Board of Health – Public Appointment Position Available
Written by admin, January 10, 2013
January 10, 2013 – Public Appointment Position Available
The Board of Health is recruiting candidates to fill a public appointment position on the Board of Health in 2013. Interested persons are asked to submit a letter of application along with a resume outlining your qualifications and experience to:
Mr. David Watton, Chair
Board of Health
Peterborough Public Health
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 8M1
Fax: (705) 743-1810 E-mail: atanna@peterboroughpublichealth.ca
Applications to be received no later than:
Thursday, January 31, 2013 @ noon.
Details:
The Board of Health is the governing body, the policy maker of Public Health. It monitors all operations within Public Health and is accountable to the citizens of Peterborough County and City, Curve Lake and Hiawatha First Nations, and to the Government of Ontario.
The duties of the Board of Health are carried out under the authority the Health Protection and Promotion Act and its Regulations. Board of Health members have the responsibility for delivery of local public health programs and services by:
- Ensuring that the structure of the board facilitates effective governance and respects partnerships with municipalities and First Nations.
- Operating in a manner that promotes an effective board, effective communication and transparency.
- Developing a shared vision for the organization, establishing the organization’s strategic directions, and governing the organization to achieve their desired vision.
- Understanding their fiduciary roles and responsibilities, ensuring that their operations are based on the principles of transparency and accountability, and that board of health decisions reflect the best interests of the public’s health.
- Ensuring that the board is responsive to the needs of the local communities and shows respect for the diversity of perspectives of its communities in the way it directs the administration of the health unit in planning, operating, evaluating and adapting its programs and services.
- Ensuring that the administration of the board of health uses a proactive, problem solving approach to establishing its operational directions, demonstrates its organizational priorities and objectives through its actions on program delivery, and functions in an efficient and effective manner.