Department Information

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) offers challenging and exciting careers in health and social services delivery and administration in Canada’s North. The Territorial Authority has service locations in communities across the territory and a staff of more than 1,600 serving over 43,000 residents of the NWT and 5,900 residents of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. Challenging work, welcoming communities, and expanded opportunities are some of the benefits offered to employees of the NTHSSA.

Job Information

The Territorial Manager, Public Health is responsible for leading the development and implementation of consistent delivery of public health strategies, standards, guidelines and protocols for prevention and control of communicable disease and provision of immunizations in all areas of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) where public health services are delivered. Leadership includes the strategic planning, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of core public health and immunization standards. The overarching function of this role is to ensure that communicable disease and public health services are delivered consistently across all health services in the NTHSSA and in alignment with the NWT Public Health Act.

Key Responsibilities

- Knowledge of program management, including budget development, preparation, and control to ensure financial responsibilities are carried out effectively and efficiently.




- Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with individuals, agencies, elected community leaders, and employees in order to communicate program information, including the ability to obtain and respond to feedback from these individuals.
- Interpersonal skills including effective communication, coaching and motivation in order to manage the human resources assigned to the position.
- Ability to apply creative and creative approaches to policies and health to meet territorial needs.
- Knowledge of how to design and facilitate a change process. The ability to build and work with groups and teams, planning and implementing change; skilled in group dynamics and conflict resolution.
- Knowledge of administrative policies and practices to territorial systems, including the development of policy, procedures and clinical tools.

Key Qualifications

- A Baccalaureate in Nursing plus five (5) years of experience in a clinical or community health care setting and one (1) year of management/supervisory experience.

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

Health Recruitment

Department of Finance

Government of the Northwest Territories

YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR

BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9

Tel (867) 767-9154 Extension 14106

Fax (867) 873-0445

[email protected]

Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.

📌 Territorial Manager, Public Health (Yellowknife)
🏢 Government of the Northwest Territories
📍 Yellowknife