Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strategically plan, organize, implement, maintain and evaluate Health department services so that they are culturally relevant, safe and effective. Conduct this in a manner that is respectful of diversity and in alignment with the culture and traditions of the community served.
• Work and negotiate with local and regional partners to identify health services gaps and develop, implement and evaluate new services designed to meet gaps.
• Provide hands-on involvement at all levels of service delivery; deliberately connect with population served and staff to be aware of service barriers, challenges, and successes.
• Coordinate intervention, directly or indirectly, in emergency, trauma and crisis situations.
• Act as a mentor and positive role model with staff and support development of annual work plans. Communicate directly with membership of the community and build laterally kind relationships with all.

• Ensure programs and services are in compliance with relevant regional and national legislation and organizational policy, processes and procedures.
• Ensure reporting standards meet the requirements of funding bodies.
• Ensure reporting to CAO, and Chief and Council is adequate and concise.

• Lead and provide day-to-day supervision (in accordance with the Katzie First Nation organizational chart) of health staff and contractors, including all aspects of human resources management. This includes describing work, recruitment, learning and development planning, coaching, mentoring, sharing of knowledge, capacity building, work plans, and performance management.
• Foster a cooperative and collaborative working environment through team activities, personal leadership and incentives, including the management/resolution of conflicts and the promotion of lateral kindness.
• Proactively seek out diverse funding sources to sustain health and wellness programs, including grants and funding opportunities.
• Act as the staff and community’s “go-to person” for complex and/or unresolved health and wellness issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure Health emergency management, preparedness planning and/or pandemic planning is in place and well communicated for the community served.

• Develop, implement and evaluate culturally relevant and safe policies, processes and procedures, including amendments as needed.
• Ensure financial management of programs and services including all financial accountabilities and funding requirement compliance.
• Manage the budget and financial reports of Health programs and services, including efficient utilization of the funding; Ensure accurate and timely financial and budgetary reporting and audits.
• oactively build and nurture collaborative and respectful working relationships with First Nations in BC, health and wellness partners, and government agencies: utilize these relationships as an avenue to assist KFN in achieving its health and wellness goals and objectives.
• Ensure Chief Administrative Officer and Chief and Council have a base knowledge of community health and wellness issues; demonstrate and illuminate the value of health and wellness programs and services.
• Create, implement, evaluate and monitor Nation-based community health and wellness plans, incorporating input from community and other health system stakeholders.