Space Planner

Company : IWK Health

Req ID: 191784 
Department/Program: Redevelopment Space and Leasing, Facilities, Redevelopment, Protection & Business 
Location: Halifax  
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE)  x 1 position(s)
 Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: Non-union, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $37.6098 - $47.0122 /hour
Closing Date: December 10, 2024 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

This is not a designated position, however, preference will be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, and/or 2SLGBTQIA+. Please self-identify on your application.
 

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to IWK’s Manager of Redevelopment Space and Leasing Services, the Space Planner will provide input into strategic space planning from the various sites within the IWK through the generation of space reports, studies and analysis including space audits. The incumbent will be responsible for providing accurate organizational space use and allocation information for reporting and planning purposes – including a space inventory, and base building drawings. In consultation with the Manager, the Space Planner will work with organization-specific clinical and community health staff and leadership to identify and evaluate space needs, conduct space audits and utilization studies, and provide feasibility options for consideration and prioritization of changes to space allocation and use. The position also provides guidance based on organizational space guidelines and policies to individuals, service groups and space committees. 

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday; Travel will be required.

Your Qualifications

• Architectural Technologist, Architectural CAD Technician or equivalent required.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience in space planning, including balancing multiple interested party needs and competing priorities required.
• Experience in space planning within a health care context is an asset.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, and MS Office suite required.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple demands.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• Solid client service acumen and interpersonal relationship skills.
• Knowledge of applicable national (Canada) and provincial (NS) buildings codes and regulations required.
• Demonstrated experience in the development of complex workplace strategies and planning solutions for a large and diverse customer base.
• Experience and knowledge of leading practice planning approaches, including innovative and alternative means of aligning requirements for customer program delivery requirements.
• Knowledge of multiple current-industry furniture lines, including systems furniture.
• Cross-sector awareness and knowledge of the unique special purpose drivers of solution effectiveness in defining programs and solutions for special purpose assets.
• Knowledge of space management specific software.
• Experience working within a professional planning service environment.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and address simultaneous customer concerns by order of criticality while also maintaining adherence to standards and resolving potentially conflicting demand across the customer base.
• Strong analytical, process and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communications skills; oral and written.
• Leadership experience within a professional planning service environment.
• Critical thinking and analytical problem solving. 
• Quality improvement methodologies. 
• Ability to analyze and interpret statistical data and monitor quality and performance indicators and benchmarks.
• Competencies in other languages an asset.
   

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management/Non Union  bargaining  unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.