The Ministry of Health’s, Healthcare Human Resources Branch is seeking an energetic and highly motivated individual to join the Labour Relations unit as a Senior Labour Relations Policy Analyst.

Reporting to the Director, Labour Relations, the Senior Policy Analyst will work within the team to support efforts in human resources and labour relations with health sector partners; the Saskatchewan Health Authority, the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, eHealth Saskatchewan, SAHO, Inc., 3sHealth and other health-care organizations. This will include: work on human resource planning and research/development of labour relations and human resource strategies across the sector; creating partnerships with health sector human resources and labour relations partners; and province-wide initiatives including essential services and human resource policy and practises.

For this exciting, career-enhancing opportunity, you will be an enthusiastic leader who embraces innovation, transformation, and collaborative relationships. You will participate in provincial forums on labour relations and human resources and will be responsible for ensuring the Ministry and health sector meet their obligations relative to the provision of essential health services. Your experience with labour relations legislation and collective bargaining will assist you in supporting a variety of health sector agreements. Your demonstrated ability to develop cohesive, collaborative and respectful relationships within the Ministry and among key stakeholders will ensure the achievement of the goals and objectives of the position, branch and Ministry. Your ability to tackle complex policy problems, research, analyze, problem solve and synthesize and distill complex information will allow you to lead and support the development of Cabinet Decision/Information Items, issue alerts, briefing notes and other communications items. Your demonstrated team leadership will result in well-developed and successful teams with health system partners.

The knowledge, skills and abilities for this position would typically have been acquired through completion of a degree in business administration, public policy, public administration, health sciences or social sciences or related field, supplemented by demonstrated leadership ability preferably in a government or health sector setting. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Candidates must clearly indicate how they acquired the skills and knowledge in their application, resume, and cover letter to be assessed.