Regional Primary Care Project Manager - Fraser Salish Region - 1 Year Term

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.

This is a great opportinity to join our amazing Primary Care team and be

JOIN OUR HISTORIC JOURNEY
At FNHA, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to BC’s history. With a unique governing structure and mandate, our fluid work environment means you can play an active role in real change.
Our talented teams value respect and foster lateral kindness in their working relationships. Our holistic approach to wellness, based on First Nations teachings, is incorporated into all aspects of work culture. Where else will you get to create a personal wellness plan as part of your performance goals?

The Regional Primary Care Project Manager has overall regional responsibility for the planning, executing and monitoring of the First Nation Led Primary Care Projects. This role collaborates with the community leadership, community health leaders/managers, Provincial Primary Health Care Project Manager, and others across the FNHA and throughout the BC health and wellness system, to define projects in terms of scope and objectives, develops detailed work plans and provides weekly 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.

As a health and wellness organization, the First Nations Health Authority 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.

• Directs and manages regional First Nation Led Primary Care Projects from initiation including the development of business cases to post implementation reviews
• Communicates and manages project expectations to cross-organization team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Oversees project resource planning, allocation and management to achieve project goals
• Conducts full project life cycle planning, monitoring, control and documentation including, but not limited to, development and delivery of progress reports, issue, risk and decision management and escalation, creation of project deliverables such as project charters, project management plan, work break-down structure (WBS), status reports, presentations, and project turn-over documents
• Coaches, mentors, motivates and supervises project team members and contractors, and influences them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Participates in selection, training, developing, coaching, mentoring, motivating and supervising project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work; provides input/recommendations on performance assessment, recognition and rewards
• Creates, executes and manages Change Management throughout a number of simultaneous projects through their life cycles
• Manages project budgets and resources and ensures that program expenditures are maintained within established limits and FNHA policy, process and best practices

A full job description is available upon request.

• Bachelor’s 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

• Significant, recent and relevant experience in Project Management in Health Care (usually acquired over a period of 8-10 years)
• Experience in people, risk and change management
• Experience in strategic planning
• Experience working with project management software
• Experience with Electronic Medical Record and related applications is an asset
• Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management methodology and best practices as defined by PMI
• Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
• Knowledge of change management techniques and tools
  

Diversity

The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals with Indigenous ancestry (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).

What You Can Expect From Us

Joining our family means joining an organization that supports personal growth, in-house training, a paid volunteer day and a unique full-day orientation program.

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 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 eligibility period
• 3 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 4 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
• Access to group health benefits, sick leave and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
• And more!

Closing

Please note that only those applicants shortlisted will be contacted. If you do not hear from us about this position, please accept our sincere appreciation for your interest in FNHA!

How to apply
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If you have any inquiries or issues please contact FNHA Recruitment at careers@fnha.ca or 1-844-699-3186.