Thunderbird Partnership Foundation

Director

• providing strategic leadership, oversight, and management of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation’s program development, implementation, evaluation, and service delivery functions.
• providing direct leadership and oversight to the Policy & Partnership, Mental Wellness Coordination, Youth Programs, and Research teams, ensuring integrated approaches to program delivery, stakeholder engagement, policy development, research activities, and organizational priorities in alignment with the frameworks and values of the organization.
• fostering a collaborative, inclusive, culturally safe, and high-performance workplace culture that promotes accountability, innovation, relationship-building, and continuous improvement.
• leading, mentoring, and developing managers and staff by setting clear expectations, providing regular coaching, and supporting professional growth and succession planning.
• ensuring program compliance with all applicable federal, provincial, territorial, and governance requirements, funding agreements, reporting obligations, and regulatory standards.
• collaborating with the CEO to develop long-term strategic direction for the organizational projects and translating strategic priorities into operational implementation plans.
• leading the development, implementation, and regular review of program policies, procedures, frameworks, and service standards to ensure alignment with Thunderbird Partnership Foundation’s strategic objectives.
• collaborating with Indigenous communities, partners, stakeholders, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and service providers to shape, strengthen, and support culturally grounded program delivery.
• providing strategic leadership and oversight for Thunderbird Partnership Foundation’s research function, including implementation of organizational research plans, research priorities, and community-based research initiatives.
• overseeing the Research Managers’ leadership of the research team in planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating research projects, assessment tools, surveys, data collection activities, analytics, and reporting processes.
• establishing program goals, objectives, service standards, and performance indicators to monitor effectiveness, quality, and community impact.
• building and maintaining respectful, collaborative, and culturally grounded relationships with Indigenous communities, organizations, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, partners, funders, and stakeholders.
• ensuring compliance with all legal, statutory, ethical, and regulatory requirements related to program operations, funding agreements, reporting obligations, and service delivery.
• overseeing program risk management processes, including participant safety, program quality assurance, privacy, confidentiality, and operational accountability.
• supporting and monitoring the organization’s use of digital tools, data systems, and reporting technologies to enhance program effectiveness, communication, evaluation, and decision-making.
• establishing and maintaining effective administrative structures, reporting systems, records management practices, and service delivery processes that support organizational priorities, funding requirements, and operational excellence.

Director of Programs

Administrative Assistant

• carry out financial (approximately 60%) and administrative (approximately 40%) duties
• account payables, account receivables, payroll, filing, customer service, and reconciliations
• ensure confidentiality and the accurate and orderly maintenance and security of financial records
• apply all your experience, skills, talents, and passion for the benefit of others
• process all accounts payables on a weekly basis ensuring accurate data entry and record management
• complete payroll reports and remittances on a biweekly basis
• act as backup for payroll processing
• monitor credit card usage through monthly statement retrieval, reconciliation tasks, and coding
• assist with audit preparation by compiling and checking all required documentation
• support tax reimbursement by preparing HST files
• review the travel and expense claims
• support coordination of administrative tasks for special projects.
• maintain a high degree of discretion and confidentiality
• bring issues to the attention of the Finance Manager in a timely manner.

Director of Programs

Finance Assistant, Administrative Support