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JOB PURPOSE

In service of UWBC’s work in supporting seniors to remain active, connected, and engaged in their communities, this role will work to strengthen the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of community-based senior serving organizations across the Province through learning and improvement strategies. By bringing together recommendations from community consultations, program evaluations, communities of practice, and the research literature, this role will support community organizations serving seniors and other local, regional, and provincial partners to reduce barriers to access to community services, and position the sector to respond to the growing population of older adults who are vulnerable or at risk of vulnerability to live well in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. This role will focus on skills training, coaching, quality assurance and improvement, and will support organizations to build relationships, enhance their impact, increase efficiencies, and foster collaborative leadership.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Key Responsibilities: 

• Develops and maintains meaningful, trusted relationships with seniors serving organizations
• Facilitates active engagement and learning among seniors serving organizations in UWBC Healthy Aging programs and investments. 
• Facilitates connections between the health sector and community-based organizations at the community and Provincial level.
• Coordinates the execution of knowledge and action networks, including a partnership strategy, communities of practice, and community engagement initiatives
• Contributes to local, provincial, and federal discussions about the relevance and contribution of the Community Based Seniors Serving Sector
• Supports the Department in engaging with different provincial ministries on related strategic initiatives including, but not limited to, relationships with Union of BC Municipalities and local government; with primary health partners; and with other stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

Education &

• 4 year BA in Public Health, Social Policy

 Experience:

• 3 years of progressive responsibility in a nonprofit or public sector setting 
• Experience engaging and building relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders
• 3 years of experience working with government, civil society, and non-profit sector including public interface and community development
• Understanding of the BC Health Sector and Quality Improvement concepts
• Project and program management experience, including planning, development, implementation, and evaluation, and ability to be agile and adapt quickly and effectively
• Experience in policy writing, document preparation, research, and environmental scans / literature reviews
• Understanding of decolonization, anti-oppression, and social justice frameworks and theories 

Skills:

• Effective and empathetic communication style, with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Indigenous communities 
• Effective administrative skills with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a climate of shifting priorities, and with the expertise to manage multiple projects and achieve required outcomes
• Excellent community convening skills 
• Adaptable and flexible
• Decisive and action-oriented 
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to listen with curiosity 
• Facilitation and coaching skills

WORKING CONDITIONS  

• Occasional hours outside of business hours to attend meetings and events
• Require a driver’s license and access to a vehicle
• Provincial travel required

CHARACTERISTICS  

For success at UWBC and in this role, certain demonstrable characteristics will be required:

• A commitment to building healthy, caring, and inclusive communities, internally and externally 
• Embodying the organization’s core values to be collaborative, compassionate, strategic, responsive, accountable, and inspiring
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and comfortably operate in it
• Drive to succeed as an individual and as a team member

At UWBC, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, programs, donors, and the communities we live and work in.  At UWBC, we encourage all applicants regardless of age, sex, gender identity, colour, religion, sexual orientation, or any other basis to apply. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, people of colour and indigenous people are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet every qualification. At UWBC, we are dedicated to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, so if you are excited about this role, but your experience and qualifications are not perfectly aligned, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or other roles. 

This is a bargaining unit role with CUPE 1760. This position is a pay grade 39 which is $88,502.29 annually for the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley Region and $79,874.95 for any regions outside Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley Region.

This posting is scheduled to close June 30, 2023. Interested candidates are invited to apply by submitting a cover letter and resume to job competition C-2023-36. 

We kindly ask for no phone calls please. Due to a high number of applicants UWBC receives, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We thank all applicants for their interest in UWBC