Leadership Development Consultant, Medicine and Academic Affairs

Come work as a Leadership Development Consultant Medicine and Academic Affairs with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Leadership Development Consultant Medicine and Academic Affairs to join the Leadership Support team. Apply today to join our team!

As a Leadership Development Consultant Medicine and Academic Affairs with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:

• Design build implement evaluate and continuously improve the organizational educational programming targeted to VCH leadership medical staff to develop leadership capacity and skill in a variety of areas.
• Facilitate workshops and create learning materials related to leadership skills and functional knowledge to help people leaders and leadership teams develop their capacity and confidence to deal with issues that can arise in the work environments and to find solutions to build a healthy workplace.
• Engage key partners to inform education and development requirements as well as the design development and delivery of a multipronged and blended educational approach.
• Build and implement regional and local educational programs and systems for a variety of medical staff audiences and clinical contexts and integrate knowledge of leadership methodologies tools and techniques into educational programming.
• Work closely with medical subject matter experts and collaboratively with Medical Quality Leadership & Practice and People team members Medical Directors Senior Medical Leaders and Educators.
• Represent the team on internal/external working groups and committees as required.

This work is framed within VCHs commitments to our pillars of Indigenous Cultural Safety Anti-Racism Equity Diversity and Inclusion and Planetary Health.

Education & Experience

• Masters Degree in a relevant discipline plus five (5) years recent related experience in curriculum development and instructional design preferably in the area of leadership and management development or an equivalent combination of education training and experience.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Demonstrated expert in instructional design and curriculum development with a focus in developing leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to apply comprehensive knowledge and skill in educational theory research technology and related best practices as well as an understanding of health care disciplines and networking abilities to support enhanced educational practices and programming.
• Utilizes adult learning principles and best practices in clinical settings to develop education programming.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote and enhance services provided with sensitivity to diversity and indigenous lens.
• Practices the recognition inclusion and support of all types and aspects of diversity at all stages of engagement with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
• Efficient organized hard- working; get stuff done.
• People person appreciates and visibly supports down to front line level.
• Demonstrated ability to provide senior advisory services and consultation to leaders/ managers using strong communication skills and the ability to educate mentor persuade and influence.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise junior team members delegate effectively foster accountability and develop others through performance feedback coaching and mentorship.
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic program development with operational oversight of team members and deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience in designing effective programs.
• Familiarity with best practices in adult education principles and education content design using a variety of methods (e.g. blended learning strategies such as online curriculum design videos and interactive education delivery)
• Maintains current knowledge of new developments trends and research in organizational and leadership development change management and recommends/implements best practices accordingly.
• Uses superior group facilitation team building negotiating conflict resolution skills and an interactive teaching style to engage learners with a variety of different learning styles and facilitate critical thinking and problem resolution.
• Fosters creativity and innovation in strategic planning involving learning and development and in the development of teaching and learning strategies.
• Applies superior communication and design abilities and proficient computer skills in the design and development of creative high quality interactive learning materials
• Applies superior judgment and political expertise to communicate sensitive information to and collaborate with a variety of internal and external partners.
• Applies project management methodologies in the design and development of various programs frameworks and tools.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
  
  

The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.

As per Ministry of Health policy all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

Why Join Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH):

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care research and teaching delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH we embrace thinking boldly taking smart risks and going first when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

Comprehensive health benefits package including MSP extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
Wellness supports including counselling critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff medical staff and volunteers
Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

At Vancouver Coastal Health our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices diverse teams and inclusive environments which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of BCs Top Employers Canadas Best Diversity Employers and Canadas Top Employers for Young People in 2025.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.


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Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.