Executive Director

About ICMHA:

Operating since 1956, Island Community Mental Health Association (ICMHA) is a leading non-profit organization committed to delivering best practices in evidence based programming and service provision within the mental health and substance use sector.

ICMHA provides person centered, recovery oriented, and psycho-social rehabilitation (PSR) informed-care across a spectrum of services including housing and housing supports, group and one-on-one programming, and in Licensed Care settings. ICMHA promotes personal wellness and community integration by providing meaningful and effective services to its clients, residents and community members living with the experience of mental health challenges.

ICMHA’s vision is a community where mental health support, wellness and recovery is available, accessible and expected.

It is within this context that ICMHA welcomes applications and nominations for the position of Executive Director.

About the Opportunity:

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) plays a pivotal role in advancing the strategic direction of ICMHA and oversees the continued implementation of the current Strategic Plan. Through the leadership of a dedicated Management team, the ED is accountable for the effective management of all operations, including financial management, human resources, asset and project management, and program planning and delivery. The ED ensures ICMHA’s activities align with its mission and values, continuously monitoring and improving performance to achieve meaningful outcomes. The ED fosters collaboration that centres client outcomes and strengthens connections across organizational lines, among care teams, and within the broader mental health system. The ED also promotes a high-performing organizational culture where staff are inspired and empowered to deliver excellence.

The ED plays an active role in the community, serving as ICMHA’s spokesperson and champion, while cultivating strong partnerships with government, community agencies, and other partners, working to advance shared priorities. Supported by impact measurement, storytelling, and a focus on collective impact, the ED oversees fundraising and plays a key role diversifying revenue streams, ensuring programs and services continue to provide the quality of care that truly makes a difference in the lives of current and future clients.

About the Individual:

ICMHA is seeking a visionary and strategic leader who is deeply passionate about collective impact and advancing mental health, wellness, and recovery. As the ideal candidate, you are a community builder with an established and progressive track record in senior leadership roles. You bring leadership experience within the not-for-profit or broader public sector, ideally in healthcare, housing, social services, community mental health, or related fields.

You have experience working with a volunteer Board of Directors, coupled with experience in fiscal management, strategic planning, change management, and program and staff development. You have a strong commitment to person-centred care, and ability to oversee complex, evidence-based programs and services. Knowledge of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation, recovery and trauma informed best practices, and licenced care are considered assets. You have sound business acumen and bring a forward-thinking approach to fundraising, revenue generation, and diversification of revenue streams.

You lead with authenticity, fostering an environment and client experience grounded in ICMHA’s values of relationships and collaboration, inclusion and belonging, hope and wellness, respect and dignity, and trust and integrity. Experience leading teams in a unionized environment is a strong asset.

An adaptive, innovative, and politically astute leader, you are comfortable leading within a complex and ever-changing environment, remaining committed and responsive to the evolving needs of the community and clients ICMHA serves. You possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to build engagement across the mental health and housing continuum, collaborating effectively with community partners, funders, donors, government representatives, staff and clients. You can represent ICMHA with confidence and credibility, serving as an ambassador within the community while cultivating strategic partnerships that advance the organization’s mission, vision, and goals.

An undergraduate degree from a recognized university is considered an asset.

Location: This position is based in Victoria, British Columbia.

Salary Range and Compensation: $135,000 to $155,000 and a generous benefits package.

To Apply:

To apply or explore this key leadership opportunity with ICMHA please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Sam Walton, Partner (sam@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Noshina Choudhary (noshina@griffithgroup.ca), or visit: https://griffithgroup.ca/icmha-ed/.

ICMHA welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, persons with lived experience of mental health conditions, and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities.

ICMHA and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and assessment processes.

Priority will be given to individuals legally entitled to work in Canada.