Corporate Advisor, Planning and Corporate Advisory Services

Competition # : 50438

Department: Health and Wellness

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG

Closing Date: 24-Nov-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Our mission is to lead a quality, equitable and sustainable health care system that inspires and promotes the health and well-being of all people in Nova Scotia. Along with our partners, including Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Centre, we are committed to continually improving our health care system. With a focus on collaborative primary health care, continuing care, improved supports for mental health and addictions, digital health, capital infrastructure, and more, the department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve quality. To do this, we’re recruiting leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.

About Our Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, Planning and Corporate Advisory Services, the Corporate Advisor will directly impact and inform the strategic direction and decision making of the department with regards to its corporate functions, including interaction with the House of Assembly (HOA) as well as supporting senior leadership, including the Minister(s), Deputies and Associate Deputies. You will lead the creation of material for the minister and senior leadership to use for HOA committee appearances and HOA debate, including Budget Estimates and Question Period. You will also lead and/or support strategic corporate and program initiatives, including Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP), Office of the Auditor General (OAG) reporting, organizing and moderating intra-departmental forums and exchanges, conducting research, project management, and making material fit for purpose and clients.

You will work closely with other divisions/branches within the Department of Health and Wellness, the Office of Health Professional Recruitment (OHPR), the Office of Addictions and Mental Health (OAMH), Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care (SLTC), and key system partners (NSH, IWK etc.) to ensure material and processes align with departmental objectives.

Primary Accountabilities

In this role, you have several key responsibilities including:

• Collaborating across DHW, OAMH, OHPR and SLTC to lead the advancement and implementation of robust processes to develop and review material for the House of Assembly (HOA)
• Leading the creation of material to support the minister and senior leadership with HOA committee appearances and HOA debate.
• Supporting the briefing of the minister and senior leadership regarding their responsibilities to the HOA, including committee preparations.
• Providing analysis and summaries of HOA debates and HOA committee appearances.
• Tracking, summarizing, and analyzing questions from Estimates and Question Period, and leading appropriate follow-up.
• Working with DHW, SLTC, OHPR and OAMH to respond to requests for information from HOA and multiple standing committees.
• Working with the DHW/SLTC/OAMH Correspondence Team(s) to create a robust process to flag and summarize correspondence relevant to HOA debate and committee appearances.
• Providing advice and recommendations to the Manager of Planning and Corporate Advisory Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Operations regarding project and divisional planning, and strategic narrative development.
• Conducting comprehensive research, analysis, measurement, and evaluation of complex policy issues to provide strategic advice to senior leadership and ensure material reflects up-to-date information and key issues.
• Collaborating across the department and with OAMH and OHPR to respond professionally to urgent and evolving requests from the Minister’s Office or senior leadership.
• Working across DHW, SLTC, OHPR and OAMH to provide a suite of corporate services, such as moderating intra-departmental forums and exchanges, conducting research, project management advice, and ensuring material is fit for purpose and audience.
• Strengthening linkages and relationships within and between DHW, OAMH, SLTC and OHPR.
• Supporting secretariat functions for Bi -Weekly Executive Leadership meetings and leading the secretariat functions for quarterly Directors Forum.
• Coordinating scheduling of meetings and briefings as required.
• Supporting the intake and distribution of FOIPOP requests to the appropriate branches and offices and helping to coordinate the gathering of records as required.
• Working with DHW, SLTC, OHPR and OAMH to report back on progress implementing OAG recommendations.

Qualifications and Experience

This role informs the department’s external communication of its strategic direction, mandate, priorities, and outcomes. As such, the incumbent will take initiative in establishing key relationships across the department, offices and with key health system partners, and developing a thorough knowledge and understanding of the department’s core programs. The position requires experience in receiving complex information, including data, with an eye to analyzing, drawing out, and presenting the main points in a succinct and professional manner.

As the ideal candidate for this position, you will have a bachelor’s degree, plus several years of progressive and relevant experience. To be successful in this role, you possess:

• A positive and professional approach to leadership
• Strong relationship building skills
• Demonstrated experience managing engagement with internal and/or external stakeholders
• Demonstrated knowledge of the executive and/or legislative process of government
• Demonstrated experience drafting and/or coordinating briefing material.
• Excellent writing, organization, and planning skills
• Highly organized, confident communicator and presenter
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
  
  

You will also have excellent interpersonal skills, including respect for discretion and confidentially of information. You must be proficient with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (or equivalent). A proficiency with AI tools, particularly Microsoft Co-Pilot is an asset.

We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

Benefits

Based on the employment status, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

Working Conditions

• Normal work week is 35 hours/week, 7 hours/day
• May be required to work overtime on occasion
  
  

Additional Information

Qualified candidates from this competition may also be considered for other equivalent opportunities within the Planning & Corporate Advisory Services team.

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths
• A dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.
  
  

Pay Grade:EC 11

Salary Range:$3,571.99 - $4,465.03 Bi-Weekly

Employment Equity Statement: Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians, Persons of African Descent, Racialized Persons, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ Persons and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.

Accommodation Statement: We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Candidates may request accommodations based on any grounds protected by the Human Rights Act. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].

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PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.

If you are receiving a pension from the Nova Scotia Public Service Superannuation Plan (PSSP) or any related plans, you cannot receive pension payments while contributing to the same plan. If you accept a position that requires PSSP contributions, your pension payments must be stopped. Please contact the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation for more information.

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. Where required, candidates must provide proof that they are legally entitled to work in Canada. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to [email protected].