Coordinator, Environmental Assessments

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

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.

Opportunity to join the expanding team in development and growth in the area of Environmental and Health Impact Assessment work which affects the health of First Nations people and Communities in BC.

**Title**:Coordinator, Environmental Assessments

**Salary**:$87,137 - $106,012 per year (pay range explained below**)**

**Contract**: Permanent

**Hours**:8:30 am - 4:30 pm Mon
- Fri (core hours 9am-3pm Mon-Fri)

**Location**:Metro Vancouver Office, located on the traditional, ancestral Coast Salish Territories of the Squamish, Musqueam & Tsleil-Wuatuth Nations -Hybrid (Hybrid working is an option in line with FNHA’s flex work policy). Please note, this role will be relocating to our new office building in North Vancouver on Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) land, south of Mount Seymour Parkway, after Oct 2024

**Bargaining Unit**:PSAC Local 22000 (Public Service Alliance of Canada

**About the role**

As Coordinator, Environmental Assessments, you will oversees the Environmental Contaminants Program and leads the development and implementation of the Baseline Contamination Program at FNHA. Reporting to the Provincial Manager, Environmental Public Health Services, the Environmental Contaminants Coordinator works with First Nations in BC and partners to address concerns about the effects of environmental contaminants by advising and administering funding towards work and projects related to environmental contaminants and impact assessments.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you will have/be
- Minimum 5 years recent experience related to Environmental Health and contaminants.
- Knowledge and/or lived experience of First Nations in BC, including the governance landscape, particularly as it relates to health and wellness Knowledge of and ability to develop curriculum in order to support departments and First Nations communities to submit deployment requests
- Experience working with First Nations communities and/or organizations.
- Human Health Risk Assessment and Impact Assessment experience is an asset.
- Experience in Project Management 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% (after 3 months)
- 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, National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Easter Monday and Boxing Day
- Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
- And more

**The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.**

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.

The Pay Range is the minimum and maximum annual salary based on full time equivalent hours.
Incumbents are typically hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the range based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and experience in relation to the role requirements.
The top 10% of the pay range is for the incumbents who are industry experts in the job with the combination of exceptional experience and competencies needed to perform all duties and responsibilities at a superior capability level. Internal employee compensation will be determined as per the FNHA Employee Total Compensation Policy.

**How to apply**

Closing date: 11/22/2024 (at 23:59)

For information about Cultural Safety and Humility (fnha.ca) and for information about Land Acknowledgements
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