Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion Training Facilitator, Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion

ABOUT THE JOB: 

Reporting to and under the supervision of the Manager, Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion, the Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion Training Facilitator is primarily responsible for delivering CMHA BC’s suicide prevention and life promotion education to external partners. This role requires being in relationship with individuals, organizations, and communities committed to improving their suicide response policies. At the heart of this work there is a deep belief that suicide response work requires a holistic understanding of suicide coupled with the understanding that suicide is preventable.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The duties and responsibilities associated with this position are described below. As this is a new position, the nature and scope of responsibilities may be modified over time and other duties may be assigned. 

Deliver Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion Training 

• Facilitates CMHA BC Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion training to external partners and to community. 
• Facilitates other workshops and training, as needed. 
• Contributes to the ongoing development and evaluation of the CMHA BC Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion training programs. 

Ongoing Training & Curriculum Development 

• Assists in the creation of suicide prevention and life promotion specific curriculum course content and materials. 
• Participates in committees and working groups. 
• Reports and provides recommendations to CMHA BC senior leadership, community agencies and other partners on training and training content. 
• Develops project reports, briefing notes, and status updates. 
• Engages knowledge experts of various disciplines and with professional and/or lived and living experience in advising and consulting capacities within course design and review.
• Ensures proper use of mechanisms that evaluate and track effectiveness of training courses.

Community Engagement

• Engages with community and provincial partners to assess needs relating to suicide prevention and life promotion training.
• Participates in the suicide prevention and life promotion department’s strategic planning activities, policy and program evaluation, and issues management.
• Liaises with external partners to assess training needs and gaps.
• Consults with external partners around specific training needs.
• Works collaboratively with diverse partners across the province.
• Engages diverse partners in co-design of training materials and service improvements.

Values

These values guide our suicide prevention and life promotion work and must be upheld at all times by CMHA BC staff and community partners who are contracted to facilitate the CMHA BC Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion training programs:

• Honour wholeness (whole person, whole family, whole community)
• Remain in respectful relationship
• Be trustworthy and accountable (uphold our values and commitments)
• Honour the self-determination of those we serve and offer care only with consent
• Be led by, inclusive of and responsive to the true diversity of community. 
• Continuously learn, improve and renew
• Be adaptable, agile and open to change
• Stay open-hearted and open-minded
• Be courageous
• Be transparent
• Recognize and respect the integrity, wisdom and strength of those we serve and work alongside
• Ground every element of our work in our values
• Suicide can be best prevented when understood through a holistic, bio-psycho-social lens.
• Suicide intervention will look different for every person. This work relies on interpersonal connection, empathy and person-centered care.
• People are resilient – our first goal is to try to help someone to help themselves.
• Suicide is preventable.
• Suicide can impact anyone.
• All people are deserving of support.

ABOUT YOU: 

Education

 
• A bachelor’s degree, related to mental health and substance use, social work, child and youth care or a similarly relevant discipline.
• Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion training/education (e.g., ASIST, crisis line training...).

Experience 

• A minimum 2-3 years of experience in facilitation and/or public speaking.
• A minimum of 1-2 years of experience in curriculum development and delivery.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in the mental health and substance use service sector.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience engaging in direct suicide intervention work.
• A minimum of 1-2 years of experience with project management or components of project management.
 
Assets 

• Active registration with a clinical regulatory body in British Columbia (ex. RCC, RSW...).
• Experience working in or with health care systems.
• Lived experience of suicide, either through self or through supporting loved ones.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Knowledge of mental health, substance use, harm reduction, and crisis care systems in BC. 
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills. 
• Comfort and experience with public speaking and group facilitation. 
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with diverse communities and stakeholders. 
• Knowledge and ability to use Office 365 tools and cloud-based management software tools. 
• Knowledge of reconciliation, decolonization, and equity principles as they relate to suicide prevention, life promotion, and health.
• Strong project management, time management and organization skills, demonstrating the capacity to juggle multiple demands with varying deadlines. 
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with diverse communities and partners. 
• Ability and confidence to work in a self-directed manner and collaboratively with multi-stakeholder teams in a fast-paced environment. 
• Capacity to juggle multiple demands with varying deadlines. 
 
WORKING CONDITIONS: 

• This is a full-time term role with an end date of January 31, 2027. 
• The position is 37.5 hours per week, primarily during regular office business hours and requires regular flexibility to travel.
• The position can be based out of the Vancouver or Victoria office and offers hybrid work arrangement.
• Performance will be reviewed annually by the Manager, Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion.
• This position is a unionized position under The Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association Collective Agreement. The hourly rate of pay is between $42.27-$52.81. 

HOW TO APPLY: 

Please submit your resume along with a cover letter, clearly documenting how you satisfy the requirements outlined in this job posting to https://cmhabc.bamboohr.com/careers/89 by 5 p.m. February 2, 2026. 
We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview. 
 
CMHA, BC Division is committed to our workforce reflecting the diversity of the communities within which we work. As such, we encourage applications from persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people, people of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the diversity of our staff. Personal experience with mental illness and or addiction, either through self or a loved one, is an asset. 

ABOUT US: 

Founded in 1918, The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a national charity that helps maintain and improve mental health for all Canadians. As the nation-wide leader and champion for mental health and addiction, CMHA helps people access the community resources they need to build resilience and support recovery from mental illness and/or addiction. 
 
We respectfully acknowledge xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Lkwungen (Songhees) and Wyomilth (Esquimalt) peoples on whose traditional, unceded lands the CMHA BC offices are located.