OHS Services: Workplace Psychological Health and Safety Coordinator
Our values
We put our people first by focusing on their well-being and success. We embrace a failing forward mindset and understand that taking risks is essential for growth and innovation. We value collaboration across diverse groups to solve challenges today and to anticipate what’s next. Collaboration fuels our creativity, allowing us to explore new ways to achieve our goals. We want every interaction to be positive and strive to make people smile. You’ll see this in our personal connections and our casual, friendly approach. We’re a team that wants to make a difference by delivering relevant, timely, and engaging programs that meet the evolving needs of our community and partners.
Organization overview
Are you passionate about making a difference? Join the SafeCare BC team and have a positive impact on healthcare workers across the province. We are a non-profit health and safety association for BC’s continuing care sector. Our mandate is to reduce injuries among care workers and leaders by providing education, training, and resources across the province.
Working at SafeCare BC is suited for someone who is motivated by making a meaningful impact for health care workers by implementing evidence-based resources through the creation of practical, people-centred OHS services. As a small organization, we often adapt quickly to meet the changing needs of our members, which requires flexibility, curiosity, and a willingness to contribute in different ways.
Position Overview
Reporting to the OHS Services Department, the OHS Services Program Coordinator role will primarily support the development and implementation of psychological health and safety initiatives through data management, reporting, resource development, project coordination and administrative support.
Working closely with our subject matter expert and staff, the Coordinator helps transform information, evidence, and data into practical resources, reports, and tools that educate and support our members to create safer and heathier workplaces.
This is a newly created position that offers a unique opportunity to help shape the role while also providing opportunity to develop knowledge and skills. While previous knowledge of occupational health and safety and/or psychological health and safety is considered an asset, a strong interest in learning and contributing to this work is equally important.
Currently, this is part-time role (0.6 FTE / 3 days a week) with potential for this role to expand to full-time in the future.
Why this role matters
Continuing care is one of the most physically and psychologically demanding sectors in healthcare. This role directly contributes to reducing workplace injuries, strengthening safety culture, and improving day-to-day working conditions for thousands of care workers across BC.
You will help translate psychological health and safety into tools that are practical, usable, and meaningful for frontline environments.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Collaborates effectively and builds positive working relationships.
- Balances initiative with knowing when to seek input.
- Is curious, adaptable, and committed to continuous learning.
- Enjoys creating practical, user-friendly, and meaningful psychological health and safety resources for healthcare workers.
- Brings a positive, proactive, and solution-focused approach.
- Has experience with data organization, reporting, and designing resources.
- Has knowledge of, or an interest in learning more about, occupational health and safety and psychological health and safety.
- Strong written communication and editing skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.
- Project coordination and organizational skills.
- Ability to interpret and present information in a clear and accessible way.
- Experience working in healthcare, continuing care, workplace health and safety, or a related field (asset).
- Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
Key Responsibilities
Data Support
- Collect, organize and prepare data, including the development of charts, graphs etc., to support analysis, reporting, decision-making, and member consultations.
- Maintain datasets, such as data for Ministry of Health quarterly reporting.
- Assist in preparing data summaries for internal and external reporting (e.g. Briefing Notes, impact reports, etc.)
Reporting and Resource Development Support
- Transform subject matter content into accessible, user-friendly resources (e.g. one-pagers, toolkits, guides).
- Design graphics and visual assets that highlight key findings, enhance understanding, or and support learning and application.
- Design and format reports, summaries, and presentations.
Program Coordination and Administrative Support
- Provide coordination support including scheduling, follow-ups, and stakeholder communication.
- Assist in organizing program’s initiative (e.g. project plan updates, documentation, internal and external communications.)
Education and experience
- Post-secondary education in a relevant field such as psychology, public health, health sciences, occupational health and safety, communications, business administration, social sciences, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 2–4 years of experience in a coordination, program support, administrative, research, health and safety, healthcare, or related role.
- Experience organizing and managing data, preparing reports, and developing professional documents and resources.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Experience designing and formatting reports, presentations, infographics, or educational resources using software such as Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar tools is considered an asset.
- Experience working in healthcare, continuing care, occupational health and safety, workplace wellness, or psychological health and safety is considered an asset.
- An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
- Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada.
- Applicants must be located within commuting distance of Burnaby and available to work from the Burnaby office on a weekly basis.
What SafeCare BC offers
This is a part-time position (0.6 FTE / 3 days per week) with potential for this role to expand to full-time in the future.
- Salary range of $36,000 to $42,000 per year
- Meaningful work with the opportunity to contribute to positive change in continuing care
- Supportive, people-first organizational culture
- Collaborative team environment
- Professional development and growth opportunities
Applications and what to expect
Finding the right fit is important to us, and we believe it is equally important that you feel SafeCare BC is the right fit for you. We view the hiring process as a two-way conversation—an opportunity for us to learn about you and for you to learn about us. We encourage you to come curious, ask questions, and use each stage of the process to explore our team, our culture, and the role, just as we will use each stage to get to know you.
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Apply through BambooHR. Please include a cover letter that tells us about yourself, your interests, and the skills and experience you have or want to develop that would support your success in this role.
- First round of applications will be reviewed and candidates that have been shortlisted will be contacted no later than July 6th, 2026.
- Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in an initial phone interview. Candidates selected to move forward will then be invited to an in-person interview with two members from our team. The in-person interview will likely include a brief writing exercise. Final candidates will then be invited to a phone conversation with our CEO and references would be requested. Should this process change at any stage, this will be discussed with candidates.
