• Demonstrates inclusive behaviours and support on all dimensions of diversity, with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
• Strong understanding of change management, project management and communication key principles and best practices to develop and oversee change initiatives. Applies change management methodologies in the design and development of various programs, frameworks and tools.
• Applies comprehensive knowledge, skills and experience in developing and implementing diversity-focused recruitment guidelines, tools and training to educate and achieve an increased level of inclusive hiring.
• Sound knowledge of federal and provincial human rights and employment policy and legislation relevant to equity, diversity, inclusion.
• Demonstrated commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
• Outstanding listening and communication skills, collaboration and team building skills that facilitate coordination and cooperation with the demonstrated ability to coach and mentor team members.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external partners including management and staff at all levels, government agencies, and other health authorities.
• Proficiency with human resource information systems and metric analysis, MS Office programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word) and SharePoint.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

• Provide leadership to the EDI Advisor team and acts as an organizational EDI resource for VCH.
• Act as a catalyst, senior advisor, collaborator and educator, working with all VCH departments, services and programs to develop partnerships and adopt new EDI practices.
• Act as a change agent who inspires others, play the roles of leader and mentor for the Advisor team.
• Lead the integration and alignment of EDI practices and initiatives with the current and emerging needs of the organization while informing and supporting leaders on EDI best practices.
• Increase organizational awareness of unconscious bias and mitigating bias in the workplace.
• Collaborate and engage internal and external partners through influence and relationship-building to ensure alignment between the EDI priority actions and other related initiatives across the organization, working particularly with the Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Wellness and Respectful Workplace Program teams, as well as the Regional Medical Director, EDI.
• Conduct a workforce analysis to establish the baseline in order evaluate progress in increasing workforce representation, including in leadership roles.
• Source and/or develops EDI training.
• In collaboration with the People Team and operational leaders, implement leading practices for recruitment, selection, interviewing and hiring processes.
• Establish and monitors baseline metrics and KPIs for the program through collecting and analyzing data.
• Measure and evaluate progress and impact to help drive decisions and bring creativity and strategic thinking to identify new initiatives, solutions, and approaches to address systemic bias and organizational barriers.
• Carry out responsibilities in accordance with health and safety requirements; immediately report unsafe situations by notifying supervisor or other appropriate personnel.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.