African Nova Scotian Health Consultant; Designated

to apply as an internal applicant.

Req : 215328
Department/Program: Equity and Belonging, Health Equity, Safety and Wellness
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: February 2026
Union Status: Non-union, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $38.362 - $47.9524 /hour
Closing Date:
February 03, 2026 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

This position is designated for a person of African descent.

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities.

We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization.

There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country.

We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2

SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

The African Nova Scotian Health Consultant (ANSHC) provides leadership and guidance to achieve and continuously improve culturally safe and appropriate health services for people of African Descent and African Nova Scotian communities. Essential to this end is enabling the development and support of a culturally competent, diverse, and inclusive workplace. The Consultant leads the planning and implementation of activities focused on cultural safety and liaises, facilitates connection with, and supports community leaders from African Nova Scotian communities within Nova Scotia, and across the Maritimes.

The African Nova Scotian Health Consultant will work closely with program/portfolio colleagues to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate policies, programs, strategies, and activities with the aim of enhancing access to high-quality, culturally safe, and appropriate services for people of African descent to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities. They will also work across portfolios to ensure workplace policies and strategies support enhanced representation of people of African Descent in addition to supporting respectful and safe working environments.

The ANSHC engages with Nova Scotia’s African Canadian communities and organizations serving people of African descent to understand and act on the improvement of health outcomes. Building on the existing network of partnership tables within the health sector as well as with community,…