Req ID: Location: WesternZone, Flexible within Western Zone Department: PH EY Early Years WZ Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long:assignment( 100) x 1 Management/Non UnionP osition Posting Closing Date: 14:May:25 Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community:based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high:quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today. Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe theres a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work:life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means youll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out novascotia to see why more people from across the globe are moving here. About the Opportunity Reporting to the Director, Public Health, and working closely with the zone Public Health management team, the Manager is responsible for anticipating and planning the Public Health resources and action required to create supportive environments for healthy pregnancies, healthy birth outcomes, effective parenting and child and youth development. The Manager ensures resources are deployed to achieve consistent practice that is aligned with the Early Years Public Health standards and protocols. They actively identify emerging issues within the zone and take action to improve quality, reduce inequities and achieve measurable improvements that create supportive environments that promote the health of children in the early years. They manage recruitment, orientation, performance management and change management for the team. The Manager collaborates with the other Early Years Managers across the zones to fulfill the provincial program mandate and to seek opportunities for quality improvement in the program area. The Manager is responsible to ensure knowledge is translated into action across the zone and that staff continually demonstrates high levels of proficiency and professionalism in accordance with established standards and the Public Health Core Competencies. The incumbent provides direction and oversight to staff related to program implementation, monitoring processes and outcomes per established accountability frameworks and engaging staff in active learning, team development. The Manager fosters a shared and common vision for Early Years work across the zone by setting goals, communicating, monitoring and evaluating achievements of the team. Contributing to and leading provincial initiatives as assigned, the Manager identifies opportunities for advancing Early Years work across the zone and province, connecting ideas and evidence, and fostering a culture of respect, curiosity, accountability, teamwork and innovation well beyond the zone level. About You We would love to hear from you if you have the following: : Baccalaureate degree in health promotion or other relevant field : Masters' degree preferred in public health, health promotion or acceptable equivalent : Equivalent combination of education and 10 years of progressive leadership experience may be considered : Eligible for registration with a professional body as appropriate : 5 years progressive leadership experience including 3 years recent relat