Director, Strategic Policy

**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.

There is a well-established team of Directors that support one another and a strong teamwork approach.

**Title**: Director, Strategic Policy
**Salary**: $122,641 - $144,283 - $165,926 per year (pay range explained below)
**Contract**: Permanent
**Hours**: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm (core hours 9am-3pm Mon-Fri)
**Location**: Sinclair Office, Metro Vancouver located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil
- Waututh Nations. (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 Summer 2026

**About the role**

As a Director, Strategic Policy, you will provide strategic leadership in the development, analysis, communication, and implementation of the FNHA’s strategic policy agenda, framework, and ongoing policy cycle. This includes formulating and overseeing strategy, policy development, and analysis processes in alignment with FNHA’s philosophy, partnerships, and organizational design; ensuring the cultural relevance of all policy work; effectively allocating resources to support the fulfilment of priorities; coordinating and collaborating with health system partners; and supporting coherence across FNHA policies, plans, and frameworks. The Director will also be responsible for assessing the impact of current policies and leading the development and updating of FNHA's strategic policy agenda to support the achievement of FNHA's and its governance partners' strategic plans.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you will have;
**Education**
- University degree in Health Sciences or health related field, plus 10 years of experience in the area of strategic policy, including progressively responsible leadership roles, or an equivalent combination of experience and education
- Significant, recent, and relevant experience within the context of First Nations health preferred
- significant, recent, relevant and progressively responsible experience in the area of strategic policy (usually acquired over a period of 10 or more years minimum), preferably in the health field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, preferably within the context of First Nations health
- Significant, recent and relevant experience in strategic policy analysis, development and implementation (usually acquired over a period of at least 5 years)
- Significant, recent and relevant experience in leadership (usually acquired over a period of at least 5 years)
- Experience in working with First Nations would be 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)
- 4 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 5 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**: Jan 23, 2025 (at 23:59)

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