The J Healthcare Initiative (JHI) is a registered Canadian non-profit bridging the gap between established public health best practices and real-world execution to address the overdose crisis in North America. Guided by values of autonomy, community-led governance, and non-judgmental care, JHI equips young leaders, university students, and emerging professionals with the operational tools and infrastructure needed to deploy evidence-based harm reduction. Through core programs including our Virtual Overdose Prevention Circle (vOPC) for individuals using drugs alone, student-led campus chapters, work-integrated internships, we ensure that individuals who use drugs, and marginalized youth have low-barrier access to life-saving support, community support and health infrastructure built alongside those with lived experience.

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About The J Healthcare Initiative The J Healthcare Initiative is a Canadian registered non-profit organization on a mission to prevent overdoses through community- and evidence-based initiatives that uplift youth in our local communities. As we expand our operations into the United States, we are establishing our inaugural US Founding Board to build solid community-based, evidence-based overdose prevention initiatives while expanding opportunities to local youth to be involved in solving the overdose crisis.

Role Overview

We are seeking visionary, dedicated leaders based in the US to serve as Founding Board Members for our expansion into the United States. As a founding board member, you will provide vital governance, strategic direction, and leadership to establish our US presence, forge key partnerships, and drive initiatives across New York and nationally.

Key Responsibilities

- Strategic Governance &
- Expansion Guide the organizational setup, strategic growth, and governance of The J Healthcare Initiative’s US branch,



ensuring alignment with our core mission and harm-reduction principles.
- Fiduciary &
- Governance Oversee financial health, regulatory compliance, and organizational accountability as we scale our operations in the United States.
- Public Relations Serve as an organizational ambassador, building relationships with US policymakers, public health experts, and community leaders to advance overdose prevention initiatives.
- Resource Mobilization &
- Fundraising Support donor cultivation, grant identification, and financial sustainability efforts to fuel our US based programs.
- Community Uplift Ensure our US initiatives remain deeply grounded in community needs, centering the voices of youth and individuals with lived or living experiences with mental health and substance use.

Qualifications

- Location Must be US based to participate in local governance and in-person founding sessions.
- Expertise Demonstrated prior leadership experience in public health, non-profit management, finance, or clinical medicine (addiction medicine, community health, nursing, etc.).
- Core Values Unwavering commitment to full-spectrum harm reduction substance use health and health equity.
- Assets Lived or living experience with substance use or deep roots in underserved New York communities is highly valued.

Commitment &

- Terms

- Time Commitment Approximately 3–5 hours per month, including monthly board meetings and strategic committee work.
- Term Initial 2-year term as a founding board member.

How To Apply Please send your resume or professional bio, along with a brief statement of interest detailing your vision for our US expansion, to [email protected] with the subject line "US Founding Board Member Application." The J Healthcare Initiative strongly encourages applications from people with lived/living experience of substance use and underserved populations.

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