Director, Health Emergency Management
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Position Summary
The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.
About Us
Position Summary
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.
FNHA is proud to have been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here .
Title: Director, Health Emergency Management
Salary: $125,708 – $147,891 – $170,075 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Core hours (9am-3pm Mon-Fri)
Location: Park Royal Office, West Vancouver located on the ancestral Coast Salish Territories of the Squamish, Musqueam & Tsleil-Waututh Nations
About The Role
As Health Emergency Management Director, you will provide collaborative leadership to the development, implementation and ongoing delivery and management of a regional response to health emergencies including environmental and natural disasters and public health emergencies such as communicable disease outbreaks and the toxic drug crisis. You will work within the FNHA framework for public health response and in strong collaborative partnerships with regional health and emergency agencies, central services, other regional teams, and First Nations Communities and other partners.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have/be
Education
- A University Degree with specialization in Public Health, Health Sciences or other relevant health field or an acceptable combination of education, training and professional experience
Experience
- Recent, relevant and significant experience in crisis response/emergency management and/or responding to health related emergencies (usually acquired over a period of 7-10 years)
- Recent, relevant and significant experience working within inter-governmental relationships and responsibilities, particularly as relevant to crisis response/emergency planning
- Experience, training or qualifications in health emergency management or emergency management
- Experience in providing advice and recommendations to senior management on health crisis and emergency preparedness and response issues
- Experience working with First Nations communities and/or organizations
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position
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
Company
First Nations Health Authority
Location
Burnaby
Country
Canada
Salary
100.000
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