Advisor, Talent Acquisition

About Correctional Health Services (CHS)

As a recruiter for Correctional Health Services (CHS), you play a vital role in connecting dedicated health care professionals with meaningful careers that truly make a difference. CHS, part of BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, delivers comprehensive physical, mental health, and addiction care to people who have come in contact with the law across 10 provincial correctional centres in British Columbia. Our teams ensure that every person in custody receives community‑equivalent, compassionate, and evidence‑informed care, while also supporting their transition back to the community. By recruiting skilled clinicians, you help strengthen a service that promotes dignity, continuity of care, and improved health outcomes for some of the province’s most underserved populations.

To learn more about Correctional Health Services, please click on the following link: https://www.bcmhsus.ca/correctional-health-services

What You’ll Do

The Advisor, Talent Acquisition reports to the Manager, Talent Acquisition (TA), Clinical Services, and holds responsibility to provide expert advice and guidance on a variety of recruitment issues for Correctional Health Services (CHS). The Advisor is a trusted business partner working with Correctional Health Services employees and leadership to promote and foster services that enable the team to deliver care services effectively across the province.

• Lead high-volume recruitment of key operational roles across CHS.
• Coordinate the full hiring process, including successful onboarding of new team members.
• Participate in formulation of recruitment plans and campaigns for high-volume and difficult to fill positions, including job ad content creation, hosting information sessions, collecting employee testimonials, and occasional liaison with external agencies.
• Develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates locally, nationally and internationally through the development and maintenance of a network of contacts and related databases.
• Assist in internal/external recruitment initiatives, including preparation for, and participating in, job fairs and college/high school visits.
• Provide guidance and assistance to potential candidates seeking employment within CHS e.g., how to obtain registration to work in British Columbia.
• Represent PHSA at a variety of forums including attending provincial and regional meetings/conferences.
• Maintain electronic records of recruitment data to track and report on statistics and demographics such as vacancies, new hires, transfers and number of applicants; use data to report on trends such as turnover.

Qualifications

What you bring

• Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or other related field; or an equivalent level of education, training and experience.
• 5-7 years of recent, related experience including specialized experience in high-volume recruitment within a health care environment, with experience in clinical areas, leadership, strategic initiatives, and change management.
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within PHSA contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, BC Human Rights Code, Anti-racism Data Act and how they intersect across the health care system.

Core Competencies

• Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated leadership in breaking down barriers and ensuring an environment of belonging. Embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility into all aspects of work. This means creating an environment where Indigenous patients feel respected, valued, and understood. Foster trust through respectful communication, active listening, and honoring equity-deserving people's perspectives on health and wellness. Commit to ongoing education and training on Indigenous health issues, cultural safety, and DEI principles. Participate in workshops, cultural immersion experiences, and continuous professional development to stay informed and responsive to equity-deserving groups. Provide patient-centred care that respects Indigenous ways of knowing and healing, respects BIPOC experiences and world views ensuring that care plans are culturally relevant and holistic.
• Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).

Skills & Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of hiring and recruitment processes and applicable legislation, relevant collective agreements and principles of union/management relationships.
• Demonstrated ability in the searching and interviewing of individuals, including potential employment candidates and current employees.
• Knowledge of human resource planning and principles.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, make decisions and facilitate resolution of issues within an atmosphere of unclear guidelines and established frameworks.
• Accomplished communication skills including the ability to facilitate, negotiate and persuade others, working effectively with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
• Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.

What We Bring

Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That’s why we’re focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.

• Join one of BC’s largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
• Access to professional development opportunities through our 2,000+ in-house courses including a range of experience level, profession-specific, or other essential training on Indigenous Cultural Safety; Indigenous-specific anti-racism; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and accessibility, mental health and well-being, and more.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
• PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options to support our people (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
• Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.

Job Details

• Job Type: Temporary, Full-time (Until September 10, 2027 or until return of incumbent)
• Salary Range: $76,111 - $109,409 / year. The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education and experience, and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan. Salary will be prorated accordingly for part time roles.
• Location: 1333 W. Broadway, Vancouver B.C. (Flexibility for Hybrid/remote work)
• Closing date: Applications accepted until position is filled
• Hours of Work: 0800-1600 (Monday to Friday)
• Requisition #: 197242E
• This role follows a hybrid work structure where employees can both work remotely and from the office.

What We Do

PHSA plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.

Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services

PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.

One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at indigenous.employment@phsa.ca.

Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.