Please note that travel may be required. 

As a recruiter for Correctional Health Services (CHS), you play a vital role in connecting dedicated health care professionals with meaningful careers that truly make a difference. CHS, part of BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, delivers comprehensive physical, mental health, and addiction care to people who have come in contact with the law across 10 provincial correctional centres in British Columbia. Our teams ensure that every person in custody receives community‑equivalent, compassionate, and evidence‑informed care, while also supporting their transition back to the community. By recruiting skilled clinicians, you help strengthen a service that promotes dignity, continuity of care, and improved health outcomes for some of the province’s most underserved populations. 

To learn more about Correctional Health Services, please click on the following link:  https://www.bcmhsus.ca/correctional-health-services

What you’ll do

The Advisor, Talent Acquisition reports to the Manager, Talent Acquisition (TA), Clinical Services, and holds responsibility to provide expert advice and guidance on a variety of recruitment issues for Correctional Health Services (CHS). The Advisor is a trusted business partner working with Correctional Health Services employees and leadership to promote and foster services that enable the team to deliver care services effectively across the province.

• Lead high-volume recruitment of key operational roles across CHS.
• Coordinate the full hiring process, including successful onboarding of new team members.
• Participate in formulation of recruitment plans and campaigns for high-volume and difficult to fill positions, including job ad content creation, hosting information sessions, collecting employee testimonials, and occasional liaison with external agencies.
• Develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates locally, nationally and internationally through the development and maintenance of a network of contacts and related databases.
• Assist in internal/external recruitment initiatives, including preparation for, and participating in, job fairs and college/high school visits.
• Provide guidance and assistance to potential candidates seeking employment within CHS e.g., how to obtain registration to work in British Columbia.
• Represent PHSA at a variety of forums including attending provincial and regional meetings/conferences.
• Maintain electronic records of recruitment data to track and report on statistics and demographics such as vacancies, new hires, transfers and number of applicants; use data to report on trends such as turnover. 

What you bring 

Qualifications 

• Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or other related field; or an equivalent level of education, training and experience.
• 5-7 years of recent, related experience including specialized experience in high-volume recruitment within a health care environment, with experience in clinical areas, leadership, strategic initiatives, and change management. 
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within PHSA contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, BC Human Rights Code, Anti-racism Data Act and how they intersect across the health care system.

Core Competencies

• Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated leadership in breaking down barriers and ensuring an environment of belonging. Embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility into all aspects of work. This means creating an environment where Indigenous patients feel respected, valued, and understood. Foster trust through respectful communication, active listening, and honoring equity-deserving people's perspectives on health and wellness. Commit to ongoing education and training on Indigenous health issues, cultural safety, and DEI principles. Participate in workshops, cultural immersion experiences, and continuous professional development to stay informed and responsive to equity-deserving groups. Provide patient-centred care that respects Indigenous ways of knowing and healing, respects BIPOC experiences and world views ensuring that care plans are culturally relevant and holistic.
• Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).

Skills & Knowledge

• Comprehensive knowledge of hiring and recruitment processes and applicable legislation, relevant collective agreements and principles of union/management relationships.
• Demonstrated ability in the searching and interviewing of individuals, including potential employment candidates and current employees.
• Knowledge of human resource planning and principles.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, make decisions and facilitate resolution of issues within an atmosphere of unclear guidelines and established frameworks.
• Accomplished communication skills including the ability to facilitate, negotiate and persuade others, working effectively with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines. 
• Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
• Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.