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There’s meaningful work at Community Living BC
S
ometimes career paths
can take unexpected
turns which can open
doors to a rewarding
and varied career at an
organization you love working
at. That was the case for Tiffany
Wickham, who is now the acting
Vancouver Coastal regional
director for Community Living BC.
In 2012, Wickham was studying
health sciences at Simon Fraser
University. Her plan was to continue onto post-graduate studies
with a goal of studying patterns of
diseases in public health.
But when a quality service
analyst position opened at
Community Living BC, she
applied for it.
We invest in our
people and create
opportunities for both
lateral movement and
advancement.
— Karen Mackay
Vice-President of People and
Culture
And that was fortuitous. What
has ensued is a career rich
with advancements and varied
opportunities in fields other
than the social worker jobs most
people associate with an organization responsible for supporting
individuals with developmental
disabilities.
“You can definitely move up the
ladder here,” says Wickham. “I am
proof of that.”
Tiffany Wickham, acting Vancouver Coastal regional director, at Community Living BC.
That’s not by accident. “We
invest in our people and create
opportunities for both lateral
movement and advancement,”
says Karen Mackay, vice-president
of people and culture. “In fact,
over the past three years, more
than half of our vacancies, on average, have been filled by internal
candidates. It reflects our belief in
developing talent and supporting
meaningful career paths.”
For example, Wickham’s work
required her to acquire skills far
outside the health sciences degree
she has, in operations, finance,
statistics and IT systems.
And there’s more to working at
Community Living BC than good
jobs. It’s rewarding work, says
Wickham.
“I can see when an approval
comes to me based on good
planning that the funding goes to
people getting access to services
that improve their quality of life,”
she says. “And that feels really
meaningful to me.”
Indeed, knowing that her work
helps people is the driving force
for Kristin Stratulat, a practice
and service advisor at the agency’s
Kelowna office. Like Wickham,
she’s moved up the ladder in the
past five years through various positions — including quality service
analyst, research and innovation
lead, and governance and policy
performance analyst — before
taking on her current position.
The work in this sector can be
challenging, but it can also be
rewarding, explains Stratulat.
“Knowing that a difference is
being made, knowing that our
work does matter, helps your soul.
And then you get to help celebrate
successes when people overcome
