General Responsibilities:• Manage a cross-functional policy and program unit with six staff, effectively facilitating and overseeing the management of health promotion and prevention programs (e.g., COVID-19 School Focused Nurse Initiative) and development of strategic policy proposals (e.g., Provincial Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention), presentations, and briefings to executive leaders.Policy and Program Highlights:• School Health COVID-19 Response – Provided policy and program leadership, central coordination and strategic advice as the OCMOH's manager lead for the COVID-19 response for school and child care settings, including:o Providing strategic coordination and leadership within the division on cross-cutting issues relating to COVID-19 and schools/child care, including: Strategic Policy & Public Health Measures; Testing; Screening; IPAC; CCM & Outbreak Management; Data & Surveillance; and Vaccinations. o Leading, facilitating and supporting proactive and ongoing engagement with Public Health Unit (PHU) School Health teams at all levels, including weekly/biweekly regional calls with local MOHs, AMOHS, and School Health operational teams; biweekly calls with School Health Managers and School-Focused Nurses. o Leading the development, implementation and evaluation of a new initiative to fill 625 new school-focused nursing positions within PHUs, including a stakeholder engagement strategy, development of a comprehensive role clarification resource, and implementation of a monitoring and evaluation strategy. • Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program – Led a cross-functional team to deliver on the IT and Privacy and Security workstreams of the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP), including developing an end-to-end Privacy Impact Assessment, implementing a risk mitigation strategy, and coordinating and monitoring the development and testing of an automated income-verification process between the Ministry of Finance and a third party administrator.

Policy and Program Development- Lead and/or coordinate projects to conceptualize, develop, assess and recommend policy, programs, standards, services and implementation frameworks, within the Population and Public Health Division.Policy and Program Evaluation- Identify and define policy and program results and lead the design and development of performance evaluation frameworks and indicators to measure compliance with mandatory and other policy and program requirements (e.g. reporting) and/or achievement of desired outcomes.Stakeholder Relations/ Partnerships- Develop critical stakeholder relationships across the ministry with other provincial ministries and federal/provincial and territorial jurisdictions to consult and solicit input on proposed policies and programs and to ensure linkages and integration with other related population and public health initiatives.- Lead and /or represent the Branch on ministry, cross-ministry or inter-jurisdictional working groups and committees, mandated to develop a coordinated approach to policy and program development.Information/Advice/Issues Management- Research and coordinate information from various sources within and across ministries to respond to information requests from ministry senior management or central agencies such as Cabinet Office.- Provide advice on policy and program issues to senior management.- Prepare a range of analyses/communications to support issues management such as briefing notes, correspondence, policy papers and presentations.

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ADVICE• Provided leadership and advice on organizational values, strategic goals, planning and priorities, and change-management, in concert with other members of senior management, during a period of significant growth.• Founded and strategically grew the Research, Policy and Development Department, over a 5-year period, to a team of 8 people with an annual budget in excess of $500,000.RESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT• Provided strategic, values- and evidence-based policy advice to the Board, Executive Director and senior management regarding the promotion of LGBTQ2S human rights and equitable inclusion, grounded in intersectional, anti-racist and anti-oppressive (ARAO) practice.• Led the development of policy, community-based participatory research, legislative analysis, and educational resources (e.g., e-modules, lesson plans, professional training curricula, etc.) relating to LGBTQ2S human rights and inclusion, social determinants of health, anti-racism, and anti-oppression, and provided expert policy review, consultation and development to private, non-profit and public sector partners and clients.COMMUNICATIONS, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT• Developed, reviewed and approved organizational communications, social media, resources and other products to ensure accuracy of information and consistency with organizational branding.• Served as a lead representative of the organization to external clients, funders, contractors, national media, municipal, provincial and federal government representatives, and members of diverse, allied communities across Canada and internationally.OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND TEAM BUILDING• Interviewed, hired and provided training, support and direction to the departmental team.• Prepared successful grant and RFP submissions with budgets exceeding $100,000.• Led the development and implementation of internal operational and human resources policies and procedures.

- Conducted risk-based analyses and environmental scans of emerging issues.- Participated in centre-wide strategic forward planning in order to increase organization efficiency and synchronicity of vision and project planning. - Planned and coordinated logistics and communications for a national conference of 150 participants, managing a budget of $45,000.- Exercised superior judgment in responsibly managing highly sensitive and confidential documents.

- Participated in political campaigns and presented to House of Commons and Senate standing committees.- Recruited and managed volunteers while organizing participation in 20 different events and conferences across Canada. - Re-organized the membership/resource database in order to improve utility and accessibility.- Researched and responded to high volumes of email and phone inquiries regarding human rights issues, laws and legal procedures, and subsequently identified the most common questions received and created standard responses in order to improve efficiency in organizational communications.- Performed general office management.

- Oversaw and directed, as Editor-in-Chief, all management, financial, editorial, and event planning matters for a quarterly, socio-political university newspaper with a staff of 15 individuals.- Developed a strategic forward plan in order to expand distribution from 500 to 1,000 copies per issue.- Liaised with stakeholders, student groups and international organizations in order to increase content-per-issue by 30% and include articles from students in developing nations.- Organized numerous events, including a political debate and a photography exhibition designed to provide networking opportunities between students and non-governmental organizations

- Conducted research and developed guidelines on the governance of Crown corporations.- Performed an assessment of portfolio coordination within a government department, as part of the government-wide Management Accountability Framework.- Liaised with other government departments, agencies and Crown corporations.

- Developed communications products and prepared content for an Intranet site.- Conducted research to improve the services offered by the FCRO and better align them with the needs of provinces, territories, stakeholders and individuals.

- Director General Award recipient for outstanding contribution and commitment to excellence.- Participated in the development of policies and communications products for the creation of the FCRO.- Organized and participated in consultations with provincial and territorial officials.- Compiled a comprehensive public report on an extensive consultation period.