Position Summary

Who are we looking for?

Do you believe Indigenous wellness is strongest when culture, relationships, and community leadership are at the centre of care? The Lead, Indigenous Cultural Resource Integration is a meaningful opportunity to draw on lived experience, cultural knowledge, and relational leadership to support Indigenous mental wellness and substance use services. Rooted in Indigenous worldviews, this role weaves Elders, Indigenous Peer Support Workers, ceremonies, and community partnerships into the Recovery Community Centre. Together, this work helps create culturally safe, community‑led spaces where Indigenous people can heal, reconnect, and thrive.

Some of the Benefits of Joining Interior Health:

- An attractive remuneration package
- Excellent career prospects
- Employer paid training/education
- Employer paid vacation
- Employer paid insurance premiums
- Extended Health & Dental coverage
- Municipal Pension Plan
- Work-life balance

Benefits for Indigenous Employees:

- Ceremonial, Cultural, Spiritual Leave
- Indigenous Employee Network
- Indigenous Employee Voices Committee

Salary Range:

Salary range for the position is $90,770 to $130,481. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

How will you create an impact?

In accordance with the established vision and values of the organization, the Lead, Indigenous Cultural Resource Integration guides the integration of Indigenous cultural resources, programs, and activities within the Recovery Community Centre (RCC). The RCC is a culturally inclusive, community-based service offering long-term, non-clinical support for individuals who use substances, combining Indigenous traditional, culturally specific, holistic, and distinction-based care with allied health practices.

The Lead fosters partnerships with Indigenous communities, supporting their engagement in program development and governance. This role also facilitates the inclusion of Indigenous-specific positions, such as Indigenous Peer Support Workers and Elders in Residence, within the interdisciplinary team.

By collaborating with Indigenous Partners and MHSU Operations, the Lead ensures programs reflect Indigenous health needs, beliefs, and cultural values while addressing mental wellness and substance use. This includes developing culturally safe, knowledge-based resources aligned with Indigenous health and wellness frameworks. The Lead also works closely with Clinical Operations to advocate for change and support the successful implementation of initiatives that enhance services for Indigenous people accessing RCC and MHSU services.

What will you work on:

- Fosters collaborative relationships with the IH Indigenous Mental Wellness Team and MHSU Operations in the Williams Lake area to enhance and expand MHSU services for Indigenous peoples.
- Builds relationships with local Indigenous Partners to support their involvement in program development and the expansion of MHSU services, including participation in the RCC Advisory Council.
- Facilitates connections and supportive relationships to integrate Indigenous Peer Support Workers and Elders in Residence into core programming.
- Reviews the operating environment to identify opportunities, recommend priorities, and provide solutions for integrating Indigenous perspectives, resources, programs, and activities into plans, strategies, and service priorities.
- Provides expertise in developing plans, strategies, and priorities to ensure programs, supports, and activities are culturally safe, relevant, meaningful, and beneficial for Indigenous peoples.
- Maintains a comprehensive understanding of current evidence and knowledge sources to guide planning efforts that meet the unique wellness needs of Indigenous people.
- Collaborates with internal and external partners to identify, design, and address service and program gaps, and develops recommendations to address these gaps in culturally safe and relevant ways.
- Researches, develops, and implements plans to address emerging Indigenous care priorities related to long-term outreach mental health and substance use services.
- In collaboration with Indigenous Partners, MHSU Operational Division, and other relevant IH portfolios, contributes to performance indicators for RCC resources, activities, programs, and services.
- Monitors and responds to evolving Indigenous health and wellness needs by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to track program service outcomes, identify emerging issues, and make recommendations.
- In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Interior Health strives to create an environment where you enjoy the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you. Together, we create great workplaces. Apply today!

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Qualifications

Education, Training, and Experience:

- Lived and living experience as a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit person.
- Demonstrated knowledge of, or commitment to learn, culture, protocols, traditions, and ideology of Indigenous Peoples and organizations in the B.C. Interior. Demonstrated knowledge of Indigenous worldviews and perspectives of health and wellness.
- Bachelor’s degree in a clinical area.
- Five years of recent, relevant experience in mental health and substance use.
- Alternatively, an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience related to Indigenous mental health and substance use.

Comments

Interior Health is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating an environment free from discrimination. Our goal is to cultivate a workforce rich in culture, experience, and knowledge to enable us to provide high quality, accessible and culturally safe health services to everyone in the Interior Health region. We are committed to addressing existing inequities and barriers to achieving a diverse workforce, one that is representative of the communities we serve. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently marginalized groups.