We are hiring.

Position Title: Event Specialist
Reports to: Director, Conferences and Events
Status: Twelve (12) month full-time contract
Location: Work from home in the Greater Toronto Area. Involves some travel.
Closing Date: January 31, 2025 (or until position is filled)
Start Date: February 24, 2025
Salary Range: $55,000 – $60,000

You are motivated. You are a self-starter. You enjoy managing and planning events with a keen interest in customer needs, event technology and building programs. You are a seasoned event professional who has managed many events from concept to execution with positive results. You enjoy learning about new event possibilities including new online event platforms, and strive to ensure your events continue to evolve year over year by bringing your new ideas to the planning.

Overview of the position

Digital Health Canada is looking for a seasoned Event Specialist with strong communication and collaboration skills, solid organizational skills, and proven event planning experience. The Events Specialist will be responsible for sourcing speakers, suppliers and venues and working with committees to create programming. The Events Specialist will attend some in-person events over the twelve-month contract and in some instances will be the lead for the event. Reporting to the Director, Conferences and Events, this is a twelve (12) month full-time contract.

Digital Health Canada is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity in connection with our vision, mission, values, and pillars. We strive to develop a team that reflects the diversity of the Canadian health ecosystem and the Digital Health Canada 7,000+ professional members community. We actively welcome nominations and candidates who are Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA2S+, or living with disability, as well as People of Colour or members of other racialized and marginalized groups. The successful candidate must be an independent self-starter with excellent time management, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

The Events Specialist is responsible for planning and executing events. The Specialist will:

Desired Skills and Experience

The successful candidate must be able to hit the ground running and be ready to immerse themselves in the Canadian digital health community. The successful Events Specialist is passionate about planning and delivering quality events and ensuring a superior member event experience.

Candidates should possess:

Process

To be considered, submissions MUST include the following:

About Digital Health Canada

Digital Health Canada is a Canadian not-for-profit professional association with over 7,000 members across the country. Our members are a diverse community of accomplished, influential professionals working to make a difference in advancing healthcare through information technology. Digital Health Canada fosters network growth and connection; brings together ideas from multiple segments for incubation and advocacy; supports members through professional development at the individual and organizational level; and advocates for the Canadian digital health industry.

Members are supported by the Digital Health Canada National Office team. Together, the team develops and delivers the networking and professional development services that create value for our members: events and webinars, resources, thought leadership, and education and certification. Team members work remotely, collaborating through online chat, virtual conferences, and weekly in-person team meetings in downtown Toronto.

DIGITAL HEALTH CANADA TEAM VALUES – “We Connect with Intention”
1. PRACTICE A GROWTH MINDSET
2. TEAMWORK & COLLABORATION – WORK TOGETHER, OWN YOUR WORK
3. COMMUNICATE FEARLESSLY & BUILD TRUST
4. DARE TO BE DIFFERENT: make an impact and leverage diverse perspectives
5. INNOVATE THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION: have an entrepreneurial spirit