Senior Policy Lead

Job description

Description JOB SUMMARY: Reporting to the Manager of Health Promotion & Quality Improvement, the Senior Policy Lead provides regional leadership on policy advocacy, analysis, and monitoring to support the advancement and impact of health promotion work across VCH Communities of Care. Working closely with Medical Health Officers, Directors and staff across VCH Public Health, this role is responsible for leading the co-creation, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of healthy public policy and health promoting initiatives. At the direction of Medical Health Officers, the Executive Director of Population Health, or Manager, the lead provides expertise in thematic areas of core concern to public health, and seeks to influence the development, mobilization, and adoption of healthy public policy within and through key sectors and settings across the VCH region. These include but are not limited to: government, non-governmental organizations, private sector, schools and other early childhood environments, and other sectors and settings as identified. QUALIFICATIONS: Master’s Degree in Public Policy, Public Health, Public Administration, Law, Planning, Urban Health or another relevant...