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Job ID

22051

Location

Toronto, Ontario

FTE

1.00

Hours of Work

35.00

Dept/Program Name

Brain&Mntl Health Admin

Contract Length

Date Posted

2025-02-05

Deadline to Apply

2025-02-15

Target Openings

1

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About SickKids

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built – nor could it be maintained – without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World .

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description

Senior Project Manager: Brain and Mental Health Programs

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.

This is a unique opportunity to work with a world-class organization on initiatives aimed at improving service delivery such that patients, families and caregivers seamlessly experience across all involved programs within the Brain and Mental Health Portfolio. This will be achieved through a number of projects or work streams focused on coordinated access, program design, clinical pathways, process improvement, information accessibility, stakeholder engagement, data management and evaluation.

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Brain and Mental Health Program, the Senior Project Manager will play a lead role in organizing and supporting large scale project plans for strategic, operational and quality improvement initiatives that focus on the key directives and objectives of Program Strategy.

Key Accountabilities

· Management of strategic, operational and priority projects focused on program planning and design, process improvement and data analysis to provide support and direction around decision making for key initiatives within the portfolio

· Hands on leadership and execution for project activities across all project phases:, planning, initiation, execution, monitoring, evaluation and development of sustainable plans

· Building effective and collaborative relationships with various project stakeholders within SickKids

· Meaningfully engaging with stakeholders to ensure to obtain input on scope, approach, deliverables, timelines, and budget

· Utilizing standardized project management methodology to drive activities that achieve the agreed upon project deliverables

· Resource management for assigned project management resources

· Budget development and tracking for project and operational work

Here's What You'll Get To Do:

NOTE: The Senior Project Manager will be the key point person for the project and be responsible for hands-on development of project deliverables.

· Working closely with the leadership team and key stakeholders to develop the project approach/strategy and plans;

· Ensuring the voices of patients, families, caregivers and other stakeholders are integrated into the approach/strategy and plans

· Identifying project objectives, milestones, and deliverables and working with the relevant teams to successfully achieve them

· Understanding and documenting current state and assessing the type and degree of change required to achieve goals

· Developing and implementing fulsome communication, engagement, training and education assessments and plans

· Conducting benefits realization/evaluation activities

· Identifying risks and mitigation strategies and working with the team to resolve the issues

· Project reporting to internal and external stakeholders

· Facilitating working group, focus group, and/or steering committees meetings

· Developing and delivering project presentations for various stakeholders both internal and external

· Synthesizing literature and writing reports including business cases and briefing notes

· Coordinating and collaborating with team members within the Program and across SickKids as necessary

· Establishing priorities, coordinating and supporting teams members in their roles

Here's What You'll Need:

Essential Requirements

· Possess a university degree, in health care or business field

· Graduate education preferred preferably in a discipline relevant field e.g. digital health, health informatics, health administration, etc.

· Minimum 5 years demonstrated progressive and relevant experience in project management and/or hospital administration with increasing complexity and scope

· Experience working in a healthcare environment

· A strong understanding of hospital operations

· Experience successfully managing healthcare projects in a clinical setting

· Knowledge and experience with change management

· Excellent interpersonal skills

· Experience working with diverse clients and stakeholders

· Experience working with direct reports, indirect reports and executives

· Change management skills and experience

· Strong administrative, organizational and planning skills

· Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills

· Strong leadership and coaching qualities with the ability to engage, motivate teams, resolve conflicts, and work collaboratively to achieve overarching project goals

· Demonstrated flexibility and ability to adapt and manage changing priorities

· Advanced level of competency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

· Demonstrate commitment and actions in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion objectives

· Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and successfully manage in a complex, fast-paced environment with multiple, and shifting priorities

Assets

· PMP certified

· Business development and/or strategic planning experience

· Vendor and contract management experience

· Experience successfully managing software implementations

Here's What You'll Love:

Benefits

· This position is eligible for employee benefits coverage; including but not limited to, health, dental, insurance. The full benefits offered will be discussed at the time of position offer.

· A focus on employee wellness with our new Staff Health and Well-being Strategy. (https://2025.sickkids.ca/staffwellbeing/) Self-care helps us to support others

Impact

· A hospital that welcomes and focuses on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (https://2025.sickkids.ca/edi/) .

· The opportunity to make an impact. Regardless of your role or professional interest, you will be making a difference at SickKids and contributing to our vision of Healthier Children (https://www.sickkids.ca/en/about/about-sickkids/) . A Better World.

Employment Type

· 35-hour work week

· Permanent position - benefits and full pension

· Hybrid (onsite and remote work model) - necessary technology provided for remote work.

Our Commitment to Diversity

The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

When requested, SickKids will provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and assessment process. Information received related to access or inclusion will be addressed confidentially.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital¿s receipt of all necessary documentation.

How to Apply

Tip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document of 20 pages or less as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application.

If you are still experiencing technical difficulties please email ask.hr@sickkids.ca to send us a short description of the issues you are experiencing. Please note that we will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.