Indigenous Doula - #230050

General Description: Indigenous Doula
Competition #: IERHA PuH 1296/26
Posting Date: 06/23/2026
Status: Active
Type: External
Description

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
Our Vision
We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
Our Mission
We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
Our Values
Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other

Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service

Indigenous Doula
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Closing Date: 06/30/2026

Facility / Site:
To Be Determined

Posting Type: Term

Position Type: Part-Time

Hours of Work: Days Evenings Weekends

Term Dates: 06/29/2026 - 03/31/2027
FTE: 0.5

Union Group: NON-UNION
Wage / Salary: To commensurate with experience & qualifications

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Manager Health Services, Public Health, the Indigenous Doula provides compassionate, skilled, and knowledgeable support to individuals who use or have been affected by substances. The role addresses their prenatal, postpartum and early parenting needs by using trauma-informed, culturally safe and anti-racism approaches to care. The position of Indigenous Doula functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the mission, vision and values of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority.

Interlake-Eastern RHA is committed to responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and creating working environments free of racism for both clients and employees. All staff members are encouraged to seek and identify patterns of harm towards Indigenous, black and marginalized clients and employees and to take actions to disrupt any form of racism. Collectively and individually, we are growing cultural competency capacity by implementing the region’s anti-racism action plan.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12, GED or other acceptable training.
• Completion of the certification requirements for Indigenous Doula Training. Other Doula training may be acceptable.
• Experience working with Elders, and/or Indigenous Knowledge Keepers.
• Experience working with First Nations/Indigenous stakeholders who provide services to people who are pregnant or in their early parenting stage.
• Direct experience providing support to prenatal and postpartum families.
• Experience working within harm reduction, trauma informed, non-judgmental, and culturally grounded approaches.
• Experience supporting the vulnerable population with social and health inequities such as poverty, substance use, lack of housing and transportation, food insecurity, etc.
• Experience in group facilitation
• Ability to develop and document support and wellness plans using a client-centered approach.
• Ability to build and maintain respectful and effective relationships with diverse groups, organizations, and individuals to work collaboratively and cooperatively, including good conflict management skills and abilities.
• Ability to multi-task, set priorities effectively, time manage and problem solve.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to efficiently and effectively utilize Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Outlook, Power Point and Excel.
• Valid Manitoba driver’s license with access to a reliable vehicle.
• Mental and physical ability to meet the demands of the position.\
• Completes and maintains a satisfactory pre-employment security check.
Satisfactory employment record.
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Internal applicants must include a current resume with application upon change of department, site, program and or classification.

As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people at all levels within our workforce. We encourage successful Indigenous individuals to self-declare by completing a voluntary self-declaration as part of the application process.

Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset. Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. Accessibility accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

All health care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with the Interlake-Eastern RHA Policy (GA-13-P-110 Required Immunizations for Health Care Workers).

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority delivers health-care services on First Nation Treaty Territories 1, 2, 3 and 5 and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect that First Nations treaties were made on these territories, acknowledge harms and mistakes, and we dedicate ourselves to collaborate in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the spirit of reconciliation.