COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS OFFICER

• Job ID: 54085
• Job Category: Health Services
• Division & Section: Public Health, Operation and Business Services
• Work Location: 2340 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 4A9
• Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Permanent Vacancy
• Hourly Rate and Wage Grade: $42.72 - $46.81
• Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 Hours per Week
• Affiliation: L79 Full-time
• Qualified List: A Candidate List will be established. For applicability and duration, see below.
• Number of Positions Open: 1
• Posting Period: 04-March-2025 to 18-Mar-2025

This position reports to the Supervisor of Toronto Public Health's Toronto Urban Health Fund.

Major Responsibilities:

• Assist in conducting community consultation and other relevant action necessary to develop and recommend funding priorities for programs to respond to community needs, funding policies/programs.
• Assist in the collection of data and information for Board of Health reports.  Analyses and makes recommendations based on current trends and the projection of future needs.
• Coordinates outreach and consults with community groups for the development of innovative projects to increase ability to address community needs.
• Develops and delivers training and presentations to groups and funded project staff regarding grants, proposal development, funding issues, capacity building, other matters related to funded services and city policies.
• Provides direction, advice and information to agencies when developing applications for funding to strengthen the application and to explain the grants process.
• Responds to inquiries about funding program criteria and practices in order to address client and community questions and build public understanding of the programs and processes.
• Responds to inquiries from the public and media related to the grants program.
• Conducts thorough reviews and assessments of community project proposals for funding based upon best practices and evidence, community health needs, groups capacities and project grant criteria, including a review of financial statements to ensure that providers are operating in a fiscally and programmatically responsible manner.
• Prepares contractual agreements and correspondence such as approval letters, legal agreements, and trustee agreements.
• Recruits community members and establishes community review panel committees.
• Makes annual recommendations and contributes to the briefing note for the Medical Officer of Health regarding the establishment of community review panels. Provides information and training resources to respective review panel members for decision making regarding grant application approvals and funding allocations.
• Makes recommendations to a review panel and the Board of Health for the release of grant funds and requests for modification of the contract's project activities to approved agencies.
• Ensures that funded agencies are in compliance with contract requirements and/or other similar agreements, standards, guidelines and relevant regulations.
• Monitors service outcomes and compliance of contracted non-profit agencies by conducting regular on-site visits. 
• Assists in assessing agency capacity to deliver contracted services.  Provides capacity building support to agency staff in a wide range of subjects including project implementation, client engagement, process evaluation, and funding and program requirements.
• Supports the community development work of front-line public health staff so that they can liaise with defined communities (defined by ethnicity, geography, age, etc.) in the promotion of the grants program.
• Develops/maintains a database of program information and the complete files on each project.

Key Qualifications:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Baccalaureate degree in Health Promotion, Sociology, Social Work or Community Health, or approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience working in these areas.
2. Considerable experience working with marginalized priority communities to address health disparities and the social determinants of health.
3. Experience with community grants and the various stages of the grant management process.
4. Considerable experience in community development, capacity building, and health promotion
5. Considerable experience developing and facilitating workshops and training.

You Must Also Have:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the writing of reports, briefing notes and project summaries.
• Proficiency working with Excel spreadsheets and data reporting programs.
• Familiarity with the sociology of a large and complex urban area with an ethno-racially, linguistically, culturally, and economically diverse populations including issues facing urban Indigenous populations, racialized populations and cultural groups.
• Strong project management skills and ability to prioritize efficiently and effectively under time constraints.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to support the Toronto Public Service values to ensure a culture that champions equity, diversity, and respectful workplaces.
• Ability to work flexible hours which may include overtime and occasional evenings and weekends.

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Accommodation

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