Vice President, Public Health and Wellness

3 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada PHSA Full time

**Vice President, Public Health and Wellness**

**BC Centre for Disease Control**

Vancouver, BC

The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is dedicated to preventing and controlling communicable diseases and promoting environmental health for the province of BC. The BCCDC is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), which plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people - Be compassionate - Dare to innovate - Cultivate partnerships - Serve with purpose.

BCCDC and PHSA are seeking to appoint a Vice President (VP), Public Health and Wellness to lead the integration of population and public health promotion and prevention across PHSA’s clinical programs - supporting the care continuum with a patient-centred approach. This position is key to the good health of residents and visitors to British Columbia, and will work from an established base of population health knowledge developed in clinical practice as a nurse or other health care field. The VP provides executive leadership of the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), and holds strategic oversight of primary and community care, with accountability for ensuring that the portfolio’s strategic objectives and operational plans are implemented effectively and efficiently.
- “The Vice President of Health and Wellness role offers an exceptional opportunity to lead our well-established, renowned and highly skilled team at the BCCDC, who through their focused work each and every day, demonstrate an unwavering commitment to bring data, evidence and rigorous analysis to support public health and wellness in British Columbia.” - Dr. David Byres, PHSA President and CEO_

The VP, Public Health and Wellness reports to the President and CEO of PHSA, and in partnership with the Chief Medical Officer/Deputy Provincial Health Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer. The VP will play a critical role on the Executive Leadership Team and will lead the execution of the BCCDC Vision and strategic/operational priorities. The VP provide executive, management, and operational leadership of BCCDC’s vision and priorities as follows:

- Establish a clear role on the public health landscape to work in a collaborative, service-oriented way to benefit the population and the community of practice.
- Identify critical issues of public health significance through routine monitoring of the health of the population and bring together the expertise, knowledge, research and capacity building in a timely and responsive manner.
- Lead/support internal priorities for the Centre for it to function effectively; cultivate a strong and cohesive impact on the health of the population as part of the BCCDC’s day-to-day business, to enable it to be a leading public health institute both provincially and nationally.

The VP is a leader within the BCCDC and PHSA as well as across the province, working with fellow public health leaders and health care practitioners from across PHSA, MoH, Office of the Provincial Health Officer, regional health authorities (RHA), the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), Metis Nation BC, and other key service partners, to bring data, evidence and rigour to complex public health decisions in British Columbia. The VP is a future-thinking change agent that communicates a clear vision, strategy and roadmap, a collaborative relationship builder, and influential thought leader who showcases PHSA’s and BC’s reputation for leading population and public health programs, surveillance, research and academic excellence and supporting PHSA’s provincial mandate.

Executive-level team members will wholeheartedly partner with the VP Indigenous Health and Senior Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) to ensure Indigenous Cultural Safety and DEI strategic priories are being actioned, and to recognize the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and the inherent rights of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit people living in BC. The VP actively works to uphold the inherent rights of Indigenous peoples by taking actions on specific Foundational Commitments made to Indigenous Peoples (e.g., UNDRIP, TRC, MMIWG and In Plain Sight), being trustworthy in relationships with Indigenous partners, and taking anti-racist actions in all aspects of work. The position incumbent will have commitment to diversity and creating a just system where Indigenous and other marginalized voices are platformed and supported to lead change, and continually demonstrate humility and heart-led leadership through action and personal connection. The VP will demonstrate knowledge of Canadian colonial impacts on Indigenous people in social and health contexts, supported by significant knowledge of Canadian and Indigenous ideologies and clear understanding of Indi



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