EDUCATION
• Education in Volunteer/Not-for-Profit Management/Marketing
• Related undergraduate degree
• Diploma in Fundraising Management or equivalent.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Three years Fundraising/Volunteer management experience.
• Three years Administrative or Supervisory experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• The Northern Lights Regional Hospital Foundation of Fort McMurray is a respected and successful fundraising organization. Through its philanthropic activities, the Foundation assists the Regional Hospital Association in attracting resources to support the hospital’s team of professionals who are committed to excellence in patient care in the community.
• The Foundation seeks an energetic and dynamic leader with vision for the successful implementation of a comprehensive and strategic program of fundraising including major gifts, planned giving, and annual giving across all appeal types and donor groups to meet the organization’s annual fundraising goals while increasing the Foundation’s profile in the community.
• We are looking for someone with superior relationship management and communications skills, team oriented, a dedication to working with volunteers, a genuine interest in creating new resources for health care, as well as the ability to provide leadership and management to a talented and dedicated staff. Personal integrity, sound judgment, a customer service focus and a sense of humor will contribute to success in this position. The ability to develop and mentor staff as well as volunteers is essential.
• Reporting to the Foundation Board Chair, serious consideration will be given to those candidates who have considerable experience in a major charitable institution and possess professional accreditation and/or business training in marketing, sales and financial management. As Executive Director of the foundation you will be a member of the Executive Management team of the Health Region.

Applications should be submitted to the Human Resources Department quoting Job # 08-380 by July 7.  Phone: 780-714-5631; Fax: 780-788-1362

Job Summary
The Special Projects Lead is a specialist providing leadership for communication and stakeholder engagement activities related to the development and continuous improvement of CIHI Home and Continuing Care (HCC) products and services. The focus of the communication and stakeholder engagement activities will be on accelerating the pan-Canadian submission of HCC data, leading consultations on future directions for HCC information, and supporting HCC development initiatives in education and knowledge translation/exchange. The Special Projects Lead will work closely with HCC Operations and other key internal program and corporate partners to guide the design, development and evaluation of HCC communication and stakeholder engagement activities.

Duties and Responsibilities
1.In close collaboration with CIHI Corporate Communications and Outreach and Regional Offices, lead matrix teams to plan and execute an overall strategy for communication and engagement with key Home and Continuing Care stakeholders. This role includes, but is not limited to:
• Leading and coordinating the development, execution and evolution of a Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Plan for HCC.
• Environmental scanning, both domestic and international, to support HCC in the use of best practices related to communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Building and maintaining internal and external collaborative stakeholder/partner relationships to ensure the success of HCC strategic initiatives.
• Planning and organizing HCC stakeholder engagement events, such as focus groups, workshops, national meetings etc., along with all associated background and presentation materials.
• Researching, writing and/or editing and/or supervising development of HCC educational and promotional materials (brochures, etc.), presentations and talking points, policy documents, and articles for trade publications/journals, etc.
• Exploring innovative pilot approaches to effective and efficient ways of communicating with, and engaging key stakeholders in consultations regarding HCC implementation, future information and education needs.
2.Act as project manager for HCC communications and stakeholder engagement initiatives, including the preparation of project-related documentation.
3.Supervise, coordinate and monitor work, workload and performance of team as it relates to the projects.  Coaches staff to develop skills, knowledge and expertise.  May be required to provide input to performance evaluations of project team members.
4.Produce briefing notes/background material to support HCC strategic and operational initiatives.
5.Participate in internal and external projects and activities as required (e.g. preparing budgets, work plans, corporate initiatives, etc.)
6.Contribute to the promotion of CIHI products and services through participation on external committees, presentations and/or attendance at conferences, preparation of articles for publication and other activities, as required.

Knowledge and Experience
• Degree in journalism, communications or related field.
• Five to seven years related experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in the health industry.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in both official languages an asset.
• Ability to meet travel requirements.

Please quote job ID 1216. Deadline for applications is July 7, 2008.

For details:

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Institut canadien d'information sur la santé
495 Richmond Road, Suite 600 / 495, chemin Richmond, bureau 600 K2A 4H6
Telephone: 613-694-6811
Fax: 613-241-8120

HCPRA is pleased to advertise job opportunities in the health care communications field. HCPRA will post the position and advise our members. The fee is $100 for member organizations and $150 for non-member organizations.

Simply email the job to info@hcpra.org and include a deadline date and billing address. For more information, contact Jane Petricic at info@hcpra.org or 613-729-2102.

Bring your expert skills, experience and passion for contributing your best work to Fraser Health, British Columbia’s largest and fastest growing health authority, where you will plan and coordinate all aspects of the Web communications strategy and provide communications counsel to Executive Directors, Directors and Managers. 

Reporting to the Director, Communications, you will lead strategy and implementation on the corporate Web site, provide direction on the use of the Fraser Health Intranet site, implement best practices for electronic communications and consult to senior leaders on web-based strategies and content development to advance Fraser Health’s strategic priorities.  A well rounded communications practitioner, you will also oversee the publication of the weekly internal e-newsletter, Fraser Health News, and provide strategic and tactical communications guidance to support region-wide programs and initiatives.

Our high performance team calls for a results-oriented individual who has a university degree in communications, public affairs or a related discipline and five to seven years of recently related experience (preferably within a large health care organization), or an equivalent combination of education, training, experience and professional accreditation. Your professional and technical competencies include superior interpersonal, oral and business/written communication skills; a talent for writing compelling articles and exceptional copy for various media; the ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines; and proficiency in electronic and web-based communication technology.

Serving 1.5 million people in Metro-Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, Fraser Health is a network of 12 hospitals and a wide range of community programs including residential care, home health, mental health, public health and chronic disease management. We employ more than 23,000 people, work with 2,200 physicians, and manage a budget of $2 billion.

To apply for this opportunity, please visit www.fraserhealth.ca and search under Career Opportunities for Posting # 44259. To supplement the on line applications, Resumes may also be sent by e-mail to recruitment@fraserhealth.ca.

Imagine the possibilities… then live them!