Health Promotion Facilitator II

The Indigenous Wellness Core (IWC) of Primary Care Alberta works to improve access to culturally safe and patient-centred primary health care services free of racism for First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Alberta. The IWC has a significant opportunity to improve the health of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta by focusing on upstream efforts and health equity, creating and building on community empowerment and action, and transforming health service delivery to address racism. Reporting to the Director of Performance, Impact and Measurement, the Health Promotion Facilitator II plays a critical role in advancing culturally safe care. This position provides expert guidance, coordination, and collaboration with partners to develop, facilitate and promote cultural safety education and drive continuous quality improvement. In addition, the role supports efforts to measure and monitor progress toward creating culturally safe environments across health services. As a bona fide occupational requirement, and under Section 11 of the Alberta Human Rights Act, only Indigenous applicants will be considered. We encourage Indigenous candidates to self- identify. This position is part of Primary Care Alberta. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Primary Care Alberta.

As a Health Promotion Facilitator II, you will lead and coordinate health promotion, disease and injury prevention initiatives and programs using a population health promotion approach. You will identify behavioural, social, political, economic, environmental and organizational factors that promote or compromise health and recommend evidence-informed strategies to address identified priorities. You will conduct situational analyses, literature reviews, environmental scans and focus groups to make recommendations as part of an integrated program planning and evaluation process. You will manage projects using standardized tools and techniques that are conducive or aligned with health promotion, disease and injury prevention practices. You will collaborate with key internal and external key stakeholders in project or program planning, development, implementation, evaluation and improvement. You will facilitate community and staff engagement and build community and staff capacity around population health promotion priorities. You will evaluate the effectiveness of existing health promotion and disease prevention strategies and make recommendations.

Master's degree in Health Promotion, Public or Population Health, Health Education or a related field.

The successful candidate will have 3-5 years of experience developing impactful Indigenous health education programs, with a strong focus on cultural safety and expertise in designing education frameworks. A deep understanding of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit history, cultural safety principles, and the social determinants of health is essential. Candidates must demonstrate experience in evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and project management, along with a proven ability to foster collaboration and build partnerships within large, complex organizations and with communities, health agencies, and government. Strong decision-making skills, the ability to inspire confidence, and advanced organizational and communication capabilities are required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and RedCap is also necessary.

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.