Business Partner | Indigenous Employee Experience

Position Summary
Interior Health is seeking a permanent full-time Business Partner to help advance initiatives that strengthen the Indigenous employee experience across the organization. This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and strategic professional who is passionate about employee engagement, cultural safety, and fostering inclusive workplace environments. The ideal candidate will bring strong relationship-building skills, staff engagement experience, and the ability to navigate a large and complex organization while supporting meaningful initiatives that help Indigenous employees feel welcomed, valued, and supported.

The worksite location for this position is flexible and can be located anywhere within the Interior Health region.

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
· May be eligible to contribute to the Municipal Pension Plan
· Work-life balance

Benefits for Indigenous Employees:
• Ceremonial, Cultural, Spiritual Leave
• Indigenous Employee Network
• Indigenous Employee Voices Committee

Salary Range:
The salary range for this position is $90,770 (min) to $113,462 (midpoint) to $130,481(max) per annum, based on 1.0 FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on 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 Business Partner, Indigenous Employee Experience, supports and organizes all the major components necessary to advance the Indigenous employee experience, implementing tactics and initiatives in alignment with the Indigenous Employee Experience Strategy, and fostering welcoming and inclusive workplaces for Indigenous employees. Participating on teams, projects and events that have Indigenous employee experience application, the Business Partner works to provide professional guidance and expertise in the areas of Indigenous employment, diversity and inclusion, Indigenous employee storytelling, and continuous measurement of the Indigenous applicant and employee experience.

The Business Partner leads the implementation and refinement of the Indigenous Employee Experience Strategy, advancing HR practices and objectives that enable an Indigenous employee-centered, high-performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, productivity, and the ongoing improvement of an inclusive and culturally safe workforce. Utilizing human resource-focused tools and technology, the Business Partner ensures the capture and reporting of metrics and shared-stories of Indigenous employees’ perspectives on their workplace culture, their sense of workplace inclusion, their levels of engagement, and their sense of workplace safety.

What will you work on:
1. Supports the planning, development, and review of organization-wide HR policies, strategies and procedures related to the Indigenous Employee Experience Strategy and the Indigenous employee experience.

2. Leads and participates in initiatives that promote inclusion, equity, Indigenous-specific anti-racism, and Indigenous cultural safety and humility within the organization in collaboration with Recruitment, Indigenous Partnerships, Indigenous Mental Wellness, Employee Relations, and other departments and portfolios.

3. Initiates and executes Continuous Listening (CL) tactics and uses insights from the Indigenous employee population to support continuous improvement in the Indigenous employee and applicant experience.

4. Develops strategy for the on-going measurement of Indigenous employee experience (project plan, measurement reports, and/or scorecards).

5. Supports and develops strategy for the on-going implementation of the Interior Health Anti-Racism policy, tactics, and tools (project plan, measurement reports, and/or scorecards).

6. Supports the Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility Policy as it relates to improved experiential and workplace outcomes of Indigenous employees.

7. Guides and oversees the development, evaluation, and refinement of welcoming workplace activities for Indigenous employees including those focused on diversity and inclusion, Indigenous-specific anti-racism; recognition; and new employee onboarding.

8. Guides and delivers effective project and implementation initiatives in the area of Indigenous employee and applicant experience education and resources.

9. Develops and refines tactics to promote and improve Indigenous self-identification (ISI) for Indigenous job seekers and employees; and leads improvements for reporting metrics for ISI and the Indigenous employee experience.

10. Develops and manages effective working relationships with other departments, groups, and personnel with whom work must be coordinated or interfaced.

11. Partners with colleagues in HR and other operational partners to identify and strategize responses to trends in Indigenous employee experience as demonstrated through data; implements solutions to drive value for Indigenous employees based on a strong foundation of well-understood employee needs.

12. Collates and reports on Indigenous employee-informed current-state perspectives to provide guidance, experience, and education to ‘experience owners’ (i.e., reporting Managers) and the broader HR team. Uses writing, images, and other presentation media to bring the Indigenous employee experience ‘story’ to the forefront.

13. Responds to individual requests for Indigenous employee experience measurement, Cultural Safety and Humility and onboarding support for sites as needed.

14. Participates in and/or leads organizational, local, and provincial committees representing the organization and the Indigenous Employee Experience program.

15. Promotes and maintains relationships external to Interior Health including: First Nations Health Authority; First Nations individuals and communities; Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC); Métis and Inuit communities, individuals, and organizations; Indigenous-serving organizations: and other government and nongovernment agencies.

16. 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.

17. 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).

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.
• Undergraduate degree in an area of Human Resource Management.
• Minimum of five (5) years recent experience in Human Resources required.
• A non-related degree, diploma, and experience in combination with a professional designation (e.g., CPHR) will be considered. Project management certification an asset.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion certificate an asset.
• Anti-Racism certificate an asset.