Project Lead

Position: Project Lead for Foundry Center Development

Location: South Surrey/White Rock

Hours: 35 hours/week

We are looking for a Project Lead to join our Sources Foundry Center Development team This individual must be engaging, organized, and knowledgeable about the social services system.

About Sources

SOURCES is a community-based non-profit organization providing support and hope to communities in the Lower Mainland, on Vancouver Island, and across Northern BC. Sources strives to create vibrant and resilient communities through support to adults, children, youth, and families facing challenges in life such as mental health, disability, poverty, substance use, and conflict. We support our communities through leadership, education, and volunteerism.

Sources is committed to learning about, celebrating and incorporating Indigenous knowledge into our practices as we continue our work in truth and reconciliation. People of all races, cultures, ethnicities, 2SLGBTQIA+, and abilities are welcomed to work with us. We value diversity, respect, and collaboration as we promote our mission: social wellness for our community.

About Foundry

Foundry is a revolutionary shift in how services are delivered to young people and their families. Foundry offers mental health care, substance use services, physical and sexual health care, youth and family peer support and social services, for young people ages 12-24 across BC. We also offer support for families/caregivers across BC – for a young person in their lives, for themselves and to services. Please visit for more information.

Description of position

Reporting to the Executive Director of Community Services, the Project Lead will lead the process of developing a Foundry Center in the South Surrey/White Rock community. Once the development phase is complete and the Foundry center is operational, it is Sources intention to develop a new job description for the Project Lead to transition to a Foundry Center Manager.

General Responsibilities:

Within the context of a youth and family-centred model of care, and in accordance with the vision and values of the Foundry provincial initiative, this position promotes a collaborative, respectful, accountable and empowering working environment for youth, families, partners, and staff.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Community Services, the Project Lead is responsible for leading and coordinating the establishment of a new Foundry centre. This involves creating and implementing a project plan, which encompasses a medium-sized capital project, a clinical service model, and thorough engagement with youth, families, and community members. Works with consultants such as architects, contractors, and designers, and with stakeholders including senior health system staff. Develops strong, collaborative relationships with Foundry central office staff, local partners, youth and families, and other members of the Foundry provincial network. Inspires others to achieve goals and deliverables through facilitation, effective communication and addressing potential barriers to success. Communicates with all levels of staff and management to facilitate consensus, consult, negotiate and share information.

Role Responsibilities:

1. Working closely with Foundry central office, and using tools and resources provided, leads the creation and implementation of a complex, multi-stakeholder project plan, with the goal of successfully opening and operating a new Foundry centre in [community]. The project plan will include the development of governance structures, a capital project and a clinical service model, and will involve youth and family engagement, fundraising, brand implementation, communications, and evaluation.

2. Leads the convening of local partners, including health and social service system partners, Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, and Urban Indigenous) partners, and youth and family advisors, forming governance groups to advise on and participate in the creation and operations of the Foundry centre.

3. Supervises/ liaises with consultants, contractors, and/or project coordination staff to ensure the project plan is proceeding toward a timely opening of the centre, full integration of services and fidelity to the Foundry brand experience.

4. Acts as the agency's primary point of contact for the Foundry central office during the establishment of the Foundry centre. Creates agendas for and attends regular project meetings, participates in knowledge exchange calls, and travels to occasional provincial gatherings, training opportunities, or events. Ensures relevant agency staff are apprised of, and coordinated in, these activities.

5. Ensures meaningful youth and family engagement is integrated throughout the project, from the outset of planning through to the opening of the Foundry centre.

6. Using resources and tools provided by the Foundry central office, creates detailed project charter and project plans outlining goals, objectives, timelines and project deliverables. Tracks project progress according to project plan, monitors and reports on the status of projects and major issues/obstacles encountered. Makes recommendations regarding projects scope changes, rationale for change, seeks consensus and proceeds as needed.

7. Implements and/or contributes to the implementation of effective processes to assess project risks, identify risk mitigation strategies and monitor risk throughout the life cycle of the project.

8. Develops a budget plan for the project that meets the goals and objectives of the project, monitors expenditures, identifies financial issues, and seeks to adhere to budget or take corrective action. Recommends and/or negotiates contracts for provision of goods and services as required.

9. Communicates with stakeholders, project sponsors and the organization on the scope and status of the project, benefits to stakeholders/others, obligations and responsibilities and changes in processes. Ensures questions and concerns are addressed in order to achieve buy in.

10. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education, Training and Experience

Bachelor's Degree in relevant discipline (Master's preferred) and seven (7) to ten (10) year's recent, related experience including experience in a health care or social services setting that includes managing large-scale, multi-stakeholder projects, leading service operations, facilitating and managing consultation processes with a wide range of stakeholder groups, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Project Management certification would be ideal.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of and proven skills in project management and change management principles and methodologies and ability to coach and coordinate staff.
• Effective communication skills to function within a complex interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral environment involving government, health, nonprofit, and client stakeholders.
• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy, present as a leader and act with humility when working with partners and stakeholders from across systems and with various backgrounds and perspectives.
• Ability to respectfully empower youth and families, including individuals with lived and living experience with mental health and/or substance use concerns, to ensure their voices and perspectives remain central to the project.
• Experience working in the health or social service systems, or integrated youth service centres, either in an operational management or clinical leadership role, preferred. Experience working with youth or family members with lived or living experience with mental health and/or substance use concerns preferred.
• Ability to use initiative, vision, independent thinking and creative problem-solving abilities to implement project plans and realize project completion.
• Effective facilitation, persuasion and negotiation skills to achieve consensus, resolve conflict and achieve desired outcomes.
• Ability to work effectively under time pressure to meet deadlines, balance work priorities and resolve problems in a timely, respectful and creative manner.
• Functional knowledge of word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, project management and database applications.

Start Date: ASAP

Salary: $47.38per hour

Benefits (if applicable):

• 100% employer paid coverage for extended health and dental
• Long term disability, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accidental death & dismemberment coverage
• Employee & Family Assistance plan
• Pension plan
• Generous paid time off, starting at 3 weeks
• Access to Wellbeat's "Wellness" application

Closing Date: June 21, 2024. Internal candidates will be contacted by June 27, 2024