Executive Director, Office of CEO

FNHA Overview

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 on of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here.

It is an exciting time to join our Office of the Chief Executive Officer (OCEO) and FNHA is happy to announce a compelling opportunity to become part of the leadership team of a unique First Nations organization.

Title: Executive Director, Office of the Chief Executive Officer (OCEO) Operations
Salary: $141,038 - $165,+27 - $1+0,817 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 8:30am – 4:30pm (core hours +am-3pm Monday-Friday)
Location: Park Royal Office, West Vancouver. Please note, this role will be relocating to our new office building in North Vancouver on Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) land, south of Mount Seymour Parkway in Spring 2027.

Hybrid working is an option in line with FNHA’s flex work policy.

About the Role
In this position, the Executive Director, Office of the Chief Executive Officer (OCEO) Operations, reporting to the recently announced CEO, will provide senior level strategic support to the CEO in work planning, risk mitigation and establishing standards, processes, project management and frameworks. The Executive Director will work to develop and strengthen internal partnerships, as well as lead and / or support organization-wide initiatives.

The Executive Director will provide leadership and supervision to staff members in the OCEO and provide strategic and operational leadership including administrative, financial and management responsibilities and accountabilities to achieve operational efficiency. The Executive Director represents the CEO at a wide variety of meetings with key internal and external stakeholders including federal and provincial partners and other Health Authorities works to develop and strengthen partnerships.

The Executive Director will also lead and model cultural safety and humility in all interactions, partnerships and initiatives and will provide leadership that creates and fosters a healthy and engaging environment that enables personal excellence, contributes to FNHA’s vision of “Health through Wellness” and cultural safety and humility in the workplace.

About You
To be successful in this role:

You have a proven track record of exceptional relationship building, collaboration and communication;
You are driven, and value collaboration and partnerships to meet goals and deadlines;
You live FNHA’s values’;
You have a University degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience and a Masters’ Degree is an asset;
You have significant, recent and relevant experience including progressively responsible senior leadership experience in a similar sized organization, or an equivalent combination of education and experience (usually acquired over a period of 10-15 years);
You have experience working with First Nations organization and leadership;
You have experience in leading and supporting organizational wide programs, services and activities;
You have extensive knowledge of the current landscape of activities, priorities and projects within the FNHA and services related to the department.
Please refer to Principal Duties and Responsibilities, and the Job Specifications section of the Job Description for full details related to this opportunity.

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 +.31% (after 3 months);
4 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 5 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 qualified 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 6, 2025 (at 23:5+).

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
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