Senior Planner

First Nations Health Authority; Ladysmith; Hybrid; CAD 91,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Vacation & personal days

Health benefits

Job summary

The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is seeking a Senior Planner for a hybrid Vancouver Island office role. You will lead planning across regional programs and projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and multi-year health plans.

Responsibilities include analysis, reporting, and development of plans, reports and presentations, with emphasis on collaboration and evaluation. Eligible applicants should have planning and management experience, and experience with First Nations

Qualifications

• University degree in Planning or equivalent.
• 6-8 years planning experience.
• 6-8 years management experience.
• Experience working with First Nations.
• Planning experience would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Region’s development, analysis, communication, implementation, evaluation and reporting of FNHA’s planning work across programs and projects.
• Collaborate with regional programs, engagement and projects teams; coordinate with centralized evaluation and planning teams.
• Develop reports, presentations and plans within a Quality Improvement framework.

Skills

Planning experience

Management experience

First Nations experience

Performance measurement

Education

Relevant university degree in Planning

Job description

FNHA Overview

The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.

About Us

The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.

The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.

The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis. All interested First Nations, Inuit or Métis individuals are encouraged to apply. The First Nations Health Authority has a mandate to increase First Nations representation in the workforce. Applicant skills, perspectives and lived experience may be matched for this role, or other opportunities within the FNHA.

FNHA is proud to have been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2026. Learn more about why we were selected here.

Title: Senior Planner

Salary: $91,172 - $107,261 - $123,351 per year (pay range explained below)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Mon-Fri (core hours 9am-3pm)

Location: Vancouver Island Office - Hybrid - 3 days in the office. Travel might be required to different parts of the island.

About The Role

As a Senior Planner you will lead the Region’s development, analysis, communication, implementation, evaluation and reporting of the FNHA’s strategic, operational, community and regional planning work, working with regional programs, engagement and projects teams, and as it relates to evaluation and reporting, working in coordination with the centralized evaluation and planning teams. You will work within a Quality Improvement framework. You will assist with the review the impact and updating of FNHA plans ensuring alignment with the Multi Year Health Plan. This will include the development of reports, presentations, and plans.

Education And Experience

• Relevant university degree in Planning, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Significant recent, relevant and progressive experience in planning, or health management (usually acquired over a period of 6-8 years)
• Significant recent, relevant and progressive experience in management (usually acquired over a period of 6-8 years)
• Experience in working with First Nations
• Significant planning experience would be an asset
• Significant experience in performance measurement would be an asset

Please refer to Job Specification section of the Job Description for more details.

Working at FNHA

Benefits

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits from day one, including:

• Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% (after 3 months)
• 3 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 4 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 public holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
• Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
• And more!

Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training. We support our family to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal setting.

The Pay Range is the minimum and maximum annual salary based on full time equivalent hours. Incumbents are typically hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the range based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and experience in relation to the role requirements. The top 10% of the pay range is for the incumbents who are industry experts in the job with the combination of exceptional experience and competencies needed to perform all duties and responsibilities at a superior capability level. Internal employee compensation will be determined as per the FNHA Employee Total Compensation Policy.

Closing date: November 17th, 2026.

For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us

For information about Cultural Safety and Humility (fnha.ca) and for information about Land Acknowledgements

If you have any inquiries or issues please contact FNHA Recruitment at [e-mail]

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