Manager, Health Services Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 54510)

Description

Are you passionate about fostering a workplace where every employee feels safe and valued? Do you thrive on creating a culture of proactive safety measures and promoting employee well-being? If so, we're searching for you!

Supporting the City of Edmonton's Workforce Safety and Employee Health Branch, the Manager, Health Services is a key leader in the integration of occupational health services within the Corporate Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Strategy. In this role, you will provide leadership and guidance to a multi-disciplinary team of professionals in the provision of Occupational Health service delivery to the organization as a whole, and you will play an important role in aligning occupational health programs to corporate priorities and emerging needs.
 

Goals & Deliverables:

• Lead, coach and mentor a team consisting of Occupational Hygiene, Occupational Health Nurse, and Hazardous Material Consultants to ensure the corporate health programs are appropriately developed, implemented and continuously improved

• Engage and support staff in developing action plans to enhance communication, solve problems, mitigate conflict, promote integration, and support excellence

• Develop and implement performance, career development and management plans

• Encourage organizational adoption and participation in occupational health programs that prevent employee illness or injury

• Support and promote occupational health initiatives at the Corporate level and ensure Corporate standards are current with occupational health and safety legislated requirements

• Manage and oversee the Occupational Health Physician support contract

• Provide support to the team and manage team resources accordingly

• In alignment with Corporate, Division and Branch strategies, actively participate in the development of business planning and associated operational strategies for the section and branch

• Consult and interface with business partners throughout the Corporation to discuss priorities and identify gaps in existing safety & health programming

• Collaborate with the leadership teams across the organization to assess priorities and develop required business plans

• Develop strategic internal and external relationships that support health and safety initiatives and system continuous improvement