Health Promoter
Health Promoter
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13-04-2025
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ABOUT US
Almost 1.2 million residents call York Region home making it one of the largest regions in Canada and the fastest growing with a population thats expected to grow to more than 2 million by 2041. Our geography which is comprised of about 1800 square kilometers over nine different municipalities is as beautiful interesting and diverse as our people. Local government is organized in a twotier structure and we work together with our local municipalities to provide residents and businesses access to a broad selection of services and resources.
WHAT WE OFFER
Consistently named one of Canadas Best Employers by Forbes we offer a collaborative progressive workplace that takes pride in our organizational culture and is committed to living The 13 Factors of Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace aligned with our vision to create strong caring and safe communities both within and outside our walls.
- Defined Benefit Pension Program With the Ontario Municipality Employees Retirement System (OMERS) defined benefit pension plan you can confidently retire knowing that you will have income for life. Eligibility from date of hire as a fulltime employee and includes employermatched contributions.
- Employer of Choice Recognized as the highestranking government employer in Canada and fourth overall among 300 organizations.
- Benefits and Wellness Employees and their loved ones have access to an employee health care spending account access to a 24/7 Employee and Family Assistance Program and corporate discounts and purchase plans for daytoday products and services. Casual employees are eligible to receive payment in lieu of benefits and/or vacation.
- Inclusive and Diverse Workforce Were committed to fostering an environment that celebrates all dimensions of diversity and ensures everyone can develop to their full potential participate freely in society and live with respect dignity and freedom from discrimination. Our robust Inclusion Diversity Equity and Accessibility program continues to grow and has been recognized by the United Nations and many other organizations for our leadership.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Manager Healthy Living is responsible for developing public health communication strategies and health promotion interventions applying knowledge of the social determinants of health health promotion and community development; conducting environmental scans and political analysis to develop recommendations based on health policy frameworks and evidencebased literature; identifying program priorities by reviewing and analyzing existing epidemiological behavioural and sociodemographic data and thorough assessments of community assets and needs; and collaborating with community partners to help promote an evidenceinformed population health promotion approach that includes identifying health issues and strategically engaging in programming education advocacy capacity building and policy initiatives.
WHAT YOULL BE DOING
- Assesses community needs and analyzes information with respect to public health issues.
- Conducts literature and environmental scans to determine best practices for health promotion interventions.
- Identifies and recommends strategies to achieve program objectives and ensure the delivery of a comprehensive program based on program budgets.
- Develops implements and evaluates communitybased initiatives supporting health promotion strategies such as community mobilization advocacy healthy public policy and health education.
- Incorporates teachinglearning principles and behavioural change strategies to encourage individuals and communities to improve their health.
- Facilitates and coordinates the development of communication plans and social marketing strategies for programs and services including issues management media and advertising campaigns.
- Identifies emerging health trends and issues and provides analysis based on evidence; prepares briefings reports and recommendations that will influence strategic initiatives programs and policy development that will impact health outcomes.
- Conducts research and analysis utilizing various data sources including the internet social media peer reviewed literature and focus groups.
- Collaborates with community partners in development of partnerships to improve access to clients and community.
- Participates on various internal and external committees and task forces as directed.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
- Successful completion of a Masters Degree in Public Health with a focus on Health Promotion; or equivalent approved combination of education and experience.
- Minimum three 3 years of experience in community based health promotion program development implementation monitoring and evaluation including conducting situational assessments and environmental scans to identify community assets resources challenges and gaps.
- Experience with developing plans to implement program goals objectives evaluation and implementation steps including budgets.
- Knowledge of and experience with social media and conducting research including the analysis of statistical data and trends.
- Critical understanding of theoretical approaches methods and strategies required for health promotion activities and interventions.
- Satisfactory Police Criminal Background Check.
- Ability to travel to various offsite locations in a timely and efficient manner as required.
Employment Type
Full Time
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