About Us
The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.
The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.
Title: Executive Director, Northern Region
Salary: $137,598 - $161,880 - $186,162 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Permanent Full-time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Northern Region
Work Model: Eligible for hybrid, as per FNHA’s flex work policy
About the Role
The Executive Director, Northern Region role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to FNHA’s mission to support BC First Nations individuals, families and communities to achieve and enjoy the highest level of health and wellness. In this position, you will work closely with, and reports, to the VPRO to provide executive, strategic and operational leadership to the FNHA Regional Team, with a focus on regional engagement, operations and support services including, but not limited to Funding Arrangements, Nursing, Primary Care, Environmental Public Health Services, Mental Health and Wellness, Programs Supports, Finance, HR, Community Capital and IM/IT.
In this role, you will work in collaboration with regional and centralized departments and teams to provide Regional engagement and operations responsibilities, including all associated programs and services and support services. You will also provide executive, clinical and strategic oversight to the operations of the FNHA.
In this important work, the Executive Director is a strategic leader who will provide executive and strategic regional leadership to Partnership Accord implementation while working in collaboration with communities and Regional Health Authorities to develop innovative and culturally appropriate approaches to and service models of health and wellness for health system transformation in the Region. You will also support the regional presence through the development of, and leadership to the regional team, and in partnership with the regional health system to operationalize province wide aspects and initiatives to nation and regional plans and strategies.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have/be:
- A University Degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered;
- A Master’s Degree in a relevant field;
- Member of a regulated professional college is an asset (i.e. nursing, Social Work, Psychology etc.);
- Recent, relevant and significant experience in leading health operations in a regional setting (usually acquired over a period of 10 or more years);
- Recent, relevant and significant experience in strategic leadership of diverse teams engaged in community engagement and operations (usually acquired over a period of 10 or more years);
- Recent, relevant and significant senior management experience in First Nations Health (usually acquired over a period of 10 or more years);
- Experience leading transformation and/or integration of programs and services preferred;
- Experience working with First Nations/Aboriginal people at a community and/or political level including work in the area of community engagement and community/organizational development and health.
Please refer to the Principal Duties and Responsibilities and Job Specification sections of the Job Description, available as a PDF within the posting of our FNHA careers webpage, for more details.
Working at FNHA
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:
- Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% (after 3 months)
- 4 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 5 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 public holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
- And more!
The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to qualified individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.
Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training. We support our family to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal-setting.
The Pay Range is the minimum and maximum annual salary based on full time equivalent hours.
Incumbents are typically hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the range based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and experience in relation to the role requirements.
The top 10% of the pay range is for the incumbents who are industry experts in the job with the combination of exceptional experience and competencies needed to perform all duties and responsibilities at a superior capability level.
As a health and wellness organization, the FNHA has aligned with the Provincial Public Health Order released on October 14, 2021. We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees at First Nations Health Authority. This policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If selected for employment, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination by providing a copy of your BC Vaccination Card Passport with the QR code.
How to Apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Closing Date: July 19, 2024 (at 11:59pm)
For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us
If you have any inquiries or issues please contact FNHA Recruitment at careers@fnha.ca
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