Note: Business Title is Specialist, Performance, Accountability & Funding Allocation (PAFA), Business Intelligence
At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.
What Ontario Health offers:
Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type.
· Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day
· Health care spending account
· Premium defined benefit pension plan
· 3 personal days and 2 float days annually
· Individual contributors start at 3 weeks’ vacation, and 4 weeks at 2 years
· Career development opportunities
· A collaborative values-based team culture
· Wellness programs
· A hybrid working model
· Participation in Communities of Inclusion
Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.
Here is what you will be doing:
Reporting to Director, Performance, Accountability & Funding Allocation (PAFA), the Specialist, PAFA(Business Intelligence) is responsible for designing information systems and tools to support efficiencies in the business processes across the 3 teams within PAFA (hospitals, community partners, and business intelligence). The systems and tools may include use of the Microsoft suite of tools with a key focus on Excel, Access, Forms, and SharePoint or SQL and database design. This role must have the ability to connect with multiple teams and develop an understanding of business processes to suggest where technology and tools can be applied to create efficiencies.
To be successful in this role requires strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, as well as a good understanding of business processes and information system (IS) methodologies.
This position is regional in nature, however tools or systems developed may be spread and scaled to other regional or provincial teams where relevant.
Here is what you will be doing:
- Collect, evaluate and comprehend the business needs of each PAFA team to drive performance and efficiency.
- Design, develop, test, and evaluate customized solutions using tools and information systems available (i.e. Excel, Access, Forms, SharePoint, SQL).
- Apply LEAN methodologies when suggesting customized information system solutions.
- Document, train, and support various IS solutions.
- Champion the use of best practices to support ongoing operational processes, reports, and data structures.
- Participate in the administration and maintenance of the PAFA SharePoint site.
- Develop tools and data structures that simplify access to data and analysis of data from a variety of data sources.
Here is what you will need to be successful:
Education and Experience
- University degree in health information management, management information systems, Data engineering, statistics or computer science (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- Two (2) to three (3) years related work experience
- Expert in the Excel and proficiency in Access, Forms, PowerBI, and SharePoint
- SQL experince is required
- Knowledge of and experience applying LEAN methodologies
- Experience with various information systems and tools and methodologies
- Experience building relationships and partnerships with multiple teams
- Project management experience, including demonstrated ability to efficiently plan, organize and manage multiple complex projects
- Understanding of change management and factors that impact adoption of technologies and experience in supporting the implementation of change projects
- Bilingualism (French and English) preferred
Knowledge and Skills:
- Ability to analyze information, problem-solve and make informed decisions
- Excellent planning, time-management, multi-tasking and organizational skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Self-directed with an ability to organize, plan, prioritize and multi-task
- Ability to communicate (verbal and written), facilitate, present to various staff levels
- Detail-oriented, well organized and able to manage time and multi-task to accomplish a variety of tasks, sometimes with conflicting priorities and timelines
- Flexible, adaptable, and responsive to change
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a dynamic team of professionals in an ever-changing, fast paced customer focused environment
Employment Type: Temporary Full-Time (12 months)
Salary Band: 4
Location: Central and West Region, Ontario (e.g., Toronto, Barrie, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton); currently hybrid; subject to change. All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.
External Application Deadline Date: September 27, 2024
Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; members of Black and racialized groups; 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary individuals; and people living with disabilities.
Ontario Health is an accessible employer and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.