Director, Community Health Services

Planned Parenthood Toronto (PPT) is hiring a Director of Community Health Services on a 13-month parental leave contract (September 4, 2023 - October 1, 2024).

PPT is a fully accredited community health centre that provides primary health care services to youth 13 to 29 years as well as health promotion programming, education, training, and research to improve the health and wellbeing of Toronto’s diverse communities. All PPT services are offered within a pro-choice, inclusive, youth-friendly, non-judgmental environment.

PPT is seeking a passionate and strategic leader as the Director, Community Health Services. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director will respond to societal trends, client needs and issues through the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of effective clinical services related not only to sexual and reproductive health and healthy sexuality within a community development framework, but also primary care relevant to the client population served by PPT. The Director is responsible for leading PPT’s Community Health Services and Mobile Programming and Research portfolios both internally and in the community while ensuring high quality clinical care for all clients.

With a strategic mind, political acuity, energy and enthusiasm, and exemplary team building skills, the Director will bring expert knowledge of sexual health and primary care issues facing youth, particularly youth most impacted by health inequity, racism, economic oppression and colonial violence. The Director will be excited and equipped to be a key face and voice of PPT in the healthcare sector, participating in the leading of an excellent organization during turbulent times and internal and external transformation. The Director will have progressive responsibility in leadership roles in a clinical service environment and experience inworking collaboratively in a community-based setting as part of an inter-disciplinary team. The Director will clearly demonstrate an unwavering commitment to reproductive justice and pro-choice philosophy, anti-racism (particularly anti-Black racism and with respect to settler colonialism), to equity goals and principles, to 2SLGBTQ and fostering strong sex positivity, youth leadership and centring of diverse sexual and gender identities. The ability to design, monitor and evaluate programs is key to this role. A Masters degree in a related field of study is preferred.

For more information or to pursue this opportunity, please contact Mohini Datta-Ray, Executive Director via Alice O’Driscoll, Executive Office Administrator ([email protected]). The deadline for applications is Thursday, August 10th at 11:59pm.

PPT (ppt.on.ca) is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and to building an organization that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage applications from members of Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities; Two-Spirit, non-binary, trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people; disabled people; youth; and members of other equity seeking groups. PPT welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates selected for an interview and for all aspects for the selection process. If an applicant or a successful candidate requests an accommodation, we will discuss their needs with them and make adjustments to support them. We regret to inform that PPT is not a wheelchair accessible space.