health education, Masters of Public Health or similar relevant education, or a combination of a university degree and extensive public health experience
• Minimum of 5 years successful work experience in coordinating / project managing health sector projects or programs, including developing and implementing work plans and budgets preferred

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Program Management

• Provide overall coordination of the program sites and collaboratively develop plans with the program team and local health leaders and providers; manage and deliver internal program monitoring & reporting activities:
• Produce and implement detailed workplans and timelines to achieve agreed results
• Develop cost-effective activity budgets and manage activity funding within the budget approved by the program team
• Develop a communications plan to provide regular progress updates to the program team and external collaborators
• Timely and effective monitoring of all critical program events and activities
• Routine narrative reporting on program activities e.g. progress against agreed plans
• M&E reporting based on program performance framework and related data collection
• Routine financial reporting on activity expenditure
• Provide routine and ad hoc information for donor/grant reporting
• Contribute to broader SLFNHA and DI program planning processes as requested

• Implement the CHW training, capacity building and QI program at participating sites:
• Organize and deliver all central (off-site) training for CHWs and their supervisors and onsite training / capacity building for CHWs and other health facility / community-based health team members
• Launch, monitor and support continuous QI plans and activities with CHWs and community-based health teams - e.g. refine standard processes, test and verify data collection tools, run Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles
• Conduct capacity building visits to each site to provide mentoring and supportive supervision according to a schedule based on the individual CHWs and community-based health teams
• Provide remote support via phone and email to CHWs and community-based health teams
• Establish a peer-to-peer support network for participating CHWs

• In collaboration with the program team, support research and KT activities related to the program:
• Contribute to the design and planning of the program's evaluation/study framework and related community-based research
• Develop a process for working within the research and ethics guidelines provided with the local research ethics board
• Provide logistical support for community-based research activities
• Contribute to the development of methods and tools for sharing and disseminating knowledge generated by the program.

• Act as a liaison and represent the program as requested by the program team:
• Liaise and coordinate with community health leadership and local and regional health authorities/providers
• Organize and facilitate local forums and consultation processes
• Present program results at external meetings, forums and conferences

SLFNHA currently 'Strongly Recommends' COVID-19 immunizations and requests your immunization status to be sent to our staff health department if successful in the recruitment process.

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Send cover letter and resume to:

Human Resource Department

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street

Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8

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Fax: ***

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Closing Date: July 16, 2024, 4:30 p.m. CST

No resumes received after this time will be accepted.

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

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