Project Manager

Description:

The Regional Land-Based Healing Project Manager has overall regional responsibility for the planning, executing, and monitoring of the Land-Based Healing projects, funding, and grants. This role collaborates with community leadership, First Nations community health leaders/managers, Manager of Mental Health and Wellness, Manager of Regional Funding Initiatives, and others across the FNHA and throughout the BC health and wellness system, to define projects in terms of scope and objectives, to develop detailed work plans, and provide regular project status updates. The role is expected to anticipate and identify project issues and risks, develop options and recommend solutions, and work with senior management to implement solutions.

As a health and wellness organization, the First Nations Health Authority 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.

Responsibilities

• Directs and manages Land-Based Healing projects from initiation including the sharing of funding parameters and guidelines, best practices, support in the development of community projects, and post implementation reviews.
• Communicates and manages project expectations to cross-organization team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Oversees and supports project planning, allocation, and management to achieve project goals
• Conducts full project life cycle planning, monitoring, control and documentation including, but not limited to development and delivery of progress reports, issue, risk, and decision management and escalation, creation of project deliverables such as project charters, project management plans, status reports, presentations and project turn-over documents
• Coaches, mentors, motivates, and supports community project team members and their contractors