Leader, Indigenous Recruitment and Retention

4 months ago


Surrey, Canada Fraser Health Full time

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $54.16 - $77.86 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health is committed to working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit across the Fraser Salish region to plan and deliver culturally safe health services. We are thankful to the Honourable Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe) and the almost 9,000 Indigenous Peoples and health care staff and medical staff whose courage to share their stories and experiences helped shape the “In Plain Sight” report and the call to action needed for change. We are committed to working with the Ministry of Health to eliminate systemic racism in the health care sector in our province.

We are recruiting for our first ever **Leader, Indigenous Recruitment and Retention** to work with our Executive Director, Leadership & Talent and our Executive Director, Aboriginal Health, to support Fraser Health’s mandate to increase Indigenous voices and contributions at all levels of our organization.

In this role, you will shape and build a robust Indigenous employment strategy, and maintain positive and active partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations. You will also partner with teams dedicated to building talent pathways, and culturally safe and inclusive practices to increase retention and recruitment of Indigenous staff.

**Here are some of the areas of responsibility**:

- Build and implement Indigenous focused retention and recruitment strategies that align with the Anti-Racism Action Plan and improve opportunities to welcome, attract, retain and champion Indigenous talent at Fraser Health.
- Work with school districts, post-secondary institutions, Indigenous community organizations to establish encouraging programs in order to promote career avenues and to increase access to employment in health care for Indigenous Peoples.
- Ensure that all marketing materials are inclusive and culturally safe for Indigenous applicants and employees.
- Provide direction on Indigenous recruitment issues as well as establish career paths for future opportunities.

**We are looking for you to have**:

- Confidence in being a self-starter for this new portfolio, and comfortable navigating through ambiguity as we build this new function at Fraser Health.
- Energy and curiosity to ensure that we are always doing the right thing and challenging the status quo.
- Creativity in bringing new ideas to the forefront as it relates to practices in equity, diversity, and inclusion for our Indigenous communities.
- An authentic partnership approach that allows you to build trust and solid relationships both internally and externally
- We also want to highlight that First Nations, Inuit, Metis or Aboriginal ancestry is regarded as directly relevant to the skills and knowledge for excellence in the position.

Detailed Overview:
**Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families**:
Reporting to the Executive Director, Leadership and Talent, the Leader, Indigenous Recruitment and Retention, fulfils an integral role in implementing Fraser Health's mission to increase indigenous voices and contributions at all levels of the organization. The Leader is accountable for developing, recommending and implementing Fraser Health's Indigenous employment strategy, and leading the Indigenous Retention and Recruitment team. The position provides leadership to the program by establishing and maintaining strong relationships and partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations within the Fraser Region; and developing, promoting, implementing and evaluating; strategies, talent pathways, and culturally safe and inclusive practices to increase retention and recruitment of Indigenous staff.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develops and implements Indigenous focused retention and recruitment strategies that align with the Anti-Racism Action Plan and which instill industry best practices and innovation to maximize opportunities to welcome, attract, retain and champion Indigenous talent at Fraser Health.
- Works collaboratively with the Talent Acquisition marketing team to create recruitment and employment resources, and ensure that all marketing materials are inclusive and feel culturally safe for Indigenous applicants and employees.
- Participates with Senior Executive Leadership and members of the Indigenous Health leadership team in reviewing operations, conducting needs assessments and environmental scans, and propose operational plans for key initiatives.
- Partners across the organization and within the Talent department to assess current policies, strategies, and practices related to engagement, career development, and retention of Indigenous applicants and employees; encourages awareness, develops improvement strategies, and address issues as needed.
- Works with Fraser Health leaders and Indigenous teams to provide guidance and advice on



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