Posted on March 11, 2022
Director, Overdose Community Response
$77,700.20 – $110,000.05 annually
Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions
Victoria or Vancouver
Bring your vision, leadership and strategic skills to this important role.
The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions leads the Province of British Columbia in efforts to improve the mental well-being and reduce substance use-related harms for all British Columbians. The ministry has overall responsibility for the development of a coherent, accessible and culturally safe mental health and addictions system that is effective for individuals and families across the lifespan throughout the province. The ministry is also responsible for escalating an immediate response to the province’s overdose emergency and aims to strengthen social supports and services that impact mental health and well-being (for example, housing, employment, income, education and childcare).
As the Director, you oversee the day-to-day operations of the OERC and manage the development, implementation and evaluation of major projects that involves leading sub-projects and/or multiple delivery components in response to the overdose emergency. You partner with key stakeholders and community partners such as Indigenous organizations, health authorities, municipalities, individuals and families with lived experience and community organizations to facilitate implementation of a comprehensive package of interventions across the province. Projects are taken from original concept through completion.
Qualifications for this role include:
- Degree in social work, nursing, epidemiology, public health, public administration or related field. Master’s degree is preferred. OR;
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Minimum 3 years (preference may be given for 5 years or more), recent related experience must include:
- Planning and evaluating addictions programs and service delivery.
- Managing relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders and leading consultation sessions.
- Leading teams in the development and implementation of a diverse range of projects.
- Managing financial resources and staff.
For more information and to apply online by March 28, 2022, please go to: https://bcpublicservice.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/83610
Posted on February 25, 2022
HEALTH & SAFETY OFFICER
Surrey Schools, recipient of the BC’s Top Employer and Canada’s Greenest Employer awards, provides quality education to over 75,000 students in British Columbia’s fastest-growing community. Serving a diverse, multicultural urban centre, we are a progressive school district offering a broad range of innovative programs and services to support the learning of our students and staff.
POSITION SUMMARY
As Health & Safety Officer, you will be one of three Health & Safety Officers who work as part of a dynamic team within the Employee Health and Safety Department. You will provide technical expertise, support and advice on occupational health, safety throughout our district’s 12,500 employees including teachers, support staff, administrators, exempt and executive staffs. We do this by developing programs, policies, procedures and supporting documents, and providing tools to support the implementation these programs at all our schools and District sites to help ensure the health and safety of our employees, students, contractors, and visitors.
As one of three officers, your portfolio includes a balanced combination of these programs:
- Asbestos Management
- Communicable Disease, including COVID-19 and Hepatitis B
- Confined Space
- Coordination of Contractors
- Discrimination, Bullying & Harassment
- Ergonomics
- Fall Protection
- First Aid
- Risk Assessment and Control
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
- Inspections
- Lockout
- WHMIS
- Workplace Violence
- Workplace Injury and Investigation
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Health & Safety
- Three or more years in a recent Health & Safety role
- CRSP, ROHT, CIH or similar designation is an asset
- Certified Internal COR Auditor with BCMSA or willingness to attain.
- Current COR auditing experience is an asset
- Current claims management experience including stay at work/recover at work programs and claim appeals
- Experience designing and delivering training modules in person and online
PERSONAL SKILL SET
- You have a healthy sense of humour and you bring enthusiasm for health and safety promotion.
- You have efficient written and verbal communication skills, and you enjoy working collaboratively with others to reach common goals.
- You have an ability to provide high level H&S advice across various levels of an organization.
- You value relationships, you are personable, and you offer a flexible approach to problem solving.
- You are very self-organized, and you can work within tight and often competing deadlines.
This position is excluded from the union and offers an excellent salary and benefits package.
Interested and qualified applicants should apply on Make a Future at ensuring to upload resume, cover letter and references, along with relevant educational certificates.
Note: The successful applicant will be required to consent to a Criminal Record Search prior to employment. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted. To all others, thank you.
Posted on February 22, 2022
Providing a forum for sharing scientific, policy, and operation lessons learned and to inform the planning and delivery of immunization programs in British Columbia.
Tuesday morning, March 1, 9:00 a.m. – noon
and
Wednesday afternoon, March 2, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 pm.
Sessions will be virtual, via Zoom from UBC Robson Square.
This event is for public health professionals, immunization providers, nurses, physicians, midwives, pharmacists, naturopathic physicians, program managers and leaders.
Registration:
Click on the Eventbrite link below and enter your name and email address:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bc-immunization-forum-2022-registration-250892695807
The forum will be held on Zoom; Please click here for helpful tutorials: www.Zoom.us and test your Zoom link at this link: https://zoom.us/test
On the days of the Forum the feed will be live 30 minutes ahead of start time with an identifying slide so you can test your connection. This event is webinar style and you will not be visible to other participants.
Slido will be used to manage questions, answers, and polls. To participate in the Q&A via Slido, go to www.Sli.do and enter the access code, or you can download it from the App store to your personal device. The Access code is #ImmsForum2022 and it will become active on March 1, before 9:00. This is where and how you can ask questions of the speakers by typing them into the app. You can “upvote” others’ questions that you think are important by “liking” them, which you do by clicking on the thumbs up symbol beside their question. The moderator will present the most important questions to the speaker.
Send your questions to ImmsForum@bccdc.ca
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