Job Opening

Non Union

Job Title: Indigenous Health Specialist

Job Opening Id: 46443 # Required: 1

Business Unit: Public Health and Emerg Servs Division: Health Promotion and Foundational Standards

Worksite: Regional Headquarters Standard Hours: 35.00 / week

Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular

Salary Grade: 5 Salary Range: $ 91,180.00 - $107,260.00

Post Date: 2026-10-23 Close Date: 2026-10-29

Location

Location: Thorold, ON

Division

Health Promotion and Foundational Standards

Important Notices & Amendments

Niagara Region is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. We are committed to an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process. In recruiting for our team and this position, we encourage applicants that identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Metis or Inuit), People of Colour, part of the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community, or persons with disabilities. We also encourage candidates to self-identify in their cover letters. When a candidate voluntarily discloses this information in their application, it will be kept strictly confidential for the purposes of recruitment and statistics

This position currently falls within our hybrid model, allowing the employee to typically work a minimum of 50% of your time at your regular work location and the other 50% of time at home.

As an employer of choice, Niagara Region offers competitive salaries and benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, a corporate wellness centre, access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), mentorship and training programs, employee recognition programs, and more. In addition, the Region recognizes the value of having versatile work arrangements to support better work-life balance for our employees.



Hybrid work arrangements may vary from one employee to another and may also differ in the number of remote workdays. These opportunities remain subject to the alignment of operational needs, business requirements, and customer service expectations.

Job Description

Job Summary

Salary Pending Review

Reporting to the Manager Planning Evaluation and CQI (Public Health), the Indigenous Health Specialist works to impact the health and health equity of Niagara residents by leading the development, planning, and implementation of the recommendations made throughout the Creating Our Way Forward Report. This position supports the programs and staff of Public Health and Emergency Services (PHES) to become more culturally competent and aligned with the Report recommendations.

As part of increasing cultural competence, the position will integrate an Indigenous lens and Indigenous perspectives into health promotion, community outreach, data collection and analysis, and knowledge mobilization, and will coordinate strategically reorienting current programs as well as initiating new work. This includes operational responsibility for liaising with internal and external partners, project coordination and facilitation, providing policy development, project leadership and assumes professional and strategic planning responsibilities related to this Program.



To accomplish this work, the position will engage with Indigenous populations and organizations in alignment with the Indigenous engagement plans of the Corporate Reconciliation, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (RDEI) team.

The Indigenous Health Specialist will also support the Niagara Region’s Corporate Reconciliation, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (RDEI) team with Niagara Region-wide initiatives around Indigenous engagement and reconciliation. Although reporting to the Manager Planning, Evaluation and CQI; the Indigenous Health Specialist will participate in team meetings with the RDEI team to ensure alignment with corporate initiatives, and will report to the Director of Corporate Strategy & Innovation for the purposes of these Region-wide initiatives.

Education

- Bachelor’s degree in Social Science / Public Health / Indigenous Studies or a related field is required.
- Knowledge of Indigenous Culture and/or Indigenous Language fluency as well as demonstrated skill and competency to perform the role based on past work experience will be considered equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.
- Master’s degree in Social Science / Public Health / Indigenous Studies or a related field is preferred.
- Indigenous strategy development and implementation (preferably evidenced by 2-3 years’ experience)
- Knowledge of Indigenous history, traditional culture, political structures, Truth and Reconciliation and context specific to Indigenous people in the Niagara region and the surrounding areas
- Indigenous Cultural Knowledge and/or Indigenous Language fluency is an asset
- Building community collaborations and partnerships (prefera

📌 Indigenous Health Specialist (Thorold)
🏢 Niagara Region
📍 Thorold