Join us as our Director of Project Support
Director of Project Support
Health Justice is hiring a fulltime staff member for a leadership role that will support collaboration, coordination, and inclusion across the organization. We are specifically looking for someone who is experienced in decolonizing and accessible approaches to project management, brings a deep alignment with our values, and who is excited to bring an inclusive, curious, and flexible approach to working with and supporting team members.
About Health Justice and this role
Health Justice is a non-profit organization that uses research, education, and systemic advocacy to transform the laws and policies that govern coercive mental health and substance use care in BC. We use an alternative non-profit governance model that centres the communities most impacted by our work, and particularly people with lived or living experience of involuntary treatment. We strive to bring human rights, decolonial, and equity-oriented approaches to all of our work.
Health Justice strives to find new ways of approaching non-profit management and operations to support individual, team, and organizational wellbeing and sustainability. We work to balance a flexible and inclusive workplace that resists typical non-profit urgency while also maximizing our impact and being accountable to the communities impacted by and that support our work. Part of our current priorities involve adding more structural support for project planning and execution while continuing to maintain our core values of humility, agency, flexibility, and imagination. This role will bring dedicated leadership capacity to strengthening how we work in support of our team and our mission.
In this role, you will be a member of our leadership team and will:
Coordinate, monitor, and evaluate internal and external projects across the organization using an approach that aligns with Health Justice’s mission and unique organizational needs.
Lead the development of reflective and iterative project management processes, work planning systems, policies and documentation systems that are transparent, inclusive, and accessible to staff with diverse communication and accessibility needs.
Play a backbone role to support staff across the Health Justice team in work planning and managing projects. This includes duties like co-developing work plans and resources; supporting meeting planning and preparation; facilitating or attending project and team meetings; monitoring project processes and timelines; tracking action items, budget, and project progress; supporting relationships with funders and stakeholders; and drafting all or part of project reports and communications.
Support the staff team to identify and plan when and how different governance groups, stakeholders, and team members may need to be involved or updated on project developments in support of strong internal communications.
Serve as a supportive point for resolving project obstacles and tensions, responding with care, clarity, and a shared approach to problem-solving.
Provide direct support to two team members on the operations team, who oversee financial administration, HR systems, and collective care in the organization. Support relationships may grow or shift over time.
Coordinate work on specific projects that involve multiple organizational partners, teams, and external contractors.
Model humility-based leadership by understanding the power you hold as a leader, embracing ongoing learning, and creating space for shared leadership and problem-solving.
This role might be a fit if you:
love organizing and planning, but do it in a way that is inclusive, flexible, innovative, and accommodating;
are at your best as a leader when you are co-developing solutions with your team and focusing on what you can do to support them to do their best;
feel confident in your ability to know when to seek expertise from others and how best to communicate to bring others alongside in your work;
thrive when juggling both a million tiny details and the big picture, often with timeline pressures; and
are dedicated to putting your values into action every day in meaningful ways.
Qualifications and Attributes
The following are required for the role:
7+ years of progressive leadership experience in project management, program management, or nonprofit strategic operations. This should include a strong orientation to or experience with collaborative, shared, or servant leadership.
Experience co-developing organization-wide practices and supporting colleagues in the consistent implementation of those practices, with a focus on accessibility and flexibility over rigidity when possible.
Experience with or an interest in trauma-informed, decolonial, relational, and inclusive approaches to project planning and work planning, including bringing an open mind and a willingness to question and innovate.
Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple projects, track numerous details, and manage complex or competing priorities in a calm, grounded, and organized manner.
Deep understanding of organizational and professional power dynamics, including how they show up in work planning, decision-making, communication, and conflict.
Experience building trust with diverse staff teams based on humility, empathy, and an orientation toward shared leadership and accountability.
Warm, compassionate, and clear communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills across diverse groups and audiences, from team members, to governance groups, to funders, to the public.
Comfort working remotely and largely independently, with independent self-direction to check in and collaborate with team members as needed.
The following are assets to the role:
Lived experience related to or a demonstrated understanding of and commitment to decolonizing and combatting oppression on the basis of Indigeneity, race, place of origin, immigration status, ability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, family status, and socio-economic status.
Interest in law and policy related to state intervention and detention systems and the disproportionate impacts those systems may have on people who are marginalized on the basis of disability, substance use, Indigeneity, gender, poverty, race, age, etc.
Experience with non-profit operations, including financial administration and human resources, at a level that can support staff to work plan and problem solve.
Policy and/or practice research experience and strong writing skills with the ability to tailor communications and tone for a variety of audiences.
Experience with stakeholder relations, government relations, and external presentations.
Familiarity with Asana as a project management platform.
Health Justice values diversity, and particularly acknowledges the expertise applicants may bring related to their Indigeneity, race, place of origin, immigration status, (dis)ability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, and socio-economic status. We encourage applicants to explicitly self-identify any personal characteristics or experiences that will support our commitment to bringing diverse perspectives to the organization if you feel comfortable.
Salary and benefits
The annual salary for this position will be $90,090. Health Justice also offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that strives to provide decent work, including:
20 days per year paid personal/sick time;
25 days per year paid vacation;
Two paid office closure periods per year, one in late December and one in early August (averaging to 11 paid days annually);
The option to substitute statutory holidays to reflect cultural or community events that are relevant to you;
Extended health and dental benefits and access to a health spending account after 3 months of employment;
7.5% group RRSP contributions after 3 months of employment with no employee matching requirement;
A program to supplement the income of employees while on sickness, parental/maternity, or caregiver EI benefits;
A fully remote workplace with some access to shared office space in Vancouver; and
A highly flexible and inclusive workplace.
Working conditions
The successful applicant can work from anywhere in BC with stable internet access that can reliably support video calls.
Health Justice will provide equipment and remote working infrastructure; employees are required to provide a reasonably private workspace and adequate internet access.
The role will require the successful applicant to be available for work during core working hours of 10:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday, with work schedule flexibility for their remaining hours.
Health Justice has a standard fulltime workweek of 35 hours, but some additional work beyond that may be required.
As a leadership and management role, the Director of Project Support is exempt from Parts 4 and 5 of the Employment Standards Act, including payment for overtime.
Travel for work may be required, but we do not expect it to be a regular occurrence.
To apply
Please send a resume and cover letter to jobs@healthjustice.ca (PDF format is preferred). The deadline for applying is Thursday, February 12, 2026.
We anticipate holding at least one round of interviews by Zoom, with information about the interview panel and the interview questions shared in advance to support accessibility. It is possible that we may do a second round of interviews with a very small number of short-listed candidates using the same process depending on the applicant pool. We will request contact information for 2-3 references at a later stage and only from candidates who move to the final stages of the hiring process.
If you have any accessibility needs or if there is anything we can do to support your comfort and participation in the hiring process, please do not hesitate to let us know.