Leader, Indigenous Recruitment and Retention

Fraser Health is committed to working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit across the Fraser Salish region to plan and deliver culturally safe health services. We are thankful to the Honourable Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe) and the almost 9,000 Indigenous Peoples and health care staff and medical staff whose courage to share their stories and experiences helped shape the “In Plain Sight” report and the call to action needed for change. We are committed to working with the Ministry of Health to eliminate systemic racism in the health care sector in our province.

We are recruiting for a Leader, Indigenous Recruitment and Retention to work with our Executive Director, Leadership & Talent and our Executive Director, Aboriginal Health, to support Fraser Health’s mandate to increase Indigenous voices and contributions at all levels of our organization.

In this role, you will shape and build a robust Indigenous employment strategy, and maintain positive and active partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations. You will also partner with teams dedicated to building talent pathways, and culturally safe and inclusive practices to increase retention and recruitment of Indigenous staff.

Here are some of the areas of responsibility:

• Build and implement Indigenous focused retention and recruitment strategies that align with the Anti-Racism Action Plan and improve opportunities to welcome, attract, retain and champion Indigenous talent at Fraser Health.
• Collaborate with Fraser Health leaders and other members of the Talent Acquisition team to promote opportunities for Indigenous candidates throughout the hiring and onboarding process.
• Work with school districts, post-secondary institutions, Indigenous community organizations to establish encouraging programs in order to promote career avenues and to increase access to employment in health care for Indigenous Peoples.
• Ensure that all marketing materials are inclusive and culturally safe for Indigenous applicants and employees.
• Provide direction on Indigenous recruitment issues as well as establish career paths for future opportunities.

We are looking for you to have:

• Confidence in being a self-starter for this new portfolio, and comfortable navigating through ambiguity as we build this new function at Fraser Health.
• Energy and curiosity to ensure that we are always doing the right thing and challenging the status quo.
• Creativity in bringing new ideas to the forefront as it relates to practices in equity, diversity, and inclusion for our Indigenous communities.
• An authentic partnership approach that allows you to build trust and solid relationships both internally and externall

Preference will be given to candidates who bring lived experience as someone with First Nations, Inuit, Metis or Aboriginal ancestry.

Apply today, so we can continue the conversation and make a difference in the communities we serve. We value diversity in the workforce and seek to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust.

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, Leadership and Talent, the Leader, Indigenous Recruitment and Retention, fulfils an integral role in implementing Fraser Health's mission to increase indigenous voices and contributions at all levels of the organization.  The Leader is accountable for developing, recommending and implementing Fraser Health's Indigenous employment strategy, and leading the Indigenous Retention and Recruitment team. The position provides leadership to the program by establishing and maintaining strong relationships and partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations within the Fraser Region; and developing, promoting, implementing and evaluating; strategies, talent pathways, and culturally safe and inclusive practices to increase retention and recruitment of Indigenous staff.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in a Health Profession, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or related field, plus seven (7) years' recent, related experience preferably in the health care field or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Fraser Health Authority values diversity within the workplace. For this position, we also want to highlight that First Nations, Inuit, Metis or Indigenous ancestry is regarded as directly relevant to the skills and knowledge for excellence in the position. Pursuant to Section 41 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code, preference will be given to applicants of Indigenous Ancestry. Preference will be given to candidates self identifying as Indigenous, Metis, or Inuit.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

• Extensive knowledge of Indigenous communities and resources, and demonstrated skills in the area of Indigenous recruitment, retention, and employment.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, direct and develop staff using Indigenous ways of being, doing, and knowing
• Excellent communication skills coupled with the ability to write or edit high quality business documents.
• Excellent oral communication skills, facilitation skills, conflict resolutions skills, public speaking ability, and active listening skills.
• Extensive knowledge of employment issues impacting Indigenous Peoples.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively mentor and enact cultural humility for cultural safety.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholder.
• Demonstrated analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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