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Senior Director, Healthcare Infrastructure The position reports to the Senior Executive Director, Healthcare Infrastructure, Build Nova Scotia, and works in a coleadership model with other Senior Directors and the Senior Medical Director for Central Zone Healthcare Infrastructure projects. The Senior Director provides leadership and direction for all aspects of planning, procurement, delivery and facility activation for Build Nova Scotia Central Zone Healthcare Infrastructure projects. This senior role is specifically responsible for a portfolio essential to project success: equipment planning and technology integration, operational readiness and facility activation, communications, and the development of the postconstruction operating plan (PCOP). Responsibilities Accountable for the performance of the Central Zone team responsible for equipment planning, technology integration, operational readiness, facility activation, communications, and the PCOP. Manage overall project and people responsibilities, with the Directors of the Central Zone Healthcare Infrastructure team reporting directly to this position. Support Central Zone Healthcare Infrastructure Master Planning activities in collaboration with Nova Scotia Health, the Department of Public Works, and the Department of Health and Wellness. Partner with NSH Executive, NSH CZ Executive Directors (Operations & Medical), DHW, clinical and support service teams, and other key stakeholders. Lead assessment and response to the impact of new designs, technologies, and equipment, identifying opportunities to improve practices and processes within an academic health sciences centre. Assess and mitigate project risks and develop an operational readiness plan that facilitates the delivery of safe, quality care in new and renovated spaces, with appropriate communications and PCOP funding. Liaise with Health Authority operations, union partners, applicable Health Foundations, and educational partners to support the Health Authoritys academic mandate. Qualifications Masters degree in a related health discipline, business administration, or health administration, with significant experience in healthcare management/leadership (preferably in a tertiary academic health sciences centre). Seven (7) to ten (10) years of senior leadership experience with accountabilities for financial, strategic, and people management. Assets: Experience working in acute clinical services and the health system. Experience with the planning and/or delivery of largescale hospital redevelopment. Formal project management certification. Formal change management certification. Certified Health Executive (CHE) certification. Excellent leadership, relationshipbuilding, organizational, and decisionmaking skills. Experience with strategic planning, leading complex change, and providing progressive and innovative approaches to service delivery and program challenges. Strong presentation and public speaking skills responsive to audience needs. Collaboration, negotiation, and persuasion skills, engaging internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to respond to stakeholders needs with an acute awareness of the impact of action. Demonstrated project management, process reengineering, and organizational skills. Capacity to work effectively under pressure and with changing priorities and deadlines. About Build Nova Scotia Healthcare Infrastructure Division Build Nova Scotia Healthcare Infrastructure Division is committed to delivering an extensive, multisite, multiyear infrastructure redevelopment plan designed to ensure the healthcare needs of Nova Scotians are met for the next 50 years. The plan includes major expansions and additions to hospitals and health services in communities across the province, including the Halifax and Cape Breton Regional Municipalities. Successful project delivery will allow services to be moved out of aging facilities such as the Centennial, Victoria, and Dickson buildings on the Victoria General (VG) site of the QEII. Master planning for the redevelopment program focuses on modernizing the health care system to keep Nova Scotians at the heart of our delivery of bestinclass services. For more information, please visit buildns.ca . Build NS (formerly NS Lands) has an Employment Equity Policy and welcomes applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians, other racially visible persons, persons with disabilities, and women in roles numerically underrepresented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to selfidentify on your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr