Cheshire Independent Living & Dale Brain Injury Services are hiring a Project Manager Contract Position

About Cheshire

Cheshire Independent Living Services has been making independence possible for people living with significant disabilities and frail seniors since 1979. Cheshire is a non-profit, government-funded organization that has dedicated itself to ensuring members of our communities get the opportunity to live an active, independent, and dignified life. Cheshire's focus is on ‘Person-Centered' support, empowering our consumers to tailor their care to their unique needs, interests, requests, feelings, and preferences.

About Dale Brain

Dale Brain Injury provides a continuum of high quality, client-centered services to persons affected by an acquired brain injury. By providing services that are accessible, evidence-based and responsive to the changing needs of our clients, our community, and our partners, DBIS supports individuals to maximize their strengths and live healthy, meaningful lives.

As accredited organizations, Cheshire Independent Living and Dale Brain Injury Services have a long history of working together and are viewed as system leaders within the sector and the health system.

Cheshire Benefits

- Mileage is paid for work-related travel

- We believe in building connections; this includes with our staff, consumers and external stakeholders. We have developed a working environment full of support, learning, and safe practices.

- After successful completion of your probationary period, full-time staff are eligible to receive benefits.

- We are a company that encourages individual and team growth and support

- Pet-friendly workplace and policies

Overview

Title: Project Manager

Status: Contract Full-Time

Timeline: Funding for this project runs from January 2025 to December 2026.

Shift: Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm. With the ability to flex hours depending on the needs of the organization.

Starting Rate of Pay: $80,000 - $90,000/year

Plus, Mileage Reimbursed at $0.48/km as applicable

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Manager to prepare and align with emerging Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), we will seek to meet the needs of diverse and complex client populations through the development and testing of integrated roles for front line service delivery, education, case management and system navigation.

Primary Responsibilities

· Establish Project Leadership and Oversight

· Engage and Collaborate with sector and system partners

· Develop and implement required roles

· Develop Curriculum

· Streamline care management, system navigation and assessment.

· Establish solution-focused engagement with union partners

· Develop client profiles

· Test model to be in a state of readiness for expansion and growth

· Assess the training and professional development needs of community-based workers

· Implement a shared education expert and related training tools to support broader community-based staff education needs

· Build on the Attendant Care model in the development of a local training curriculum for staffing to expand and reduce competition for HHR in health care

· Combine intensive and preventative community services

· Build the foundation for collaborative, integrated service in a neighbourhood of care by addressing barriers to integration of services

· Create a template for a neighbourhood-based Service Access Hub

· Explore opportunities for future testing

· Test the impact of smart technology to help off-set HHR needs of persons served

Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional verbal and written communication and listening skills.

• Effective time-management skills and the ability to prioritize and organization workloads.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and similar deadlines.

• Excellent organization skills to stay organized while travelling between and working with multiple programs.

• Problem-solving skills used to obtain requested information or direct others on whom to contact or where to access the information.

Qualifications

· Project Management

· Program Development

· Quality Improvement

· Partnership development, Collaboration and Integration

· Communication skills, both written and verbal

· Negotiation and compromise

· Research and Analysis

· Evaluation

What you'll bring to the role:

• Enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirit.

• High energy and great at building relationships and treating people with respect and courtesy.

• Relentless focus on awesome stakeholders' experience.

• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Professional demeanor

• Familiarity with GoldCare.

• A desire to make a difference in the lives of others, every day.

• 3 or more years in a Project Manager Position

How to apply

Qualified applicants are urged to forward their cover letter and resume no later than, Friday March 21st, 2025 at 4:30pm

Please apply for this position by sending your cover letter and resume to:

Subject Line: Project Manager – Contract Position

Cheshire values each applicant's interest in working with us, however, due to overwhelming response to our ads, only those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Please no Walk-ins or Phone Calls