Black Health Equity Specialist

The Black Health Equity Specialist, is responsible for supporting better health access, experiences and outcomes for Black patients and families. The specialist will inform the implementation of the Black Health Plan, support the organizational approach to health equity including but not limited to data collection, usage and engage in inclusive staff community, patient and family engagement to facilitate coordinated approaches that enable co-design, implementation, and evaluation of patient-informed, innovative solutions aimed at reducing inequities in care.

- Undergraduate degree in Quality Improvement; Health Equity, Public Policy with emphasis on human rights, gender studies, Social Justice or Equity; Social Work,  Public Health; or Health Care Leadership., Masters Preferred. 
- Experience with Health Equity data collection and understanding of best practices. 
- Understanding of effectiveness methodologies, change management, project management and process improvement skills.
- Critical Analysis of Equity Diversity and Inclusion topics in Health Care and experience working with diverse communities (racialized individuals, LGBTQ2+ people, women, youth, people with disabilities, Indigenous people, immigrant populations).
- Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to act as an informal leader, influencing performance driven teams while aligning with organization values, setting priorities and undertaking multiple tasks with tight deadlines.
- Broad understanding of hospital operations across the organization to inform discussions and creative solutions to building an inclusive community.
- Experience, knowledge and understanding of concepts related to co-design, patient engagement and community engagement principles and data governance models. 
- Knowledge and understanding of First Nations OCAP Principles, Black Health Equity EGAP Principles and Data Governance Best Practices.
- Effective communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with a keen ability to engage with various stakeholders and members of the community, resulting in collaborative partnerships and data governance agreements.
- Strong ability to conduct research, design, develop plans/procedures/write reports.
- Ability to be creative and proactive in offering new approaches to problem solve.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with people from diverse racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender backgrounds.
- Demonstrated emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills; ability to influence an outcome across all levels through a consultative methodology.
- Ability to work independently and effectively as leader or member in teams, on task-forces, and committees.
- Ability to successfully navigate challenging conversations among diverse groups and build consensus.
- Sound knowledge working with relevant legislation, including the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and the Employment Equity Act, and other relevant human rights legislation as required.