Work opportunity – Health Justice is looking for an Engagement Lead
From: Health Justice Newsletter
Engagement Lead
Health Justice is hiring an Engagement Lead to support our community engagement work. We are open to the role being anywhere between 0.8-1.0FTE (between 28 hours/4 days per week and 35 hours/5 days per week). The position will run until March 31, 2027 with the possibility of extension depending on funding availability.
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.
Engagement is central to our work and this position is an opportunity to play a key role in helping us centre, learn from, and support people with lived and living experience of involuntary treatment under the Mental Health Act as well as others impacted by the issues we address. This role will support an existing project involving the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
Full details here
To apply:
Please send your resume and a one-page cover letter to jobs@healthjustice.ca (PDF format is preferred).
Please submit your application by October 18, 2026.
We anticipate holding at least one round of interviews by video, 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.
Please direct all questions to Contact us — Health Justice
