Job Description

Overview

Are you a senior leader who is passionate about improving psychological health and safety in British Columbia\xe2\x80\x99s workplaces?

The role of Director, Prevention Field Services, Psychological Health & Safety is an opportunity for a highly focused and experienced leader to play a critical role in shaping workplace psychological safety culture across the province.

Reporting to the Head of Prevention Services, you\xe2\x80\x99ll play a key role on our senior leadership team. You\xe2\x80\x99ll engage in strategic planning, decision-making, and the implementation of initiatives to reduce the risk of workplace injuries, diseases, and fatalities in B.C.

The Director is accountable for developing and implementing effective strategies aligned with the division\xe2\x80\x99s goal. This includes engaging employers, workers, and other stakeholders to reduce mental health risks and establish and maintain psychologically safe workplaces. You\xe2\x80\x99ll lead our education, consultation, and enforcement activities to promote sustainable compliance and effective management of workplace mental health risks. You\xe2\x80\x99ll apply your background and understanding of the challenges posed by workplace mental health with your motivation to bring solutions to this important health and safety issue. You\xe2\x80\x99ll lead the development of programs and resources and foster cooperative and collaborative relationships between employers and workers regarding workplace psychological safety.

How you\'ll make a difference: You\xe2\x80\x99ll oversee WorkSafeBC\xe2\x80\x99s psychological safety initiatives and drive our service delivery efforts to ensure B.C. workers go home safely at the end of their workday.

Where you\xe2\x80\x99ll work

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines the convenience of working remotely with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you\xe2\x80\x99ll work from your home in B.C., your local WorkSafeBC office and other offices across B.C. as required. Preferred locations are Richmond, Kelowna, and Victoria.

What you\'ll do

• Develop strategies and initiatives and lead divisional efforts shaping education, consultation, and enforcement activities with particular emphasis on issues of workplace psychological safety.
• Initiate industry outreach and cultivate strategic partnerships to promote mental health awareness and prevent psychological injury from occurring in B.C. workplaces.
• Promote worker participation and engagement in the occupational health and safety process, focusing on workplace psychological safety.
• Bring expertise and leadership to WorkSafeBC\xe2\x80\x99s enterprise-wide mental health strategy.
• Drive the development and implementation of new service offerings aligned with the prevention services mandate, overseeing vision, structure, direction, and change management.
• Guide and direct management teams in developing and implementing strategic, operational, and business plan initiatives, including strategy development, oversight, and monitoring.
• Manage the annual budget, overseeing resource allocation, monitoring financial reporting, and approving expenditures to meet operational needs.
• Travel where required to represent WorkSafeBC and connect with stakeholders.

Is this a good fit for you?

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for someone who:

• Has exceptional leadership skills within a complex organization and possesses expert understanding of occupational health and safety and workplace psychological safety.
• Possesses strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Has experience fostering a positive safety culture.
• Has experience in strategy development and execution, combining priorities and metrics to measure results to make effective decisions.
• Is an innovative problem-solver who can think outside the box, finding creative solutions to enhance workplace health and safety.
• Brings experience in financial management, budget planning, and resource allocation, specifically within a prevention services framework.
• Is open to occasional business travel and welcomes special projects or assignments.

Your background and experience

• A master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in science or public health focusing on occupational health and safety; OHS professional designation is preferred.
• A minimum of 15 years of related experience in progressive leadership roles.
• Solid knowledge of enforcement practices and a comprehensive understanding of the role of a health and safety regulator.
• Substantial work experience in a regulatory and compliance environment, demonstrating a practical understanding of the components and attributes of psychologically safe workplaces.
• Demonstrated expertise in identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace mental health risks.
• Proven track record in undertaking risk reduction activities and leading compliance initiatives to ensure alignment with occupational health and safety regulations and policies.
• Substantial experience providing leadership to organizations in occupational health and safety matters with a focus on workplace psychological safety. Proficiency in change management and experience implementing substantial organizational changes.

We\'ll consider an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Important to know

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Consent to a criminal record check and meet the legal requirements under the Criminal Records Review Act to work with children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Confirm you are legally entitled to work in Canada.

Who we are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We\xe2\x80\x99re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What\xe2\x80\x99s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It\xe2\x80\x99s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

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Our benefits

As a member of our team, you\xe2\x80\x99ll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work \xe2\x80\x94 and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

• A defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire.
• Four weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service.
• A benefits package that includes customizable options for health care and dental benefits, additional days off, and a health care spending account.
• Optional leave arrangements.
• Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more).

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Salary: $179,861 - $218,531/annually

Want to apply?

• We invite and welcome your confidential application immediately; your application must be received by 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.
• This position may be filled by a pre-posting placement.
• We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email

when you submit your application. * Cover letters are not mandatory but welcomed.

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