[Hiring] Program Consultant @CAMH

Role Description

The YWHO Provincial Office at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is seeking a full-time, permanent Integration and Implementation Specialist. This position will report to the Manager of Site Implementation and work closely with the Integration and Implementation Leads. The Integration and Implementation Specialist will play a key role in supporting deliverables of an Integrated Youth Services (IYS) delivery model within local YWHO networks. This position requires experience in implementing complex community-based health services initiatives with youth and families.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the Integration and Implementation Team and bring specific capacities and expertise in the following areas:

• Implementation science
• Quality improvement
• Change management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Co-development, coaching, and system change

The successful candidate will have a strong background in anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice, excellent knowledge of equity frameworks and tools, and significant experience supporting others to identify, prioritize, and develop equity-focused actions that advance meaningful and sustained change.

This position will be in Ontario, anywhere outside of the GTA.

For this role, we strongly encourage applications from First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Black, and other racialized people who are reflective of intersectional experiences (i.e., 2SLGBTQ+, Muslim, neurodevelopmental differences, living with a disability, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Applying and integrating evidence-informed approaches to change such as Implementation Science, Quality Improvement, and service/system design to support system stakeholders to adopt new practices.
• Provide expertise and advice related to equity, anti-racism, and anti-oppression to strengthen internal YWHO practices.
• Develop and support strategies to promote an ongoing learning culture for integrating equity into implementation science and quality improvement frameworks.
• Understand and review trends, monitoring and evaluating data to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Identifying, engaging, and fostering collaborative relationships with interested groups.
• Developing an understanding of the local mental health and substance use system.
• Co-developing, facilitating, and establishing direction, objectives, and consensus across diverse groups.
• Assisting teams with implementing practice and/or system change through facilitation and problem solving.
• Assessing needs and coordinating capacity building for project members.
• Developing project implementation plans, processes, and tools based on evidence-informed implementation approaches.
• Coaching to multiple levels of organizational staff using strength-based problem solving and other coaching strategies.
• Building and supporting the capacity of organizations/agency to support sustainable and effective change.
• Supporting the implementation of improvement cycles across and within organizations.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Health, Education, or Social Services.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in the field of mental health and substance use or health services.
• Experience in the implementation of a complex community-based health services initiative with youth and families.
• Experience in health equity and a proven track record of engaging others in dialogue about equity, racism, and oppression.
• Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to collaborative partnerships.
• Demonstrated ability to coach to multiple levels of organizational staff.
• Strong interpersonal, communication (oral/written), community engagement, and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Experience working within an implementation science framework or other evidence-informed implementation or quality improvement framework.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of equity, inclusivity, respect, and social justice.
• Experience in assisting teams with system change initiatives.
• Demonstrated skills and commitment to data-driven/evidence-informed decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work on a team, as well as function independently.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills.

Requirements

• Bilingualism (French/English) and/or proficiency in a second language are assets.
• A valid license, access to a vehicle, and ability to drive to locations as an expectation of travel related to program assignments.
• All applicants offered and accepting employment must complete either a Broad Record Check or Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary is competitive and based on experience, with a hiring range of $85,682.95 – $107,103.68 per year.
• Employees in this role may progress within the full pay range of $85,682.95 – $128,524.42 per year.
• Includes participation in HOOPP defined benefit pension plan.
• Extended health and dental benefits.
• Paid vacation starting at 4 weeks.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Ongoing professional development support.