Coordinator

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services in Edmonton is seeking a Child and Family Engagement Coordinator for the Awasisak Indigenous Health Program. Based at the Stollery Children's Hospital, you will host Indigenous families, provide holistic support, and help navigate hospital services while linking to community resources.

You will accompany families to community activities, plan events and ceremonies, and build strong partnerships with Elders and community partners to ensure culturally safe care across the

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in a health-related field serving Indigenous children and families.
• Experience in an acute care child health facility and cross-cultural northern health care preferred.
• Post-secondary education in humanities and/or social sciences or equivalent experience.
• Courses in addictions, mental health and sacred boundaries or equivalency of experience.
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultural beliefs, values, customs, traditions, healing ways, ceremonies, traditional medicines and protocols.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Indigenous families and communities to support culturally safe care.
• Provide hospital navigation and linkages to community resources.
• Accompany families to community engagement activities and appointments.
• Plan Awasisak events, gatherings, celebrations, and ceremonies, while building relationships with community partners and stakeholders.

Skills

Problem solving

Cross-cultural sensitivity

Indigenous knowledge

Communication

Public speaking

Education

Post-secondary education in humanities or social sciences

Job description

Your Opportunity:

Being the first and only Indigenous pediatric healthcare program in North America, the Awasisak Indigenous Health Program strives to meet patients' and families' unique and complex needs. Reporting to the Team Lead/Manager of Awasisak Indigenous Health Program, the Child and Family Engagement Coordinator primarily based at the Philip C. Etches NICU - Royal Alexandra Hospital plays a vital role in engaging with Indigenous families and communities, ensuring healthcare provided at the Stollery Children's Hospital is culturally safe and meets their specific needs. Acting as a "host" and liaison, you will provide holistic and practical support to children and their parents. The coordinator provides on-site navigation and linkages to community supports while they are in hospital. This role can accompany families to community engagement activities as well as community appointments correlated to the care of their child. The coordinator is also responsible for planning Awasisak events and gatherings, including celebrations and ceremonies both on and off site. This includes networking and forging relationships with community partners and stakeholders.

Description:

The Child and Family Engagement Coordinator plays a vital role in engaging with Indigenous families and communities, helping ensure that care at the Stollery Children's Hospital is culturally safe and responsive to their needs. The coordinator acts as a host and liaison for Indigenous children and their families, providing holistic and practical support, hospital navigation, and connections to community resources. The role may accompany families to community engagement activities and appointments related to their child's care. The coordinator also plans Awasisak events, gatherings, celebrations, and ceremonies, while building relationships with community partners and stakeholders.

Job Details:

• Classification: Coordinator
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Awasisak Indigenous Health Program
• Primary Location: Stollery Children's Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 27-AUG-2026
• Date Available: 08-SEP-2026
• Temporary End Date: 10-SEP-2027
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $25.63
• Maximum Salary: $42.71
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of 3-5 years' experience working in a health-related field that requires problem solving and working with Indigenous children and families. Experience in an acute care child health facility as well as cross-cultural northern health care experience preferred. Combination of education and experience considered. Post-secondary education in humanities and/or social sciences or equivalency of experience. Courses in understanding and treatment of addictions, mental health and sacred boundaries or equivalency of experience. Courses in understanding and treatment of generational trauma or equivalency of experience. Traditionally earned understanding about Indigenous cultural beliefs, values, customs, traditions, healing ways, ceremonies, traditional medicines and protocols. Guided ongoing development with Traditional Elders over the course of many years. Knowledge of how to respond to diverse cultural needs of a wide variety of Indigenous people. Knowledge about the effects of colonization and residential schools, including intergenerational trauma. Openness to continually learning.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Experience in Aboriginal counselling organizations, drug and alcohol treatment centers or other work experiences providing care for Indigenous peoples, training and experience in culturally appropriate counselling modalities. Experience in an acute care child health facility as well as cross-cultural northern health care. As a bona fide occupational requirement and under Section 11 of the Alberta Human Rights Act, only Indigenous applicants will be considered. A high degree of cultural competence and embedded experience as it relates to working with Indigenous people (First Nations, Metis and Inuit).

Preferred Qualifications:

Fluent in Indigenous language. Clear understanding and involvement in traditional Indigenous spirituality and healing. Able to understand socioeconomic circumstances from any different geographical areas and many ways of relating and coping. Comfortable with presentations and public speaking. Courses in understanding and treatment of addictions, mental health and sacred boundaries. Courses in understanding and treatment of generational trauma.