Knowledge Translation and Exchange Specialist

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 2026. Learn more about why we were selected here

Title: Knowledge Translation and Exchange Specialist
Salary: $88,+48 - $120,341 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Temporary, Full Time - March 31, 2026
Hours: 37.5 Hours, Monday - Friday (core hours +am-3pm Mon-Fri)
Location: Sinclair, Downtown Vancouver - Hybrid or Remote (50% in office).This role requires occasional travel within the province. 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, after Summer 2026.

About the role The Knowledge Translation and Exchange Specialist executes tasks related to knowledge translation, specifically focused on Communicable Disease and Public Health, and exchange across many communications modalities: print, multimedia, infographics, web pages, and social media. The Knowledge Translation and Exchange Specialist works as part of a central CDPPH team to support centre-wide and service line activities. The Knowledge Translation and Exchange Specialist is responsible for providing expertise to develop knowledge translation products for the CDPPH service lines, decision makers and policy makers and works within project teams to execute knowledge translation in accordance with the knowledge translation, user engagement and dissemination frameworks

About you To be successful in this role you will have:

Education and Experience
A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to Master’s Degree in a discipline related to health science, behavior science, healthcare or public health plus five (5) years of recent, related experience.
Experience conducting knowledge translation work in a public health, Indigenous Health or government setting is an asset.
Knowledge & Abilities

Exceptional skills in working collaboratively with partners and understanding different perspectives
Knowledge of, and experience working in key public health priority topics and health inequalities.
Strong understanding of topics of health equity and the social determinants of health and how to apply these to knowledge translation and exchange products.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with non-specialist audiences, both verbally and in writing.
Exceptional ability to navigate and research information.
Experience interacting professionally with internal, external, and multiple stakeholders.
Experience in peer consultation and engagement work, particularly within rural and remote communities.
Experience working with government, including writing policy briefs or internal communications.
Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work, multi-task, work under time pressures to meet deadlines and handle interruptions and competing priorities.
Ability and willing to travel to Health Centres and First Nations communities throughout BC.
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 +.31% after eligibility period
4 weeks, sick leave credits, plus 1 personal day, 1 volunteer day, and 14 holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
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 FNHA family members 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: May 2+th, 2026

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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