Executive Assistant - Metro Vancouver Regional District, Canada - First Nations Health Authority

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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.


Title:
Executive Assistant


Salary:
$70,677 - $88,399 - $97,239 per year (pay range explained below)


Contract:
Permanent


Hours: 37.5 Hours per week (8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday)

Location: 100 Park Royal South, 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, after October 2024.


About the role

This role is an exciting opportunity to support a Senior Executive in an expansive department, which will require good networking and organizational skills.

The Executive Assistant provides executive level administration to the VP of Policy, Planning and Strategic Services (PPSS).

The Executive Assistant demonstrates a high degree of professionalism, initiative and independence, as well as the ability to work under pressure and adapt to changes and shifting deadlines.

The position requires meticulous tracking and follow-up on various action items and ensures the completion of the assignment or task in a timely manner on behalf of the VP of PPSS.

Flexibility, responsiveness and rapid availability are essential.


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

  • A diploma in business/office administration, plus 4 to 6 years of progressively responsible administrative experience, including support at VP level, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
  • Experience in a senior administration capacity, supporting VP level or higher positions; working in a fastpaced and evolving environment
- working with Senior and Executive level management; responding to client/public enquiries and complaints; handling sensitive and confidential information and matters in a trusted and responsible manner; developing and maintain administrative systems, processes and procedures

  • Experience working with BC First Nations communities and/or organizations
  • Knowledge of the FNHA, and its structure and interdependencies, and of information, records and data management approaches and options
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 from day one, including:

  • Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% (after 3 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 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 with Indigenous ancestry who chose to identify (First Nations, Inuit, 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.


As a health and wellness organization, the FNHA has aligned with the Provincial Public Health Order released on October 14, 2021.

We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees at First Nations Health Authority. This policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

If selected for employment, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination by providing a copy of your BC Vaccination Card Passport with the QR code.


How to apply

Closing date:
April 3, 2024 (at 23:59)


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