Job Summary

Curious to learn what it’s like to work here? Connect with us! We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. If you're ready to join a team dedicated to providing care and support, apply now! Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of individuals and families, empowering them on their journey to recovery. To learn more about our MHSU programs and services, read employee insights, and current job vacancies, please visit this site: Fraser Health MHSU. Take the next step and apply so we can continue the conversation with you.

Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families: Provides leadership in the evaluation of program service and design for Mental Health & Substance Use (MHSU), in consultation with program/initiative leadership. Responsible for the planning and development of evaluation frameworks, data analyses and reporting requirements by reviewing clinical, financial, human resource and operational data, and the application of expert knowledge in program evaluation. Integrates the implementation of a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System (MELS) for programs and initiatives. Works collaboratively with members of MHSU evaluation team, staff of various organizational units and other internal and external stakeholders in support of the mission, philosophies, and goals of Fraser Health (FH).

Responsibilities

• Serves as the evaluation lead for various MHSU programs and initiatives related to Fraser Health Strategic Priorities requiring evaluation services, by planning, coordinating, and implementing program evaluations.
• Conducts assessments for feasibility of planning and evaluations by engaging with internal and external stakeholders, including the senior leadership, local governments, and community organizations.
• Recommends changes to programs, delivery of care and impacts on services and staff resources.
• Reviews initiatives in development and already underway and works with program leads to develop an overarching evaluation plan, in collaboration with expertise within and external to FH.
• Works in partnership with FH program evaluators to both align and maintain alignment between other health authorities, program and local community goals, objectives, measurement methods, and indicators, to ensure benefits realization through successful implementation of program (vertical) and continuum (horizontal) based initiatives in all phases, such as the plan, design, implementation, and evaluation.
• Develops evaluation plans by reviewing evidence-based literature, identifying stakeholders, developing logic models, identifying meaningful key performance indicators for structure, process, and outcomes, developing the research design and data collection methods, specifying data collection instruments, and developing data analysis plans for both qualitative and quantitative data.
• Conducts/co-ordinates the implementation of the evaluation plan and analysis of data. Provides regular progress reports as needed and requested.
• Synthesizes and interprets data, develops written reports and presentations with stakeholder input, and presents final results to stakeholders as required.
• Participates in planning and implementing learning sessions within FH and other health authorities, as appropriate.
• Ensures evaluation program compliance with FH Privacy policies.
• Participates on regional committees and attends meetings to provide support, guidance, findings and evaluation information, and expertise to others undertaking evaluation processes.

Qualifications

Master's degree in a health-related field, statistics, social science, economics, or business management including course work in evaluation design and qualitative and quantitative analysis, with a strong academic background in research methodology, plus five (5) years recent, related experience working in a health care environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

COMPETENCIES:

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Ability to lead complex multi-disciplinary teams comprised of internal and external resources.
• Skilled in leading responsively in an environment of change and redefinition.
• Knowledge of the delivery of care in a public health care system, government processes and health authority structures and responsibilities.
• Knowledge of evaluation processes including Logic Models, Performance Monitoring frameworks, and data analyses.
• Ability to work with all office software, manipulate large data sets, and generate reports and materials that communicate findings to various audiences in an effective written, visual, and spoken manner.
• Ability to use quantitative and qualitative data analysis software.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner. Together, we are the heart of health care.