Salary Range: $90,770-$130,481/year. The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education and experience, and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan. Salary will be prorated accordingly for part time roles.

Job Summary:

In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), safety, including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

The Evaluation Lead develops, oversees, and completes evaluation of key organizational change initiatives; works with internal and external partners and provides expert appraisal, guidance and recommendations to develop, implement, and evaluate  programs and initiatives to improve the quality and accessibility of health services, primary care, health promotion and prevention efforts, and related research and knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) activities; provides advice and consultation as a subject matter expert in evaluation and other complementary lines of systematic inquiry. Reporting to the Director, Quality Improvement, Evaluation and Projects, the Evaluation Lead works collaboratively across senior and executive operational and strategic leadership to guide, conduct, and build evaluation across Child Health BC and in collaboration with Child Health BC Network Partners.

Duties/Accountabilities:

• Leads multiple evaluation projects, with a focus on key organizational change initiatives. Activities include: literature review and synthesis, design and utilization of evaluation methodology and tools; collection, compilation, analysis, interpretation, and summary of data.
• Develops and executes stakeholder engagement and KTE strategies. Works with and engages with a broad range of stakeholders, including those with lived and living experience, to design, plan for, report on, and develop recommendations relating to change initiatives, applying principles and best practices from implementation science and KTE.
• Makes evidence-based recommendations to programs and leadership on the development, delivery, implementation, surveillance/monitoring and evaluation of program delivery models and practice improvement initiatives.
• Provides input to a range of projects to ensure they are methodologically rigorous and evidence-based. Provides guidance and direction regarding analysis and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative evaluation data and development of reports.
• Works collaboratively with operational and strategic leadership to inform the identification and development of meaningful performance, process and outcome measures relating to key change initiatives.
• Builds capacity across CHBC for evaluation, including developing applicable web content, sharing resources, providing feedback to teams undertaking an evaluation project, developing educational and delivering educational content.
• Engages and works collaboratively with diverse professional staff and leaders to ensure evaluation projects are on task and on target, and provide meaningful results and recommendations to inform practice and program improvements.
• Sits on applicable internal and external program and provincial committees as appropriate and/or required.
• Ensures that appropriate approvals are in place for projects, as required.
  
  

Qualifications:

• A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Masters or Ph.D. in social sciences or health-related sciences and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in related research/evaluation/decision support in a mental health and substance use setting.
• Leadership competencies include acting with integrity and trust, building a team environment, communicating clearly, fostering potential; using change management theory, implementation science, and evidence-based practices and approaches to lead the evaluation of organizational change initiatives; building partnerships and working collaboratively with diverse levels of staff and management internally and externally; engaging a diverse range of stakeholders, including those with lived/ living experience; achieving results by conceptualizing and demonstrating accountability, managing resources; and possessing health environment and political awareness.
• Professional competencies include demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills; expert knowledge of evaluation and research methodologies, principles and procedures; and expert knowledge of performance outcome measurement tools and techniques and program evaluation (e.g., program logic models, impact analysis); ability to use advanced microcomputer software such as databases and spreadsheets, and statistical computer software for analyses of complex data sets; and ability to function independently and as a part of an interdisciplinary team, and the ability to work well under pressure with limited supervision.