Harm Reduction Program Lead

**TERM FULL-TIME (TWO YEARS) **POSITION IN WEST VANCOUVER**

**CLOSES: Open Until Filled**
- ** Great opportunity to join the Squamish Nations community**:

- ** Take your career to new heights with a dynamic and progressive First Nations government**

**Who We Are**:
Squamish Nation consists of 23 villages and is comprised of descendants of the Coast Salish Aboriginal people who live in the present-day Greater Vancouver area, Gibson’s Landing, and Squamish River watershed. The Squamish Nation has occupied and governed the territory since beyond recorded history. The Squamish Nation's culture is rich and resilient. We continue to practice our customs and traditions, which are strongly interconnected with our traditional territory. Together with our lands, our customs and traditions are the foundations of who we are as Skwxwú7mesh.

As an organization, we provide support to the greater Squamish Nation Community through service. With 12 departments with individual areas of expertise, we ensure Community Members have access to necessary programs and services.

**ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY**:
Working as an integral part of the Yúustway Health and Wellness Department, this position reports directly to the Manager, Community Health and Wellness Division. this position is a valued member of our community-based interdisciplinary health and wellness team. The Harm Reduction Program Lead supervises and leads CHW positions such as addiction workers, wellness clinicians and peer support workers in the delivery of high-quality services and programs. The position supports the Manager by attending partner meetings relevant to harm reduction and addictions. This position provides leadership in the delivery of harm reduction, addiction treatment approaches with a healing framework that demonstrates support in addressing root causes of addiction behavior, and services within the Squamish Nation community which includes communities on the North Shore and Squamish Valley. This role will be required to develop and maintain databases for the purpose of reporting using Mustimuhw Information System (MIS).

**What You Bring**:

- Combination of education and experience.
- Understanding of, and competency in, Indigenous cultural safety and humility, or willingness to learn.
- Professional, adaptable communication style with strong interpersonal skills.
- High level of emotional intelligence, patience, flexibility, and integrity.
- Maintains composure in high-pressure situations.
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills, with strong time management abilities.
- Able to deliver information with tact and diplomacy.
- Excellent customer service skills alongside the ability to communicate accurately and in a timely manner.
- Strong skills in manipulating large data sets.
- Ability to maintain, conceptualize, and develop reports regarding a variety of operational and informational statistics.
- Understanding of quality assurance processes and ability to educate staff on quality improvement changes related to scheduling.
- Ability to quickly resolve scheduling and logistics conflicts.
- Ability to demonstrate active listening skills with both clients and staff, ensuring sound, empathetic, and culturally safe communications.
- Acts ethically and with the highest degree of confidentiality.
- Team-oriented with a positive, approachable attitude.

**Starting Salary**: $ 73,628 - $ 82,419 annually, plus a comprehensive benefits program.

**Why Work With Us**:
As a dynamic community organization, we understand the importance of employing enthusiastic and talented people to work together. We know that our future strength and growth is very much dependent on our key resources - our people. With a variety of programs and services, we offer career paths that fit many areas of expertise, backgrounds, and interests. Along with competitive compensation and benefits, we offer excellent training and development opportunities within an environment that values diversity through the respect and appreciation of each person for their individual attributes.

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