Leader, Planning & Priorities

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $55.25 - $79.42 / hour

Job Summary

We are searching for an innovative leader with experience in strategic planning, performance measurement and priority setting within complex health systems with a passion for health system transformation. As our Leader of Strategic Priorities and Planning , you will manage our planning processes, provide expert advice to Fraser Health leadership, and lead a small team to develop, implement and refine our planning frameworks and tools.

The Leader will be responsible for the implementation of an integrated planning process within Fraser Health that incorporates Ministry expectations, Fraser Health priorities (including budget, capital and population health needs), and emerging trends in health care.

The right candidate will

Demonstrate expertise in developing and leading organization-wide planning cycles, including strategic plans, annual priority planning, service plans and annual reports

Have a proven ability to partner with senior executives, clinical leaders, and corporate partners to align priorities and translate complex organizational challenges into actionable strategies and plans

Be a collaborative and influential leader who builds high-performing teams, fosters a culture of continuous improvement and champions evidence-based planning and decision-making

Bring a strong foundation in planning and health system performance measurement, project and portfolio management, strategic communications coupled with an in-depth understanding of complex health systems

Are you passionate about joining our team? We will be looking for you to have:

Master’s degree in Health, Business Administration or related discipline.

Supplemented by strategy development or project or change management training.

Ten (10) years’ recent planning, evaluation or strategic transformation experience including policy analysis/development, project/program/portfolio management, management consulting and the supervision of others, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Valid BC Driver's Licence and access to a vehicle for business related purposes.

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be acceptable.

This is a Relief Full-Time position available until June 2027, based at our Central City office in Surrey, BC.

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Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

The Leader, Planning & Priorities, provides strategic and operational guidance and direction in developing and implementing the framework for organizational planning and reporting in Fraser Health. The Leader is responsible for building and connecting organizational planning capabilities as they relate to the framework, and designing and coordinating effective planning and evaluation processes that yield quality, integrated plans and reports that serve Fraser Health, Ministry of Health and public needs.

Key to Fraser Health’s transformation capability, these strategies, plans and reports put focus on and drive short and long-term priorities across the organization, and enable measurement of results.

Responsibilities

Leads the development of organizational plans and reports (including Objectives and Key Results, Service Plan, Annual Service Plan Report, and progress reports) through an annual cycle of clarifying priorities and requirements of Ministry, Board and Executive, facilitating key executive decisions, engaging partners in identifying strategic and operational priorities, developing plans and facilitating the review and approval processes. These plans and reports align and integrate function-specific plans and reports from across the organization (including clinical, health human resource, information management, and capital).

In collaboration with executive sponsors, develops, records, assesses and communicates the organization-wide perspective of major initiatives and changes underway, through the corporate Change Registry.

Partners with clinical and corporate departments to develop annual and strategic plans that are aligned with provincial and Fraser Health priorities. Engages with corporate support partners to align data collection and reporting, risk management, and communication planning to executive planning needs and decisions.

Regularly maps/integrates the status and results of planning processes and major organizational initiatives.

Provides early thought leadership to executive sponsors on change initiative design and mitigation of risks for increased likelihood of success and benefit realization.

Establishes evidence-based planning and reporting processes and templates, and monitors progress on key initiatives, maintains baseline reports, and identifies critical issues and trends for executive level awareness and decisions. Provides comprehensive analysis and reports to Executive and Ministry on corporate and provincial priorities.

Provides strategic and organizational planning and reporting knowledge and leadership to other members of the ODPT team to enhance their awareness and understanding of the current strategic priorities, plans and commitments as well as of corporate and strategic planning processes and timelines.

Develops and implements planning and reporting standards, tools and templates and establishes methodologies. Responsible for quality assurance (including providing direction to leaders across Fraser Health) to ensure integrity of plans and reports.

Leads the selection and development of staff assigned to the Planning and Priorities team.

Manages assigned budget, reviews variances, projects future variances, develops and implements plans for course correction.

Leads the development of ODPT team members being prepared for and taking on increasing responsibilities in leadership, strategic planning and reporting.

Provides updates, analyses and communications to se