public health director

Competition # : 49621 Department: Health and Wellness Location: HALIFAX Type of Employment: Permanent Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG Closing Date: 01-Sep-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. Along with our partners, including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre, we're committed to continually improving our health care system. With a focus on collaborative primary health care, urgent and emergency care, acute care, community-based supports, digital health, capital infrastructure, and more, the department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this, we need leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference. About Our Opportunity The Director, Public Health Surveillance leads a team of epidemiologists and other surveillance staff and provides leadership and direction for the development and delivery of multiple plans and strategies aligned to departmental and government priorities related to the surveillance of public health issues whose purpose is to understand the health of communities and population health determinants, and recognize and assess outbreaks and trends in chronic disease, communicable disease, and injury. The Director is responsible for approving plans and strategies and makes recommendations to senior leadership on whether a major initiative should proceed. The Director also contributes to the development of frameworks and policies by working with partners in other departments and identifies new innovative opportunities programs, markets, and initiatives to further develop and strengthen Nova Scotia. Primary Accountabilities <span style="font-family:arial, helv