Senior Advisor, Cultural Safety and Humility
Top Benefits
About the role
Position Summary
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.
FNHA is proud to have been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here.
Title: Senior Advisor, Cultural Safety and Humility
Salary: $88,948 - $104,644 - $120,341 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: 2 years
Hours: 37.5 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 the Regional Senior Advisor, Cultural Safety and Humility, you will undertake policy, standard, and process development and analysis to advance areas aligned with Regional strategies and objectives. From a systems wide perspective and working with health system partners, you will provide senior level expertise by reviewing, recommending and development of new policies by ensuring that cultural safety is a core attribute of quality healthcare through standardization of key practices, levers and enablers, and through establishing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external partners. Under the direction of the Regional Executive Director (RED), you will provide direct support to First Nations Health Community representatives and management and undertake the oversight of project teams and budgets as appropriate.
About you
To be successful in this role you will bring:
Education
- University Degree in a related field such as health policy, public policy, health systems management, political or social science or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience
- Five (5) to seven (7) years of recent, relevant, and progressive experience in policy development and analysis
- Experience in working with First Nations and First Nations health programs and services
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 6 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. Internal employee compensation will be determined as per the FNHA Employee Total Compensation Policy.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Closing date: July 21st, 2025
For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us
For information about Cultural Safety and Humility (fnha.ca) and for information about Land Acknowledgements
If you have any inquiries or issues please contact FNHA Recruitment at careers@fnha.ca
Follow us at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram
About First Nations Health Authority
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is the first and only provincial First Nations Health Authority in Canada. Dedicated to transforming health services for First Nations and Aboriginal people in BC, the FNHA is improving the health of communities by advancing the quality of health care delivered to BC First Nations and Aboriginal people.
Senior Advisor, Cultural Safety and Humility
Top Benefits
About the role
Position Summary
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.
FNHA is proud to have been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here.
Title: Senior Advisor, Cultural Safety and Humility
Salary: $88,948 - $104,644 - $120,341 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: 2 years
Hours: 37.5 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 the Regional Senior Advisor, Cultural Safety and Humility, you will undertake policy, standard, and process development and analysis to advance areas aligned with Regional strategies and objectives. From a systems wide perspective and working with health system partners, you will provide senior level expertise by reviewing, recommending and development of new policies by ensuring that cultural safety is a core attribute of quality healthcare through standardization of key practices, levers and enablers, and through establishing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external partners. Under the direction of the Regional Executive Director (RED), you will provide direct support to First Nations Health Community representatives and management and undertake the oversight of project teams and budgets as appropriate.
About you
To be successful in this role you will bring:
Education
- University Degree in a related field such as health policy, public policy, health systems management, political or social science or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience
- Five (5) to seven (7) years of recent, relevant, and progressive experience in policy development and analysis
- Experience in working with First Nations and First Nations health programs and services
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 6 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. Internal employee compensation will be determined as per the FNHA Employee Total Compensation Policy.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Closing date: July 21st, 2025
For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us
For information about Cultural Safety and Humility (fnha.ca) and for information about Land Acknowledgements
If you have any inquiries or issues please contact FNHA Recruitment at careers@fnha.ca
Follow us at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram
About First Nations Health Authority
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is the first and only provincial First Nations Health Authority in Canada. Dedicated to transforming health services for First Nations and Aboriginal people in BC, the FNHA is improving the health of communities by advancing the quality of health care delivered to BC First Nations and Aboriginal people.