Ministry of Children and Family Development
Flexible work options are available; this position may be able to work a hybrid schedule as per the Telework Agreement upon discussion with supervisor.
Associate Indigenous Child Welfare Director
$141,800.04 - $173,500.11 annually
The Office of the Indigenous Child Welfare Director (ICWD) is a new division in the Ministry of Children and Family Development set up to shift and improve BC’s child welfare system and create changes that align with Indigenous rights, laws, and priorities as part of a joint jurisdiction model of service delivery.
The Associate Indigenous Child Welfare Director supports this work by providing strategic advice to the Assistant Deputy Minister/Indigenous Child Welfare Director, Ministry Designated Directors, Executive Leaders of Indigenous Child and Family Service Agencies, Ministry of Children and Family Development Minister and Deputy Minister, and other Executive Leaders inside and outside the Public Service. These topics will include policies, practices and issues relating to child welfare practice, delegation of authority, advice/consultation on complex matters involving Indigenous children, youth and families and direction and advice on complex child welfare systemic matters.
Please note, the division is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and Indigenous cultural safety. However, in recognition of the critical importance to this role of a lived understanding of Indigenous communities, history, values, and ways of knowing, this competition is restricted to Indigenous applicants (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).
Qualifications for this role include:
In recognition of the critical importance to this role of a lived understanding of Indigenous communities, history, values, and ways of knowing, this competition is restricted to Indigenous applicants (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Social Work, Child and Youth Care, Counselling, Clinical Psychology, or another human services field like Sociology, Criminology, Anthropology, Early Childhood Education, Indigenous Studies, Theology, or Nursing.
• Experience in progressively senior leadership roles in an organization that provides family and child welfare services.
• Experience managing projects, programs and initiatives with successful outcomes.
• Experience representing government, major Crown agencies/corporations, or private sector companies, consulting with stakeholders, interest groups, and First Nations governments and communities.
• Experience working in a highly politicized environment with senior leaders and statutory decision makers on complex and contentious public issues.
• Experience conducting multi-party negotiations, preferably in a cross-cultural setting, dispute resolution and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience leading large teams, developing staffing complements into a highly effective and engaged workforce.
For more information and to apply online by, March 30th 2025, please go to: https://bcpublicservice.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/119181