Canadian Mental Health Association BC

The Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division (CMHA BC) is the leading non-profit and charitable organization dedicated to promoting mental health for all. As the provincial arm of a national charity, CMHA BC develops and delivers innovative mental health initiatives while providing strategic leadership and support to our network of 13 local branches.

CMHA BC provides advocacy and resources that help to prevent mental health problems and illnesses, support recovery and resilience, and enable all British Columbians to flourish and thrive. Through workplace programs, direct support programs for youth and families, training and workshops, and advocacy and mental health promotion work, we always focus on our three strategic priorities to reach, uplift, and advance mental health for all. We also play a crucial role in system transformation through policy development, research, and government relations that drive mental health reform across BC.

CMHA BC is now recruiting a Chief Programs Officer, a newly created senior role to hold strategic oversight, direction, and accountability for implementing its program and service portfolio. The CPO is responsible for program strategy, integration, outcomes, system leadership, ensuring operational excellence and innovation across mental health and substance use initiatives throughout British Columbia. This position maintains executive-level accountability for program design, implementation, evaluation, quality assurance, and sustainable growth of CMHA BC’s distinctive and diverse provincial programs.

The CPO will have significant budget responsibilities for the majority of our $64 million budget and will lead a team of ~100 engaged and passionate staff.

Reporting directly to the CEO, Jonny Morris, the Chief Programs Officer is a core member of the Executive Leadership Team, playing a central role in shaping organizational strategy, enterprise priorities, and resource allocation. The CPO partners closely with the CEO and executive team to set the direction for CMHA BC’s program portfolio, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic vision while advancing innovation, integration, and system impact.

The CPO leads the translation of strategy into action across the organization, driving the implementation of CMHA BC’s priorities to reach all British Columbians throughout their lifespan, uplift the voices of people with lived and living experience, and advance the human right to our best possible mental health.

This is a tremendous new leadership opportunity to:

• Lead the execution and implementation, ensuring integration of CMHA BC’s mental health programs;
• Be a thought partner and creative contributor to a thriving and dynamic leadership team;
• Provide high-level guidance and support to an exceptional team of program staff and leaders;
• Develop and implement sophisticated evaluation frameworks, processes and procedures to ensure best-in-class accountability and impact reporting to our funders, clients, and partners;
• Drive the integration and alignment of CMHA BC’s programs into a cohesive model of care, ensuring complementary services work together to maximize impact and system effectiveness;
• Join an exceptionally passionate and mission-driven team that is making a tremendous impact in people’s lives;
• Help address complex and exciting social and health issues;
• Develop and expand on innovative approaches to transforming community-based mental health care.