Employment and volunteering
KFL&A Public Health is committed to providing staff and volunteers with a healthy work environment. A large, bright, spacious, and airy physical environment complete with in-house gym and shower facilities; together with continuing education and professional development opportunities; flexibility in work hours; family-friendly policies; strong community and clinical leadership and support and an open-minded, caring, supportive environment, all play an integral role in employee retention.
KFL&A Public Health provides public health programs to more than 209,000 people living in our community. Our main office is located in Kingston, with staff members and volunteers also working out of branch offices in Napanee, Cloyne, and Sharbot Lake.
We employ a variety of professionals, support staff and volunteers who work together to promote and protect the public's health.
Employment opportunities
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Health Sciences Librarian - full-time |
$73, 837 to $91,000 per year KFL&A Public Health is a local public health agency with over 200 staff and 150 volunteers who deliver public health programs and services to the people of the KFL&A area. There is an immediate opening for a Health Sciences Librarian, Knowledge Management. Under the Director of Knowledge Management, the Health Sciences Librarian is responsible for supporting public health programs and services by coordinating research projects, instructing on the effective use of biomedical information, and evaluating library and information services. The successful candidate will have a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Sciences and two years librarian experience, preferably within a health, education or research-focused environment. Demonstrated experience providing effective online searching services using both health sciences bibliographic databases (MedLine, CINAHL, etc) and grey literature, knowledge and application of all core competencies of library and information science, and proficiency utilizing library management software such as EBSCOhost and Ovid platforms, cataloguing interfaces, and reference management software is also required. KFL&A Public Health is committed to providing staff with a healthy work environment. A large, bright, spacious, and airy physical environment complete with in-house gym/shower facilities; together with continuing education and professional development opportunities; flexibility in work hours; family-friendly policies; strong community and clinical leadership and support and an open-minded, caring, supportive environment, all play an integral role in employee retention. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply to: Human Resources, KFL&A Public Health: hr@kflaph.ca by June 7, 2023. |
Program Assistant - full-time term (12 months) |
$45,026 to $51,669 per year KFL&A Public Health is a local public health agency with over 200 staff and 150 volunteers who deliver public health programs and services to the people of the KFL&A area. There are two immediate openings for a Program Assistant within the Infectious Disease Prevention and Environmental Health Division, out of the Napanee and Kingston offices. The Program Assistant provides assistance and support to at least one team, division, director, manager or supervisor and acts as a central point of access, an advocate and an ambassador to the program(s) and organization through the provision of quality customer service and support in accordance with KFL&A Public Health’s policies, procedures and values. The successful candidates will have an Office Administration certificate from a recognized school or equivalent combination of education and experience and a minimum of 2 years general office experience. Minimum keyboarding speed of 40 words per minute with 95% accuracy, minimum data entry speed of 175 keystrokes per minute with 95% accuracy and demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word Level 2, Excel Level 1) is also required. KFL&A Public Health is committed to providing staff with a healthy work environment. A large, bright, spacious, and airy physical environment complete with in-house gym/shower facilities; together with continuing education and professional development opportunities; flexibility in work hours; family-friendly policies; strong community and clinical leadership and support and an open-minded, caring, supportive environment, all play an integral role in employee retention. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply to: Human Resources, KFL&A Public Health: hr@kflaph.ca by June 2, 2023. Please indicate whether you would like to be considered for the position in Napanee or Kingston, or both. |
This information will be used to determine suitability for employment with KFL&A Public Health. The information obtained will be maintained in personnel and competition files.
Volunteer opportunities
- General support
- Harm reduction program support
- Clinic support
- Super Sam mascot and handler
Volunteer opportunities vary by time of year and type of event. We offer volunteers a range of opportunities in the following areas:
- Clinic support volunteers provide assistance and support to the clinics.
- General support volunteers assist with various health promotion and health protection special events and projects. Volunteers may assist agency teams with internal requests and odd jobs, such as replenishing supplies, putting together resources packages, providing activity support or monitoring the safety of event participants.
KFL&A Public Health volunteers are an important part of a dedicated team working towards better health. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the application process.
Applications are kept on file in volunteer resources for a period of six months.
We thank you for your interest in our volunteer programs.