Program Coordinator, Health System Transformation and Strategic Initiatives

The Program Coordinator plans, coordinates, and supports the delivery of programs, funded initiatives, and strategic projects within the Health System Transformation and Strategic Initiatives portfolio. The role ensures initiatives are completed on time, within budget, and aligned with organizational priorities, funding requirements, and Indigenous values. Key responsibilities include coordinating timelines, resources, engagement, reporting, and communications, while supporting accountability, quality outcomes, continuous improvement, and strong partner relationships. Job Duties and Responsibilities - Coordinate programs, projects, funded initiatives, and organizational priorities through an Indigenous-centred approach that reflects IPHCC's values, Indigenous self-determination, relational accountability, and the diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. - Support the Manager in translating strategic priorities, funding agreements, Board direction, member priorities, and health-system developments into work plans, timelines, responsibilities, milestones, and outcomes. - Coordinate initiatives through the full project lifecycle, including planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, continuous improvement, sustainability planning, and close-out. - Develop and maintain project documentation, including work plans, schedules, risk and issue logs, decision records, deliverable trackers, and meeting materials. - Coordinate project teams, committees, meetings, engagement activities, and forums, including scheduling, agendas, facilitation support, minutes, and follow-up actions. - Monitor project scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, funding commitments, and reporting requirements; identify and escalate risks, issues, delays, and variances. - Support compliance with funding agreements, contracts, and reporting obligations by maintaining records and tracking activities, expenditures, evidence, deliverables, and deadlines. - Prepare reports, briefing notes, presentations, proposals, business cases, and other documentation demonstrating activities, expenditures, outcomes, lessons learned, and impacts. - Foster culturally safe engagement and co-development with members, Indigenous communities, organizations, and partners while respecting Indigenous knowledge, governance, confidentiality, and local priorities. Core Competencies Indigenous-Centred and Relational Practice - Demonstrates respect for Indigenous self-determination, governance, knowledge systems, and the diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. - Applies cultural safety, relational accountability, reciprocity, and community-informed approaches in project coordination and engagement. - Understands the impacts of colonial systems on Indigenous health and supports Indigenous priorities, decision-making, and data governance. Engagement - Supports respectful engagement, consultation, co-development, and relationship-building activities related to program and project deliverables. - Collaborates with IPHCC teams, members, and partners to incorporate community perspectives and support knowledge exchange. Planning & Organizing - Manages multiple responsibilities, projects, and deadlines in a fast-paced and changing work environment. - Prioritizes work across competing demands, maintains accurate project systems, and seeks direction when priorities, scope, or risks require clarification. Program, Project and Funding Accountability - Applies project management principles, including scope management, planning, monitoring, risk management, documentation, reporting, and evaluation. - Maintains accuracy and attention to detail in tracking deliverables, expenditures, outcomes, evidence, and contractual requirements. Interpersonal Effectiveness and Teamwork - Works independently while contributing effectively within project teams, cross-portfolio work, and collaborative initiatives. - Builds respectful working relationships, responds to the needs of the…