Director, Your Health Space

at  Canadian Mental Health Association

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario is a provincial association, committed to improving services and support for individuals living with mental illnesses and addictions issues, and to the promotion of mental health in Ontario.
CMHA Ontario in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Health operates Your Health Space (YHS), a program that supports health care organizations across Ontario to improve mental health in their workplaces through live workshops and self-directed modules. It embraces the holistic view that psychological health and safety in the workplace takes the collective effort of individuals across an entire health care organization. Therefore, the program is offered to Leaders, Health Care Workers, and Support Staff working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home and community care settings. Through this program, health care workers can learn to recognize and manage symptoms of chronic workplace stress and connect with colleagues through facilitated discussions.
Job Summary
Reporting to the Chief Officer of Programs and serving as a key member of senior management and Programs Dept management team, the Director of Your Health Space (YHS) leads the strategic direction of the YHS Program. The Director provides senior leadership in strategic planning, operational oversight, stakeholder partnerships, program growth and scalability, and team leadership.
Core Responsibilities

SKILL BASED COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Leadership – able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse and multiple stakeholders, translate the vision, mission and goals and inspire/mobilize others to deliver. Demonstrated experience effectively managing large, complex implementation of programs with multi-stakeholder engagement.
• People, Program and Operational Leadership - Proven ability to lead and manage employees, collaborate with an executive stakeholders, manage budgets, program and system planning, and problem solving and innovation
• Analytical Skills – can effectively gather, synthesize, assess, and respond to issues and use analysis and creative thinking to find multiple solutions and drive continuous quality improvement efforts
• Build & Lead Collaborative Teams
• Communication and Facilitation

Please refer the Job description for details