Apply By: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 11:59 pm EDT
Manager, Strategic Indigenous Health Programs Unit
Job ID:
233209
Posting status:
Open
Organization:
Ministry of Health
Division:
Strategic Policy, Planning & French Language Services
City:
Toronto
Position(s) language:
English
Job term:
1 Temporary contract/assignment up to 12 months
Job code:
M1108A - Prog Planning & Evaluation08
Salary:
$105,307.00 - $148,429.00 Per year
Are you a values-driven leader with a passion for advancing Indigenous Health in Ontario?
Do you excel at building consensus, managing complex files, and solving problems creatively?
If so, consider this exciting opportunity with the Ministry of Health!
The Indigenous, French Language and Priority Populations Branch is looking for an experienced, highly motivated, and inclusive leader as the Manager, Strategic Indigenous Health Programs Unit.
This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous partners to advance health outcomes through Indigenous-led programs while also regularly collaborating with other ministries.
About Us:
The Indigenous, French Language and Priority Populations Branch provides systems thinking and evidence-based innovations to solve complex challenges in health care; translates evidence into policy and practice to help achieve health system change targets; proactively analyses emerging issues, research and trends to support policy development, evaluation and implementation.
Why Join Us:
To succeed in this role, you will:
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
Do you excel at building consensus, managing complex files, and solving problems creatively?
If so, consider this exciting opportunity with the Ministry of Health!
The Indigenous, French Language and Priority Populations Branch is looking for an experienced, highly motivated, and inclusive leader as the Manager, Strategic Indigenous Health Programs Unit.
This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous partners to advance health outcomes through Indigenous-led programs while also regularly collaborating with other ministries.
About Us:
The Indigenous, French Language and Priority Populations Branch provides systems thinking and evidence-based innovations to solve complex challenges in health care; translates evidence into policy and practice to help achieve health system change targets; proactively analyses emerging issues, research and trends to support policy development, evaluation and implementation.
Why Join Us:
- Impactful Work: Play a key role in advancing health outcomes for Indigenous communities through strategic Indigenous-led programs.
- Collaborative Environment: Work closely with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban partners, as well as other ministries, to foster a collaborative approach to health care.
- Professional Growth: Enhance your leadership and strategic thinking skills while managing high-profile initiatives and complex projects.
About the job
At the Ontario Public Service, we hold our leaders to the highest standards, expecting them to embody authenticity, accountability, and courage in every action and decision. As a leader, you'll be at the forefront of creating a dynamic work environment that sparks innovation, fosters collaboration, and champions inclusivity. We value a diverse, anti-racist, and accessible workplace where everyone feels safe and respected. By embracing these values, you'll help build a vibrant team culture where every individual can thrive. Your leadership will inspire and motivate your team to achieve their best, aligning their efforts with our strategic vision.To succeed in this role, you will:
- Coach and mentor a team of professional staff to deliver exceptional results in a changing environment.
- Oversee the planning and implementation of operational policy initiatives and programs.
- Provide expertise to senior executives on policy and program options, legislation, regulation, funding models, risks, and issues management strategies.
- Direct stakeholder and Indigenous partner relations, including federal, provincial, inter-provincial, and inter-ministerial consultations, engagement, and facilitation processes.
- Lead strategic data analysis to support evidence-based decision making and initiatives that enhance Indigenous data governance.
- Cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and supportive work environment.
What you bring to the team
Leadership Experience:
- An inclusive leadership style, promoting a positive team environment and a culture valuing diversity, inclusion, and equity.
- Experience leading strategic large-scale projects or initiatives, delivering results in a high-profile environment.
- Ability to coordinate strategic policy planning, including the review of policy directions and evaluation of evidence-based outcomes.
- Strong understanding of public sector organizations, such as the Ontario Public Service, with in-depth knowledge of HR policies and practices, including labour relations, organizational design, and succession planning.
Technical Expertise:
- Expertise in operational policy and program development theory and methods, with unique approaches to working with Indigenous partners and transfer payment recipients.
- Understanding of Cabinet legislative and political decision-making processes.
- Knowledge of ministry and government transfer payment recipient policies and processes.
- Strong understanding of factors and issues impacting and influencing the health of Indigenous communities and peoples.
Political Acuity and Strategic Thinking:
- Good judgement and political acuity to manage contentious and emerging issues, identify and minimize risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
- Flexibility, resilience, and adaptability in a changing and/or uncertain environment.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to provide sound advice to influence senior-level decision-makers.
Communication and Relationship Management Skills:
- Effective consultation, relationship-building, and negotiation skills to manage stakeholder and key Indigenous partner relations
- Consensus-building skills to balance competing interests of multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills to provide advice and present issues management strategies/recommendations to staff, senior management, and executives.
- Strong analytical skills to develop and evaluate outreach strategies, facilitating province-wide public and stakeholder input on Indigenous health policy direction.
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy
Additional information:
Apply by:
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 11:59 pm EDT
Position details:
- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 438 University Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region
Compensation group:
Management Compensation Plan
Work hours:
Schedule 6
Category:
Management and General
Posted on:
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Note:
- T-HL-233209/25
How to apply:
- You must apply online.
- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
- Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.
- OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
- If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.
Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.
Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.
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