Manager, Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism & Cultural Safety

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THE JOB: Manager, Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism & Cultural Safety  

The starting salary range falls within the minimum to mid-point of the salary range.

Starting Salary Range: $92,077 - $115,096 

Reporting to the Director, ISAR and EDI the Manager, Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism & Cultural Safety (ISAR CS) is responsible for delivering on the organization’s commitments to Indigenous including those within the Physician Master Agreement. This role ensures the advancement of initiatives to proactively address Anti-Indigenous specific racism in physician service delivery, strengthen the provision of culturally safe care, and improve the experience of care for Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Metis, and Inuit) on behalf of Doctors of BC and the Joint Collaborative Committees. 

The Manager, ISAR CS will oversee the organization’s ISAR CS initiatives including employee and member facing activities while ensuring integration of ISAR CS principles and practices throughout the organization. The Manager works with and is responsible for the workplans of leadership bodies such as the Doctors of BC Board, the Joint Collaborative Committees, and employee working groups. 

The Manager, ISAR CS cultivates trusting and respectful connections and relationships with community leaders, educators, Elders, and leaders from First Nation, Inuit, and Metis communities. 

Key roles and responsibilities include: 

• Provides leadership, oversight and strategic advice related to the deliverables of the organization’s ISAR portfolios and identify areas of risk and provide recommendations to ensure effective management of those risks to leadership.
• Maintains knowledge of ISAR and Cultural Safety related issues, trends, legislation, and best practices.
• Provides guidance and expertise on how anti-racist principles can be integrated and actioned within the Operations Department and across the organization.
• Collects and analyzes data to evaluate the organization’s ISAR CS initiatives in accordance with defined industry standards and goals.
• Supports the operational components of the ISAR and EDI team, including day-to-day leadership, employee development, mentorship, and guidance for direct reports inclusive of staff responsible for ISAR and CS.

The Manager, ISAR CS will advance strategies and best practices for elevating Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism & Cultural Safety while acting as a strategic advisor to the organization’s committees and their respective staff. The role works in collaboration with other teams across organizations, as well as key partners, such as Ministry of Health, Health Authorities, and FNHA, to ensure alignment of activities with provincial direction and strategy. 

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE 

Leading Through People (I): 

• Proven ability to guides, coach and motivates others by assessing developmental needs and engages team members in projects that challenge their skills and abilities.
• Provides opportunities for others to learn from experts in develop.
• Ability to listens attentively and builds rapport quickly.
• Addresses and confronts issues and inappropriate behaviors in a timely and respectful way.
• Consults with and informs team in a timely manner before decisions that would impact them are made. Regularly provides constructive feedback and recognition to team members regarding job performance.

Leading with Drive (I): 

• Fosters a team mentality that acknowledges the importance of visions, goals, and deadlines. In addition to this, clearly articulates vision and end goals, encouraging questions until clarity is gained.
• Uses clear reasoning and rational explanations to subtly yet resolutely influence other’s viewpoints.
• Effectively communicates information and expectations when delegating responsibilities.

Leading to Deliver (A): 

• Ensures team makeup supports decision making based upon relevant analysis of data as a necessary skillset.
• Continuously evaluates progress as a team to identifies potential weaknesses and facilitate productive conversation and steps for improvement.
• Establishes clear service expectations and effectively identifies what can be salvaged in setbacks, learned from and leveraged as opportunities.
• Ensures individuals are aware of all expectations and held accountable in a timely manner for their actions.
• Communicates a collective purpose, creates a clear line of sight to the organization’s values, and ensures team’s alignment with the organization’s goals and strategies

Leading Through Vision (A): 

• Fosters a team’s mentality of seeking continuous performance feedback to identify and address potential blind spots.
• Actively acknowledges and rewards creativity and out of the box thinking while accounting for unique learning styles.
• Effectively monitors and boosts team’s self-esteem levels through authentic praise and specific recognition to ensure team members are engaged and personally invested.

Doctors of BC Team Member: Approaches work with a collaborative spirit recognizing we are better together. Embraces change, provides excellence in service and is accountable for their results and helping others achieve theirs. Does the right thing, not the easy thing. Speaks openly and honestly to tackle tough challenges and enrich relationships. Balances hard work with fun and is genuinely friendly and committed to other’s wellbeing.
 

WHAT YOU BRING 

• Must be of Indigenous ancestry (i.e., Turtle Island - self-identify as First Nations, Metis, or Inuit)
• Indigenous identity statement: In responding to the impacts of colonization on Indigenous people, we encourage applications from those who wish to self-identify. It is your choice whether to volunteer information, we will hold your application in strictest confidence, sharing it only with the hiring panel.
• Must possess a deep knowledge and respect of Indigenous culture and traditions and understand the diversity of First Nations, Metis and Inuit cultures.
• Significant experiences with Indigenous cultures, communities and organizations and experience working with Indigenous communities, Elders and Knowledge Keepers.
• Completed graduate university degree AND/OR recognized professional designation in a specialized field, AND up to six years of progressive and related experience; OR having an equivalent level of related work experience in-lieu of post-secondary education.
• Previous experience leading and facilitating equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in a complex organization.
• Strategic and tactical problem-solving approaches, and ability to convert strategic objectives into tangible action plans and results.
• Demonstrated relationship-building skills; solid judgment; critical thinking skills; a sense of teamwork and community; ability to handle multiple tasks; highly organized.
• Demonstrated expertise with key partner relations, especially related to helping diverse groups to develop and work together towards shared goals and improved collective impact.
• Fundamental knowledge of the organization and it’s interrelated components within the BC healthcare system
• Excellent writing skills and proven ability to develop clear concise and comprehensive reports, executive briefing notes, reports, and presentations for diverse audiences.
• Excellent judgment in setting priorities, proactively identifying issues and determining action required when working under pressure and deadlines.
• Superior consultation and meeting facilitation skills
• Proven ability to work with diverse groups of individuals who have varying interests.
• Superior interpersonal, oral communication and relationship management skills.
• Experience supervising and managing teams in complex systems and working collaboratively with senior and executive management.
• Experience and commitment to team building, staff development and coaching
• Capacity to self-manage a varied, flexible work schedule to meet the needs of participating physicians, while ensuring appropriate work-life balance and the need to meet project deadlines and deliverables.
• Must be willing to travel occasionally as required and work outside regular business hours on occasion.

Doctors of BC thanks all applicants; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified. 

Doctors of BC celebrates diversity, challenges inequality and is committed to sustaining an inclusive and diverse community. We do not discriminate against any applicant regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, political beliefs and affiliations, family circumstances or other irrelevant distinction.