Lead, Screening

at  Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

The Cancer Systems and Innovation Division supports initiatives to improve equitable access, to better experiences and outcomes, and to advance reconciliation throughout Canada’s cancer system. The division enables system change with data, research, innovation, and modelling. Work of the division is primarily accomplished through partnerships across Canada to implement evidence-informed and co-developed solutions, encompassing everything from prevention and screening to diagnosis and clinical care through to palliative care and survivorship.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Writes technical reports, providing content expertise for stakeholder engagement, and supports the collection and reporting of pan-Canadian screening program data.
• Leads and supports partner engagement and maintains continuous partner relations.
• Acts as the primary contact and source of substantive information regarding program content, status, and findings, to both internal & external stakeholders.
• Assists the Director, Managers, Cancer Control Division, and other Divisions as needed.
• Performs other duties and ad hoc projects as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in public health, Health Administration, Health Policy, or other relevant discipline, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience, preferably in the non-profit or healthcare sector.
• Education or experience with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis and/or health equity is an asset.
• Extensive experience analyzing and interpreting data, gathering, and synthesizing evidence, preparing reports and presentations on technical topics.
• Experience in implementation science and/or supporting real-world implementation, evaluation and knowledge translation activities would be an asset.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive)
• Proficient in Project Management e.g., PMP designation would be an asset.
• Experience working in the area of cancer control or population-based cancer screening would be an asset.
• Bilingual in both English and French is an asset.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

The Lead, Screening supports the Cancer Systems and Innovation Division in carrying out projects and initiatives to achieve organizational priorities. Reporting to the Manager, Screening, the incumbent coordinates and provides support to deliver on screening program/project priorities. As a highly organized professional with strong technical and systems thinking skills, this position delivers on the tasks of the job while contributing to CPAC’s overall vision to reduce the burden of cancer on all Canadians.