Project Manager, Regional Treatment Centre

**FNHA Overview**:
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.

**JOIN OUR HISTORIC JOURNEY**
At FNHA, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to BC’s history. With a unique governing structure and mandate, our fluid work environment means you can play an active role in real change.
Our talented teams value respect and foster lateral kindness in their working relationships. Our holistic approach to wellness, based on First Nations teachings, is incorporated into all aspects of work culture. Where else will you get to create a personal wellness plan as part of your performance goals?

**Position Summary**:
The Regional Treatment Centre Project Manager has overall regional responsibility for the planning, executing and monitoring of developing a Treatment Centre in the Vancouver Coastal Region. This role collaborates with the community leadership, community health leaders/managers, Provincial Treatment Centre Directors, and others across the FNHA and throughout the BC health and wellness system, to define scope and objectives, develops detailed work plans and provides weekly project status updates. The role is expected to anticipate and identify project issues and risks, develop options and recommend solutions, and work with senior management to implement solutions.

**Responsibilities**:
1. Directs and manages regional Treatment Centre development from initiation including the development of business cases to post implementation reviews
2. Communicates and manages project expectations to cross-organization team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
3. Oversees project resource planning, allocation and management to achieve project goals
4. Conducts full project life cycle planning, monitoring, control and documentation including, but not limited to, development and delivery of progress reports, issue, risk and decision management and escalation, creation of project deliverables such as project charters, project management plan, work break-down structure (WBS), status reports, presentations, and project turn-over documents
5. Coaches, mentors, motivates and supervises project team members and contractors, and influences them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
- A copy of the job descriptinon is available upon request

**Qualifications**:

- Education- Bachelor’s degree or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience
- Occupational Certification- Qualification in project management or equivalent
- PMP designation is an asset
- Change Management certification is an asset
- Experience- Significant, recent and relevant experience in Project Management in Health Care (usually acquired over a period of 8-10 years)
- Experience in people, risk and change management
- Experience in strategic planning
- Experience working with project management software

**Knowledge, Skills & Attributes**:

- Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management methodology and best practices as defined by PMI
- Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
- Knowledge of change management techniques and tools

**Closing Statement**:
**Diversity**

The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals with Indigenous ancestry (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).

**What You Can Expect From Us**

Joining our family means joining an organization that supports personal growth, in-house training, a paid volunteer day and a unique full-day orientation program.

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.

**Closing**

Please note that only those applicants shortlisted will be contacted. If you do not hear from us about this position, please accept our sincere appreciation for your interest in FNHA