Project Manager, Land Based Healing - Term to March 2025 - Lheidli T'enneh (Prince George, BC)

FNHA Overview

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 : Project Manager, Land Based Healing

Contract : Term (to March 2025)

Hours : 37.5 Hours

Location : Lheidli T’enneh (Prince George), BC

About the role

The Regional Land-Based Healing Project Manager has overall regional responsibility for the planning, executing, and monitoring of the Land-Based Healing projects, funding, and grants.

This role collaborates with community leadership, First Nations community health leaders / managers, Manager of Mental Health and Wellness, Manager of Regional Funding Initiatives, and others across the FNHA and throughout the BC health and wellness system, to define projects in terms of scope and objectives, to develop detailed work plans, and provide regular project status updates.

The role is expected to anticipate and identify project issues and risks, develop options and recommend solutions, and work with senior management to implement solutions.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have / be

• Bachelors’ degree or an acceptable combination of education, training, and experience.
• Qualification in project management or equivalent
• PMP designation is an asset
• Change Management certification is an asset
• You may have;
• Significant, recent and relevant experience in Project Management
• Experience in people, risk, and change management
• Experience in strategic planning
• Experience in working with project management software
• Experience working in Northern First Nations communities and lived experience and understanding of land-based healing programs and projects

A copy of the full job description is available upon request

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%
• 3 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 4 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!

At First Nations Health Authority, we believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that FNHA truly reflects the communities we serve.

We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission.

We particularly welcome applications from people with Indigenous ancestry (First Nations, Inuit, 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.

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

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