Population Health Promotion Practitioner

Closure Date: Nov 17, 2026 11:59 PM CST

Position #: 9006406

Union: Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union

Bargaining Unit: SGEU - Saskatchewan Cancer Agency

City/Town: Regina or Saskatoon

Facility: SCA - Population Health

Department: Population Health Outreach

Type: Part-time regular

Expected Start Date: Nov 23, 2026

FTE:  0.80

Shift Information: Days

Number of Hours per Rotation: In a 3 week rotation : 11 shift(s) of 7.77 hours 

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band 8, $42.412 to $49.295 (9 step range)

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Population Health Promotion Practitioner provides leadership to diverse provincial stakeholders in the development and implementation of interventions aimed at reducing the incidence of cancer in Saskatchewan. The Population Health Promotion Practitioner works with Agency staff, and provincial and national partners, to develop and advance population health promotion approaches, and integrates cancer prevention strategies, as relevant, with population health promotion, primary health care, chronic disease prevention, and cancer control frameworks. This position utilizes professional knowledge and skills, along with health promotion strategies (e.g. creating supportive environments, developing personal skills, strengthening community action, building healthy public policy, reorienting health services etc.) to initiate, develop, coordinate, and/or lead and evaluate health promotion initiatives at the provincial level through collaborative internal and external partnerships. These aims are accomplished through the implementation of population health promotion strategies within the Agency and the province, furthering the Agency’s vision of A Healthy Population Free from Cancer.   This role is responsible for project management, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, advancing partnerships and collaboration, and supporting research and analysis of data and evidence-based information related to population health promotion and cancer risk and its protective factors. This role is key to ensuring cancer prevention interventions and population health promotion initiatives are evidence-based and relevant to the goals of the Prevention Department and the Population Health, Quality and Research Division as well as the overall strategic plan of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.

The Population Health Promotion Practitioner position is within the Prevention Department in the Population Health, Quality and Research Division, reporting to the Director Cancer Prevention.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Master’s Degree in community health, health promotion, or public/population health.

Experience:

• Three (3) years’ experience in health promotion, population/community/public health or related field.
• Experience in assessment, planning, development, implementation, evaluation, project and resource development as it relates to population health promotion initiatives
• Demonstrated experience initiating and developing collaborative partnerships with health professionals, diverse multi-sectorial stakeholders, and communities.
• Demonstrated project management and leadership experience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Knowledge and understanding of diverse cultures, traditions, protocols, and experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with Indigenous leaders and communities on health priorities.
• Knowledge and understanding of key population health promotion concepts – health; population health; health equity; health promotion theories and models; population health promotion action areas, settings, strategies, practice principles; determinants of health and community wellbeing; and current issues and research in the field of population health promotion.
• Knowledge of population health promotion and cancer and chronic disease prevention strategies in Saskatchewan.
• Knowledge translation skills to move knowledge into health promoting action by applying evidence to influence policy and practice.
• Knowledge of evaluation methods, tools, and resources.
• Ability to effectively analyze data, information, problems, situations, practices or procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and collaborative partnerships with health professionals, diverse multi-sectoral stakeholders, and communities across the province.
• Communication skills in developing and presenting complex information (oral and written).
• Initiative and independent judgment required to solve complex problems.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to manage projects and multiple tasks in various stages of completion according to priorities.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload.
• Research and literature review skills.
• Competent in the use of computers and Microsoft applications.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel provincially
• Knowledge of culturally responsive care for First Nations and Métis people.