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Title: Director, Health Emergency Management
Salary: $125,708 - $147,891 - $170,075 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Core hours (9am-3pm Mon-Fri)
Location: Park Royal Office, West Vancouver located on the ancestral Coast Salish Territories of the Squamish, Musqueam & Tsleil-Waututh Nations

EDUCATION

• A University Degree with specialization in Public Health, Health Sciences or other relevant health field or an acceptable combination of education, training and professional experience

EXPERIENCE

• Recent, relevant and significant experience in crisis response/emergency management and/or responding to health related emergencies (usually acquired over a period of 7-10 years)
• Recent, relevant and significant experience working within inter-governmental relationships and responsibilities, particularly as relevant to crisis response/emergency planning
• Experience, training or qualifications in health emergency management or emergency management
• Experience in providing advice and recommendations to senior management on health crisis and emergency preparedness and response issues
• Experience working with First Nations communities and/or organizations
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position

As Health Emergency Management Director, you will provide collaborative leadership to the development, implementation and ongoing delivery and management of a regional response to health emergencies including environmental and natural disasters and public health emergencies such as communicable disease outbreaks and the toxic drug crisis. You will work within the FNHA framework for public health response and in strong collaborative partnerships with regional health and emergency agencies, central services, other regional teams, and First Nations Communities and other partners.