Leader, Community Engagement

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD - / hour Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.

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Fraser Health is proudly recognized as a BC Top Employer. Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

We have an exciting
**Temporary**
**Full Time **opportunity for a
**Leader, Community Engagement **to join our Primary Health Care - Chronic Disease Management (CDM) program. This position is accountable to the Executive Director, Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management, and working in a collaborative team environment and within the Fraser Health Community.

**The Leader is accountable for**:

- Designing, implementing and evaluating FHA partner engagement activities
- Promoting patient and public engagement in planning and decision-making within the health authority
- Developing digital engagement strategies to augment existing engagement processes
- Recruiting, supporting and engaging members of the Community Engagement Advisory Network
- Developing and facilitating educational programs for staff related to patient and public engagement

Effective October 26, 2021 all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.

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Detailed Overview:
**Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families**:
Reporting to the Executive Director, Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management, and working in a collaborative team environment, the Leader, Community Engagement works within the Fraser Health Community Engagement team to enhance and promote partner engagement in health service planning and decision-making.

The Leader is responsible for designing, implementing and evaluating FHA partner engagement activities such as public and patient consultations to support organization and program strategy, as well as the development of digital engagement strategies to augment existing engagement processes.

The Leader works primarily with FHA regional teams as a resource to planning teams and organizational leaders in developing engagement strategies to support health systems improvement, planning, policy and strategy development.

**Responsibilities**:

- Designs, implements and reports on engagement processes with key partners.
- Promotes patient and public engagement in planning and decision-making within the health authority.
- Assists in the development and implementation of digital engagement strategies to support public and patient participation in organizational and program planning and development.
- Recruits, supports and engages members of the Community Engagement Advisory Network.
- Represents the CE department on internal and external working groups.
- Develops and facilitates educational programs for staff related to patient and public engagement.
- Conducts monitoring and evaluation of CE activities.
- Develops and presents written and oral reports of CE processes and recommendations.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Masters Degree in a health care related field such as community engagement, community development or communications/marketing; supplemented by a minimum of 5-7 years experience in a role specializing in public/partner engagement and consultation; or an equivalent combination of education, training and