Project Manager, Public Health
National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
Saint Francis Xavier University

Our client, based at Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, is one of six National Collaborating Centres for Public Health created by the Public Health Agency of Canada in 2006.  Focused on the practice of public health, the NCCDH will facilitate the sharing of knowledge to better include evidence about the determinants of health in policy and public health practice decisions at all levels of the public health system across Canada. 

Reporting to the Managing Director, you are responsible to lead the planning, implementation and evaluation of collaborative actions to engage the participation of front-line public health practitioners, policy makers and researchers.  You will also be responsible for advancing the knowledge of early child development and the broad determinants of population health policies and practices so that they result in equitable health and health outcomes for all Canadians.

As the ideal candidate you possess solid expertise and knowledge of current theory and research relevant to the social determinants of health, public health practice, and early child development.   You have superior project management skills and excellent relationship building capacity complemented by a Masters Degree in Public Health or equivalent.
 
If this exciting opportunity to help build a Pan Canadian Public Health Strategy meets with your career goals, please send your resume, in confidence, to Mildred Royer, Royer Thompson Associates, Suite 1000, 5991 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS  B3H 1Y6 or email:  rt@royerthompsonassociates.ca, fax (902) 492-1824 or telephone (902) 422-2099 for more inquiries. Please quote competition number PMPH0708-CB in your application.