CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION NOVA SCOTIA DIVISION

Position Description: SEAK Project Manager

The Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division (CMHA NS) is part of a nation-wide charitable organization that promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness. The CMHA NS mission is to promote the mental health of all Nova Scotians.

Job Title: SEAK Phase III Project Manager (Inter-provincial Collaboration on Scaling Up Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Atlantic Canada)

Report to: CMHA NS Executive Director

Hours of Work:8:30- 4:30;5 days a week,possibility of evenings and weekend work

Work Duration: 2 year contract

Wage Scale: 55,000.00 – 63, 000.00 FTE per annum, plus benefits (health, dental, disability)

  • Mental Health Days –Full Time 1 every 2 months up to 6 per annum. MH Days are not cumulative
  • Sick Days—.75 days for each full month of service completed up to a maximum of 105 accumulated days
  • Vacation: 1.25 days for each full month of service

After 3 months of service, the contracted

  • Basic Life Insurance is 50% employer paid
  • Health, Dental and EAP is 50% employer paid
  • Dependent Life, Optional Life, Voluntary AD&D and LTD is 50% employer paid

Work Location: Atlantic Canada

About the SEAK Project

Socially and Emotionally Aware Kids (SEAK) is a 3 phased mental health promotion project of CMHA NS, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, Innovative Strategy Division. The SEAK Project Phase III entails a two-ponged scale up approach: (1) implementation of a comprehensive school based SEL approach PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) in select pilot school communities in each of the four Atlantic Provinces; and, (2) with leadership from the 4 Atlantic provinces the project will employ a systematic approach to increase the capacity, reach, impact and sustainability of SEL in Atlantic Canada.

Description

Reporting and directly accountable to the CMHA NS Executive Director, the Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management and collaborative coordination of all project partners and contracted staff to ensure the successful completion of the SEAK Phase III project deliverables. The Project Manager will oversee the project workplan and coordinate the timely implementation and evaluation of the project core action area activities and deliverables. Drawing upon strong project management and community development skills the Project Manager will employ a collaborative management approach to guide the governance structure for the project and ensure adherence to the project staff and partnership roles, responsibilities and accountabilities. Strong leadership and collaborative skills will be used to maintain positive partnerships and project relations and to support effective communications among and between the project partners and project team members in a pro-active and professional manner.

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Social Sciences (Sociology, Education, Business) or Sciences (Psychology, Health Promotion, Nursing) or equivalent combination of demonstrated multi-sectoral, cross- jurisdictional project management experience (education and skill).
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferable.

Skills and Experience:

  • A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience managing a multi-pronged health promotion scale up project.
  • Experience working with government and navigating collective action at a local, provincial and regional level
  • Superior interpersonal, organization, methodological, project management and communication skills
  • Strong team coordination skills
  • Demonstrated ability to support collect impact and health promotion scale up efforts
  • Extensive proposal and report writing skills
  • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Superior communication skills
  • Superior task prioritization and multi-tasking skills
  • Strict adherence to timelines
  • Ability to work with diversity and conflicting personalities and team skill sets
  • Knowledge and experience working with multiple partner/stakeholder groups
  • Superior trouble shooting skills
  • Familiarity with government systems and school-based social and emotional learning
  • Highly flexible to an ever changing project demands and shifting priorities
  • Appreciation and knowledge of program evaluation principles and processes
  • Critical thinker
  • Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Leadership and accountability for the successful execution of project management skills to guide and direction project work plan activities Manage and coordination of project work plan activities and deliverables
  • Daily oversight andprovision of support for the successful and sustainable scaling up of social and emotional learning in Atlantic Canada
  • Serve as the first contact for project and delegate tasks to appropriate person and/or partner groups as required
  • Leadership and facilitated guidance to ensure project partners, committees, working groups and team adherence to the project’s governance structure and partners and contracted staffs adherence to their roles, responsibilities, timelines and accountabilities
  • Maintain and enhance project relationships
  • On-going management of project communications and supportivelinkages and relationships
  • Conduct on-going project risk assessments
  • Ensure project deliverables are on task and on time
  • Provide leadership and liaison support to Atlantic Steering Committee
  • Regular and on-going project progress reporting and accountability to CMHA NS Executive Director
  • Organize, lead and facilitate project meetings
  • Maintain accurate project record/information storage system
  • On-going gathering, synthesis and provision of evidence to support project decision making

Contact Person:

Pamela Magee, CMHA NS Executive Director

902-466-6600