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.

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.

Qualfications
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.