Project Manager, Mental Health Surveillance

**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.

**Title**: Project Manager, Mental Health Surveillance
**Salary**: $86,778 - $102,091 - $117,405 per year (pay range explained below)
**Contract**: Term until March 31, 2027
**Hours**: 37.5 hours (core hours 9am-3pm, Mon-Fri)
**Location**: Metro Vancouver, BC (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, in the summer of 2025.

**About the role**
As the Project Manager, Mental Health Surveillance, you will manage and oversee the planning, implementation, monitoring and quality control of mental health surveillance plan which focuses on using a two-eyed seeing approach to develop a series of accessible knowledge translation tools to increase First Nations decision-making, control, and improve health services and outcomes of mental health and wellness in BC. In this role, you will oversee a grant, and the focus will be on mental health surveillance. This role will involve utilizing project management skills to ensure that all objectives and deliverables of the grant are met from start to finish. Occasional travel will be required in this role.

**About you**
To be successful in this role you will have:

- A University degree in related healthcare profession or project management with a minimum of 5 years of overall experience or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
- Recent experience within the last 3 years in all aspects of project or business management, preferably in a health care system or health organization
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Project Management training is an asset
- Demonstrated experience working with First Nations and Aboriginal community members and organizations.
- Completion of the Indigenous Cultural Competency course or equivalent education is desirable.
- Demonstrated knowledge of population and public health principles, including health equity.

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.

As a health and wellness organization, the FNHA has aligned with the Provincial Public Health Order released on October 14, 2021. We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees at First Nations Health Authority. This policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If selected for employment, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination by providing a copy of your BC Vaccination Card Passport with the QR code.

**How to apply**

**Closing date**: September 10th 2024 (at 23:59)

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

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