AFN

Associate Director, Education and Languages

AFN

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Ottawa • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Assembly

About the role

  • Leads, focuses, builds, develops, and motivates sector staff in the successful achievement of sector plans, goals and objectives.
  • Provides updates and shares information regarding planning, policy, funding, and events.
  • Supports the Director with employee relations concerns, performance management and development, recruitment and selection and accommodation processes.
  • Builds, develops, and maintains strong and productive networks and relationships with national, regional and community First Nations leaders, specialists, organizations, and communities; and government officials.
  • Represents the AFN in various forums and national, regional, and local engagement sessions.
  • Supports the Director to align sector activities with political priorities from the National Chief’s Office and resolutions from Chiefs-in-Assembly.
  • Supports the Director in the preparation of quality materials for the National Chief’s Office.
  • Assists in planning, coordinating, and participating in Chiefs-in-Assembly meetings.
  • Supports the Director in the planning, coordination, and implementation of the Sector’s Chief Committee, Technical Committee, and/or Working Group.
  • Attends Sector specific Parliamentary Standing Committees and Senate Standing Committees to influence legislative change that will positively impact First Nations.
  • Supports the Director to advocate federal government Ministers and officials for funding, policy and legislation changes, and program changes and implementation.

Requirements

  • Post graduate degree in Policy Administration, Indigenous Studies, Political Science, Education, Languages or Law is preferred or a related field of study.
  • 5 to 7 years of directly relevant senior experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience managing small teams is preferred.
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience working with First Nations politics and policies.
  • Significant knowledge and understanding of issues in First Nations communities.
  • Demonstrated superior verbal and writing communication skills.
  • Demonstrated successful experience working with federal, provincial, territorial, and international governments and officials.
  • Demonstrated superior interpersonal & negotiation skills, management ability, leadership, teamwork and judgement.
  • Diplomacy, tact, decision making ability, planning & organization skills.
  • An ability to communicate in English is required.
  • An ability to communicate in a First Nations Language or French is an asset.
Benefits
  • generous time off
  • benefits and pension plan
  • stipends towards physical fitness and professional development
  • maternity and parental leave top up
  • access to a mental health counselor

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Post graduate degreePolicy AdministrationIndigenous StudiesPolitical ScienceEducationLanguagesLaw
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsnegotiation skillsmanagement abilityleadershipteamworkjudgementdiplomacytactdecision making