Job Description

What You'll Do

Background: The Fort Nelson First Nation Prevention Plan was shaped through extensive community engagement and is focused on strengthening families, empowering youth, promoting mental wellness, reclaiming culture and land-based identity, and improving community safety and wellbeing. While the plan outlines a two-year rollout, its initiatives will continue to grow and evolve beyond that timeline. The Prevention Program Manager will not only guide implementation but also oversee the ongoing delivery and development of programs to ensure lasting impact in the community.

Reporting to the Director of Health & Community Services, the Prevention Program Manager plays a crucial role in managing and overseeing programs and services that align with the Fort Nelson First Nation Prevention Plan. In support of the two-year plan, the Manager's responsibilities include preparing and translating the plan into culturally grounded, community-led services that address the key prevention themes: culture and land-based identity, parenting and family wellness, youth empowerment, mental health and healing, and community safety and wellbeing.

The Manager will provide leadership in program planning, budget stewardship, and partnership development to strengthen families and prevent crises before they occur. In addition, this role carries significant responsibility for staffing the Prevention Plan: recruiting, supervising, and mentoring a multidisciplinary team of prevention workers, cultural facilitators, and support staff to ensure services are effectively delivered. The Manager also oversees a multi-million-dollar budget, ensuring financial accountability, reporting compliance, and alignment with Fort Nelson First Nation policies and funding agreements. As a passionate advocate for community health, the Prevention Program Manager champions initiatives that reconnect our people to land, language, and culture, while creating safer, healthier futures for our children and families. Other related duties.

Valued Qualifications

Experience:

Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in program management within Indigenous, health, social-service, or community-development settings, including at least two (2) years of supervisory experience overseeing staff or work teams. Experience with proposal preparation, project management, program management, and budget preparation and implementation

Knowledge:

Mature individual of professional presentation with a Grade 12 education and post-secondary training (certificate, diploma, or degree) in Social Work, Child & Youth Care, Public Health, Indigenous Governance, or a related field. Knowledge of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention approaches, First Nations prevention frameworks, and child & family wellness best practices.

Skills:

Proficient computer skills, including MS Office Suite and/or Google(TM) Workspace products. Strong success managing complex budgets and multi-stream funding-agreements, and writing funder reports Strong intercultural communication, facilitation, and partnership-building skills. Asset to understand ISC and CHRT-41 funding processes.

Abilities:

Able to work with and support individuals whose world views are different than ones' own views Ability to listen to understand and ask questions for clarification and to implement resolution skills. Ability to interact professionally with all levels of the organization, government and public. Ability to prioritize, organize and manage multiple and diverse projects and operations, while adhering to budgets and timeline. Ability to exercise diplomacy in staffing and public relations.

Other (required):

Able to work with any member of the community Compliance with BC Immunization program and TB screening. Satisfactory completion of a police information check (vulnerable sector) Ability to provide own transportation to work. Valid Class 5 BC Driver's License and Drivers Abstract.

Optional (assets):

Other certificates: First Aid, Food Safe Level 1, WHMIS. Ability to speak Dene and/or Cree. Familiarity with capital project coordination and community-based infrastructure planning

Work Setting

The regular work schedule is Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 35 hours per week. Flexible schedules may be required at times. Interacts with all levels of the organization, government, and public as approved by the Director. Safety protocols must be adhered to, with PPE as required. Required to attend evening meetings and provide public presentations. Required to drive a company fleet vehicle. Time pressures and deadlines may be experienced. This position is overtime exempt, and is not entitled to call back, reporting pay, standby, shift premiums, or any other cash compensation which is dependent on completing a specified number of hours in a normal work week.

Benefits and Lifestyle

We offer a comprehensive benefits package (health/dental, insurances, weekly indemnities), a pension plan, and paid vacation to help you recharge. The rate offered will reflect your certifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and other valuable attributes.

Discover the unique lifestyle that Fort Nelson offers - a beautiful and affordable place to call home! Enjoy year-round indoor and outdoor recreational activities, from hiking and fishing to winter sports, along with a variety of cultural activities. Surrounded by the magnificent Northern Rockies, you'll have more time to enjoy life's simple pleasures.

Ready to Apply? Here's How:

Closes:

October 22, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. *Preference may be given to qualified First Nation's applicants. Kindly forward your cover letter and resume.

We thank all individuals for applying, but only those applicants whose applications clearly demonstrate meeting all of the requested minimum requirements will receive a reply. Constitution Act, 1982 [Section 35]; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [Section 15(1)]; Canadian Human Rights Act [Section 16(1)]; Employment Equity Act [Section 5(a), 10(b)]; Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [Article 22]; ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries.*

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $37.90-$43.90 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Dental care Disability insurance Employee assistance program Extended health care Life insurance Paid time off Vision care
Work Location: In person