JOB OPPORTUNITY Health Director

Date Classified: October 30, 2024
Business Unit: Health Centre
Location: Lax Kw’alaams, BC
Reporting to: Chief Administrative Officer

ACCOUNTABILITIES
LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES:

• Provide leadership and direction to planning, organizing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating culturally relevant and safe health and wellness programs and services. Conduct this in a manner that is respectful of diversity and in alignment with the culture and traditions of Lax Kw’alaams.
• Develop, implement and evaluate new and culturally relevant, safe health and wellness programs / services. 
• Ensure in-depth involvement in health provision in order to deliver culturally relevant and safe health services and treatment to community members.
• Promote community health, First Nations concepts and traditions regarding wellness and healthy ways of being.  
• Advocate for the health and wellness needs of the community.
• Coordinate intervention, directly or indirectly, in emergency, trauma and crisis situations.
• Organize and host community health and wellness events and engagements.
• Ensure programs and services are in compliance with legislation and organizational policy, processes and procedures.

PLANNING:

• Lead consultative processes regarding community health planning needs and opportunities, including identification of relevant community health and wellness priorities.
• Create, implement, evaluate and monitor Nation-based community health and wellness plans, including both existing and emerging health and wellness needs; incorporating input from community and other health system professionals.
• Ensure emergency management, preparedness planning and/or pandemic planning is in place and well communicated to Lax Kw’alaams community.
• Plan for existing and emerging health and wellness needs, including soliciting input from the community and other health system professionals resulting in the development of Nation-based community health and wellness plans.

QUALIFICATIONS /EDUCATION:

A university degree in Human Services, Health Sciences, Social Work, Nursing or Health Care Management

      OR

A combination of Education and Work Experience may be considered
A diploma in the above studies plus two years of management experience. Successful completion of the First Nations Health Directors Association Certification Program

EXPERIENCE:

• Significant, recent and relevant experience working in a health setting (usually demonstrated over a period of five years or more) including the development, implementation, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of health and social services programs.
• Experience in the development of culturally relevant programs and services, including monitoring and evaluation, ideally with a health and social services focus.
• Demonstrated experience in management and leadership of staff and contractors.
• Demonstrated experience in people management including describing work, recruitment, learning, development and career planning, coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Experience in collaborative planning at a community level, ideally with a health and social services focus, including monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in the collaborative and integrated development, implementation, monitoring and reporting on community health and wellness plans.
• Demonstrated experience working with First Nations, including leadership.

Submission Deadline

• November 22, 2024.
• Pursuant to Section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to qualified applicants of Indigenous Ancestry.
• We invite all interested parties to reply in the strictest confidence to the Human Resources 
• Email:  [email protected]
• Additional Job Duties available by email request and applicants