City : Burnaby

Category : Disability & Life Insurance

Industry : Insurance

Employer : Pacific Blue Cross

If you’re someone with a passion for leading and supporting a team of disability and life staff and are wanting to take on a great career opportunity with a local not-for-profit health insurance provider by leading tactical planning, maintenance, and continuous improvement within the Work and Wellness operations, we want to hear from you.

Your skills in leading a team, developing and implementing strategic and tactical plans, and working with disability and life services will help Pacific Blue Cross be able to provide sustainable healthcare.

We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package and work-life balance. Our workplace culture values health and wellness, diversity and equality, continuing education, environmental sustainability and giving back to the community.

We are now recruiting for a Director, Work and Wellness to join our Work and Wellness team. This role is currently working from home 2 or 3 days a week and 2 or 3 days a week at our head office in Burnaby, BC. Apply this week if you would like to take on this role.

Key Ways This Position Makes An Impact

The Director, Work and Wellness will provide leadership to the Work and Wellness team and its operations by setting operational objectives and contributing to strategic initiatives.

This role will provide direction to the disability claims, vocational rehabilitation, and medical underwriting teams.

You would work on forecasting changing business needs and align the team structure, skills and experience accordingly and maintain appropriate and effective staffing levels.

In this role, you would develop, implement, and oversee the departmental strategic and tactical plans.

This role develops the annual departmental budget and monitors financial results.

Key Experiences You Bring To This Role

• Minimum 10 years of related experience in the insurance industry, disability case management, or related field
• Minimum 7 years of experience in progressively senior leadership positions
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with a major in Health Sciences, or an equivalent field including or supplemented by courses in leadership/supervision
• Excellent knowledge of disability case management principles and practices
• Demonstrated experience leading a department or team a unionized environment

If you’re excited about taking on this opportunity, we invite you to apply today and start the conversation with us about this position.

Together we can create a healthier British Columbia through teamwork, exceptional service and accountability that will help improve sustainable healthcare.

Please apply via our website this week at http://www.pbchbs.com/company/careers/

While we thank all applicants for their interest, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and employees feel empowered to freely participate and contribute regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, education level, parental status, or socioeconomic status. PBC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.

To request an accommodation in completing this application, pre-employment testing, interviewing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to careers@pac.bluecross.ca