Professional Development Officer (Master Public Health Program)

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Job Summary

A Brief Overview

Reporting to the Department Head Public Health Sciences the Professional Development Officer will be responsible for arranging managing and evaluating practicum placements for students in the Department of Public Health courses and programs. The practicum is a required graduate course for students in the Master of Public Health (MPH) professional program comprised of a minimum 400-hour placement with a public health agency including internal and external research institutes. The Professional Development Officer will be required to communicate and negotiate with Senior Managers of agencies like Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Agency of Canada and to liaise with internal Departments including Queens legal counsel and the experiential learning hub. The Professional Development Officer will develop and maintain positive working relationships with these agencies and organizations and will facilitate the matching of Public Health Sciences students with these agencies and the guiding of hosts students and preceptors toward practicum completion. The Professional Development Officer will be responsible for ensuring the academic integrity of the practicum placement and for assisting to resolve any problems that may arise. The Professional Development Officer may also receive guidance from the MPH Program Director and course instructors.

This position acts as the contact for students staff and other departments regarding the program including requirements standards processes and enrollment. This position oversees student academic progress including registration course enrollments grading extensions academic integrity issues and degree completion. This position analyzes develops recommends and implements approaches measures and plans for the program. This position also establishes and maintains relationships with universities industries clients program participants corporations and/or alumni for the purposes of identifying opportunities and building awareness and connection to the program.

Job Description

What you will do

Acts as the contact for students staff and other departments regarding the program including requirements standards processes and enrollment.
Oversees student academic progress including registration course enrollments grading extensions academic integrity issues and degree completion.
Analyzes develops recommends and implements approaches measures and plans for the program.
Establishes and maintains relationships with universities industries clients program participants corporations and/or alumni for the purposes of identifying opportunities and building awareness and connection to the program.
Plans initiates and/or attends recruitment events.
Develops recommends and implements recruitment marketing campaigns.
Participates in planning for department website content updates.
Coordinates data collection and/or maintains information databases.

Required Education
Four-Year Bachelor Degree or equivalent.

Required Experience
More than 5 years of experience.
Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Knowledge and Requirements
Knowledge of concepts and principles in a specialist field that is typically acquired through a combination of advanced professional or academic qualifications and/or substantial work experience.
Provide effective consultation and advice on non-straightforward and/or complex issues.
Interaction with others requires interpersonal skills and the ability to understand and influence.
Adapt messages to meet the different needs of different audiences.
Builds relationships trust and credibility.
Prioritize and distribute work to deliver objectives on time and to the highest standard.
Identify in advance when the intended results may not be achieved and develops a plan to address the gaps.
Actively participate in project team meetings and develop individual and unit project plans.
Lead procedural or technological change within a unit.
Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
Seek information and input to fully understand the cause of problems.
Appropriately assesses risks before making a decision.
Contribute to the creation and evaluation of possible solutions.
Take action to remove obstacles and address problems before they impact performance and results.
Apply equity diversity accessibility inclusion and Indigenization considerations to decision making and planning.
Promote a work environment that is free from sexual violence harassment and discrimination and the ability to show empathy for those who have experienced trauma.

Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queens is strongly committed to employment equity diversity and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black racialized persons Indigenous people women persons with disabilities and 2SLGBTQI accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements priority will be given to those who are legally eligible to work in Canada.

The University provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to contact Human Resources at .