Description:
The ED leads work to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination, disrupt and dismantle white supremacy throughout the organization, and enhance Indigenous culturally safe care. Develops the portfolio’s internal partnerships and maintenance of strong working relationships to ensure a consistent strategy; implements, coordinates and integrates IH strategies and initiatives; supports direct service delivery for health service improvements, including at the point of care. The position works with the COO/VP on building and sustaining mutually beneficial partnerships, collaborates with, and supports the senior leadership team of the portfolio and the PHSA Indigenous Health senior leadership team. The ED drives the cultivation of collaborative relationships between the portfolio and corporate portfolios of People and Culture, Finance and other internal PHSA business services. The position leads the program’s IH team that is involved in service delivery to provide for a safe space for Indigenous patients, families and staff, strategic level dialogue related to IH, and planning and support of leadership development and coaching. Develops and maintains liaison and advisory relationships with Indigenous partners and collaborates with a variety of community-based agencies and programs throughout B.C.
What you’ll do
- Informs the direction of the portfolio with a critical Indigenous-specific anti-racism approach encompassing an understanding of the harms experienced by Indigenous people in settler colonial institutions, the structure of whiteness embedded in health care and lived experience as an Indigenous person to contextualize the impacts.
- Makes key contributions to overall IH strategies across PHSA; works vertically within the designated PHSA Program or Service, works horizontally with other senior leadership colleagues, and closely with the Executive Leadership Team. Holds the portfolio ecosystem accountable for clear measurable priorities to demonstrate progress against the In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care report recommendations and recommendations from other foundational documents.
- Advances Indigenous Health and wellness from a rights-based perspective consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as affirmed by the provincial Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and Action Plan.
- Leads internal partnerships to support direct service delivery to address health service improvement at point of care to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination and enhance culturally safe care in the PHSA program or service.
- Supports and collaborates with the portfolio’s senior leadership team and partners with leadership colleagues such as clinical service delivery and public health and wellness programs and services. Provides expert advice and consultation to the Program’s or Service’s Senior Leadership Team with respect to identifying ongoing and emerging health needs and systemic health service barriers for Indigenous patients, families and staff.
- Leads the portfolio’s internal Indigenous Health team, including those in direct service delivery, to provide a safe environment for Indigenous patients, families and staff.
- Initiates strategic level dialogue and planning and supports leadership development and coaching. Maintains a dotted line of reporting to the VP Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety.
- Promotes Indigenous-specific anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility education and training. Works towards organizational change to constructively disrupt white supremacy, to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination in their health care area. Navigates barriers and resistance to change.
What you bring
Qualifications
- Pursuant to section 42 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code, preference will be given to applicants of Indigenous Ancestry. We invite applicants to self-identify within their cover letter and/or resume.
- A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Master’s degree in a related discipline supplemented by a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively more senior experience with a minimum of five (5) years at a leadership level.
- Leadership capabilities in the areas of leading self, engaging others, driving change, achieving results, developing coalitions and system transformation are required.