Opportunities

Health Promoter, Mental Health Promotion

Health Services – Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention

Contract Full-Time, 13 months 

Salary Range: $76,054 - $95,068 per annum + plus comprehensive benefits

Work mode: Hybrid* see below for more details about this work mode 

Location: 7120 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, ON

Hours of work: 35 hour/week

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The Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention division is seeking self-directed, persuasive and professional health promoters with experience and skill to plan, promote, develop, implement and evaluate health promotion policies, practices and programs for the area of Mental Health Promotion.

What you will do in this role: 

• Plan, support, develop, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs, policies and strategies
• Interpret and analyze information in order to provide recommendations to supervisor or middle management for policy and/or program development
• Participate in research projects including team, sectional or divisional projects
• Conduct community needs assessments and situational assessments
• Prepare detailed documentation, program reports, briefing notes, scoping reviews, and statistical analyses
• Develop written and visual communication products such as council reports, briefing notes, social media posts, website pages and presentations
• Develop knowledge translation products for a variety of stakeholders (i.e., children/parents, seniors, community partners and government organizations)
• Develop and maintain cooperative and collaborative relationships with internal and external partners
• Work to facilitate community mobilization and/or strengthen community capacities to take action on and improve health issues
• Apply health promotion knowledge and knowledge of public health sciences including population health, social determinants of health, health equity, epidemiology, and applicable legislation
• Ensure that dimensions of diversity, equity and inclusion are reflected in health promotion planning and programs

What the role requires:

• University degree in a relevant health-related field
• Minimum 1-year related experience in program planning, development, implementation and evaluation

Skills/Abilities: 

• Knowledge of public health sciences including population health, social determinants of health, epidemiology and applicable legislation
• Demonstrated expertise in using key theoretical models of health promotion
• Knowledge of technical and professional procedures and standards as outlined in the Ontario Public Health Standards and Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion
• Background knowledge and understanding of research methods, policy implementation, analysis and critical appraisal including awareness of evidence-informed decision-making
• Strong critical thinking skills and ability to work independently and within a team
• Strong analytical skills to interpret and apply data and/or evidence
• Competence in Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint
• Well-developed and proven written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated facilitation, writing, communication, partnership/collaboration, project management, planning, problem-solving and organizational skills
• Ability to work with different social media platforms for public health promotion
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting work related to mental health, mental well-being and mental illness 

Perks @ Peel and why you will love working for us:

• Comprehensive Health, Dental, Vision benefit plan including psychological health
• Automatic enrolment into the OMERS pension plan (where applicable) 
• Accrue vacation on a monthly basis
• 3 paid personal days and floating holidays
• Flexible hours supporting your wellness and wellbeing
• Annual performance review and merit increases based on performance
• Supportive leadership as part of a culture of respect and inclusion 
• Access to tuition reimbursement (where applicable) as well as learning and development resources

In this role, you'll enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work arrangement. This means you'll have the ability to work off-site and on-site as needed, depending on operational needs at the 7120 Hurontario Street, Mississauga worksite. The frequency of on-site work may vary from week to week, depending on operational demands, which can evolve over time.

It's important to note that your off-site work location must be within the province of Ontario. This ensures that we're compliant with all regulations and policies.

The Region of Peel offers job based flexible hours of work that allows employees to manage personal and professional responsibilities while at the same time ensures business operational needs and customer service expectations are achieved. 

Interview: Our recruitment process will include video conference technology

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