Health Navigation Researcher
Contract position, hybrid work
From September 2024 to March 2025, up to 120 hours a month
MANDATE:
Reporting to the Executive Director, Leilani Shaw, the Health Navigation Researcher will complete the tasks outlined by the Health Navigator Tasks Force Action Plan, including creating onboarding and training materials for Indigenous health navigators, a glossary and report templates. They will also be asked to facilitate conversation spaces, document and store primary data collection and interpret themes and trends in the collected data in order to create an action plan. They will work closely with the Research Coordinator and the MIHAC Coordinator.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Creating a standardized operational practices
- Create a standardized orientation document containing essential information about each participating organization.
- Produce organizational charts for health navigator teams within each organization.
- Develop a comprehensive glossary of standardized terms and vocabulary.
- Integrate the glossary into the standardized training materials to ensure consistency in terminology usage.
- Design simple, accessible report templates that are universally applicable across all participating organizations.
- Streamline reporting processes and ensure consistency in documentation practices.
- All tasks must be completed in the appropriate timeline co-created by the Health Navigator Task Force and the CIUSSS partners.
Required qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in project management or facilitation.
- Demonstrated experience in Indigenous communities or in the healthcare system.
- Strong knowledge of Indigenous realities and of the healthcare system.
- Ability to work closely with others and build trusting relationships.
- Having a university degree in a field related to the position (Social Sciences, Social Work, Indigenous Studies, etc) is considered an asset.
Please send your application to this address: emplois-jobs@reseaumtlnetwork.com
We highly encourage First Nations, Inuit and Metis persons to apply for this position.
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