Admin III – Health Services

Northwest Employment Works; Sioux Lookout; On-site; CAD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services organization in Sioux Lookout, Ontario seeks an Admin III to provide high-level administrative support to Medical Directors. Candidates should have strong communication skills, a diploma in Office Administration, and experience in health or public sector settings. The role also involves community engagement in health promotion. Competitive benefits are offered, along with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Pension plan

Fitness reimbursement program

Comprehensive insurance coverage

Professional development opportunities

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Minimum three (3) years of experience in administrative roles, preferably in health or public sector settings.
• Experience working with Indigenous organizations or communities is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge and sensitivity to the history, culture, and health priorities of First Nations in the Sioux Lookout region.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level administrative support to Medical Directors.
• Work with communities to identify health promotion strategies.
• Develop educational material and health promotion campaigns.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite

Organizational and time management

Self-motivation and independence

Education

Post-secondary diploma in Office Administration or related field

Job description

Internal/External Posting
Full-time Position
Location: Sioux Lookout, ON
Salary Range: $56,576 – $75,992 per annum.
Reference Number: ADMNI001399
If applying by email, indicate reference number in subject line

Job Summary:

The Admin III – Health Services provides high-level administrative and coordination support to the Medical Director and Associate Medical Director. The Medical Director portfolio plays a strategic leadership role in improving health care quality, access, and equity for the communities served by SLFNHA. This position requires professionalism, excellent communication and organizational skills, and a strong ability to prioritize tasks in a dynamic multi-jurisdictional healthcare environment.

The Admin III – Health Services directly accountable to the Medical Director.

Qualifications:
•Persons of First Nations ancestry will be given preference (OHRC, Part II, Special Employment).
•Ability to speak a First Nations Dialect in the Sioux Lookout Zone is a strong asset
•Post-secondary diploma in Office Administration or related field and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
•Minimum three (3) years of experience in administrative roles, preferably in health or public sector settings.
•Experience working with Indigenous organizations or communities is strongly preferred.
•Understanding of First Nations health governance or health system issues.
•Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
•Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
•Demonstrates professionalism, discretion, and accountability.
•Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
•Knowledge and sensitivity to the history, culture, and health priorities of First Nations in the Sioux Lookout region.
•Ability to perform the requirements of the role on a regular basis.

Roles and Responsibilities:
•Work with communities to identify and monitor community priorities around Safe Communities
•Work with communities to identify barriers to behavior change and work with them to identify solutions, develop enhanced approaches, and create supportive environments to support behavior change in communities to prevent injuries, ensure individual and community preparedness for emergencies, and mitigate environmental health concerns.
•In collaboration with the other Safe Communities staff, develop, implement, monitor, and support the evaluation of a regional strategy for Safe Communities health promotion.
•Ensures that this program incorporates community feedback into future regional and community-based programs and initiatives.
•Support and enable communities to develop and implement their own health promotion strategy/approaches to promote safe communities.
•Identify, develop, and support community capacity through training and mentorship needs of community-based staff and through the support of community action to ensure safe communities.
•Work with policy analysts and communities to develop and support healthy policies for environmental health, injury prevention, and emergency preparedness.
•Work with other Safe Communities staff to develop culturally appropriate education material and health promotion campaigns.
•In collaboration with the Safe Communities team, provide education and health promotion on injury prevention, emergency preparedness, and environmental health to Chiefs and Councils, Health Directors, community-based nurses, community-based health workers, community members, cases and their contacts through community visits, radio shows, local newsletters, school programs, community workshops, webinars, video conferences, social media, etc.
•Identify and develop potential partnerships for regional and community-based safe communities programming.
•Develop and share best practices for safe communities’ health promotion and education.
•Maintain a good working relationship with community based and off reserve health staff.
•Provide expert advice, technical consultation, and continuing education to SLFNHA staff, key stakeholders, and communities relating to emergency preparedness, environmental health, and injury prevention health promotion.
•Use health promotion expertise and experience to advocate for communities and the Sioux Lookout area to promote safe communities through emergency preparedness, environmental health, and injury prevention.
•Represent SLFNHA and Approaches to Community Wellbeing on related working groups or committees, as needed.
•Provide assistance when required and any other duties assigned.

We offer competitive and comprehensive employment benefits to Full-Time employees:
•Pension plan
•Fitness reimbursement program
•Comprehensive insurance coverage
•Professional development opportunities
•Relocation assistance

Apply online at https://www.slfnha.com/careers/.

Human Resource Department
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street
Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

SLFNHA currently “Strongly Recommends” COVID-19 immunizations and requests your immunization status to be sent to our staff health department if successful in the recruitment process.

Closing Date: August 11, 2025 @ 4:30 p.m. CST
No resumes received after this time will be accepted.

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our website at www.slfnha.com

SLFNHA is a proud supporter of Mikinakoos Children’s Fund. To find out more, visit www.mikinakoos.com