Vancouver Coastal Health Looking for Director, Special Projects (Workforce Planning – VCH Vancouver CST Implementation Team) at Vancouver, BC Full Time

As a Director, Special Projects (Workforce Planning – VCH-Vancouver CST Implementation Team) with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:

• Lead the development and implementation of innovative and creative approaches, opportunities, initiatives, and projects for delivery of high quality, value added and efficient services, to support long term strategies and effectively address customer needs and expectations.
• Create project plans and promotes effective project management including establishing project charter, objectives, timelines and critical path, collaboration with stakeholders, engagement of appropriate resources, facilitation of project activities, progress monitoring, problem resolution, and recommendations to senior management team.
• Provide best practice expertise to VCH and partner organizations through strategic and operational planning, research, evaluation, forecasting/model development, complex feasibility studies, and business cases associated with large-scale reviews of practices, procedures and systems.
• Ensure that effective processes are in place to assess project risks, identify risk mitigation strategies and monitor risk throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Assume responsibility for project management of specific initiatives from conception through to implementation and post-transition, including preparing and issuing Requests for Proposals (RFPs), reviewing responses, recommending consultants to be retained, supervising consultants’ contracts as appropriate, and ensuring adherence to project timeframes and budget.
• Develop and successfully manage project budgets within the context of operational demands and environmental and resource constraints.
• Lead and manage multidisciplinary project teams, sets priorities, assigns work and monitors to ensure teams meet deadlines and objectives.
• Foster effective relationships across VCH to maintain sponsorship support for project initiatives and activities, keep relevant stakeholders aware of project status, and create partnerships and opportunities for development of new projects.
• Develop and strengthen external linkages with community, various levels of government, education institutes, other health regions, and other health related organizations to promote the exchange of information and ideas.

• Masters degree in Health Services Administration, Business Administration or related masters degree.
• 10 years’ recent, related experience that includes hospital budgeting, managing strategic and operational projects, and facilitating and managing consultation processes with a wide range of stakeholder groups (including the public, senior and middle management, physicians and staff).
• Current registration with relevant professional College/Association, if applicable.
• Demonstrated commitment to on-going learning and professional development.

• Fosters collaboration and effective working relationships with stakeholders that promote cooperative goals and contribute to an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect.
• Inspires a shared vision and aligns performance goals and objectives for team and individuals to ensure match with strategy while maintaining group cohesiveness, motivation, commitment and effectiveness.
• Applies superior conflict management skills and expertise to persuade and negotiate effective resolution of issues/disputes.
• Displays comprehensive knowledge of project management principles and methodologies and ability to coach team members on these skills.
• Uses sound business acumen to manage the fiscal resources of assigned projects/services in a manner that is financially responsible and consistent with overall goals of the organization.
• Maintains a thorough understanding of available resources for projects and applicable stakeholder groups, provides feedback and detailed analysis on project processes and makes recommendations as required.
• Utilizes initiative, vision, independent thinking and creative problem-solving abilities to implement project plans and realize project completion.
• Employs excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively present information to relevant stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Works independently and effectively under time pressure to meet deadlines, balance work priorities and resolve problems in a timely manner.