Program Advisor, Occupational Health

3 days ago


Metro Vancouver Regional District, Canada First Nations Health Authority Full time

**FNHA Overview**:
**About us**

The First Nation Health Authority (FNHA) is a trailblazing organization filled with meaningful work and rich with transformative learning opportunities. Here you will find a diverse organization filled with 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.

The Occupational Health & Safety team, is an exciting and dynamic team responsible for all OSH initiatives and ensuring assigned workplace incidents are appropriately investigated, responded to and documented in order to optimize learning opportunities and continuous improvement efforts in the prevention of workplace incidents/injuries. The team is currently going through an overhaul and roll out phase for their Health Safety Management System (HSMS) and are looking for an amazing team member who will be a part of this transformation.

**_Title:_**_ Program Advisor, Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)_
**_Contract:_**_ Permanent_

**_ Hours:_**_ 37.5 hours, Monday
- Friday (core hours
- 9:00 am
- 3:00 pm)_
**_Location:_**_ Metro Vancouver: Sinclair office - (Hybrid - minimum 50% in the office)_

**About the role**

As Program Advisor, OH&S, you will promote Occupational Health and Safety at FNHA through research, development, implementation and ongoing administration of OHS processes, procedures and programs. You will work under the guidance of the Director, OHS and the Manager, ensuring assigned workplace incidents are appropriately investigated, responded to and documented in order to optimize learning opportunities and continuous improvement efforts in the prevention of workplace incidents/injuries. Additionally, you will actively support all OHS initiatives and takes leadership of various programs and services including first aid programming, safety information board administration, joint occupational health committee organization, new hire safety orientations, ergonomics programming, as well as various seasonal and informational campaigns.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you will have:

- Degree in occupational health & safety or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Two to three years (2 - 3) of experience as a safety practitioner; experience within the healthcare industry or other safety-sensitive environments preferred
- Completion of the Canadian Registered Safety Technician (CRST) certification or working towards preferred
- Complementary related professional certification(s) are considered an asset including: Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR); Certified Return to Work Coordinator (CRTWC); Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP)
- Recent and relevant experience in the delivery of a variety of OHS programs and services including workplace safety inspections, occupational accident investigations, hazard identification and control, employee and management training, prevention initiatives and the promotion of workplace health and safety
- Experience working within the regulatory environment of British Columbia (WorkSafeBC, WCAT, BC Human Rights Tribunal, etc.)
- Working knowledge and understanding of the Workers’ Compensation Act, Occupational Health & Safety regulations, Labour Code, Human Rights legislation (Duty to Accommodate), Personal Information & Protection of Privacy legislation, and other related legislation
- Experience working or volunteering with Indigenous communities is an asset

**Please refer to Job Specification section of the Job Description for more details.**

**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 one (1) of employment;
- And more

The FNHA is also a champion of culturally safe practices throughout the broader health care system. Taking a leadership role, the FNHA actively works with its health partners to embed cultural safety and humility into health service delivery and improve health outcomes for First Nations people.

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 employe



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