Summary
Description
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Program Coordination: Oversee the daily operations of prevention programs, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and effectively.
- Community Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with families in the community as well as with community partners to further the goal of offering a wide range of meaningful activities.
- Planning: In collaboration with program staff and the program manager, work to develop programs that meet the needs of the families, children, and youth in each respective community. • Family Support: Ensure that families are receiving the supports they need.
- Supervision: Provide day to day leadership to the community-based team. This includes providing regular supervision for staff, performance feedback as needed and managing performance issues when necessary, with the support of the program manager.
- Collaboration: Coordinate with other prevention programs to ensure a comprehensive and wholistic range of supports and services for children, youth, and families.
- Budget Management: Working with the program manager will monitor all program budgets to ensure that resources are used effectively with no overspending.
- Compliance: Ensure all programs comply with relevant regulations, policies, and best practices. This will include ensuring all programs comply with occupational health and safety regulations.
- Record Keeping and Reporting: Maintain complete and accurate records of all interactions with families and participate in compiling necessary reports as required.
Education, Skills & Qualifications:
- Diploma in the following fields is helpful, Human Services, Nonprofit Management, or a related field. Equivalencies such as work experience and life experience will be considered.
- Experience working with families would be beneficial, preferably in a First Nations setting.
- Strong understanding of Bearspaw First Nation culture, traditions, and history.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent people skills.
- Experience in data management and reporting.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to develop creative and effective solutions to client issues.
- Ability to apply trauma-sensitive principles in all interactions.
- Ability to provide immediate support and solutions during crisis situations.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy and understanding.
Employment Conditions & Hours:
- Full-time with evening and weekend work required to meet the needs of families
- Clear criminal record check along with a vulnerable sector and a child intervention check.
- Valid Class 5 Driver's License, reliable vehicle, and clear driver’s abstract.
If you are a member of the Bearspaw First Nation and are interested in this position but may not have all the listed experience or education, you are still strongly encouraged to apply. A combination of experience, passion for supporting families to grow strong, connection to community and culture, along with a willingness to learn will be taken into consideration when reviewing applicants for this role.
Interested Applicants may submit their application and/or resume to Stoney Tribal Administration c/o Stoney Nakoda Nation Human Resources Fax: 403-881-2676 or Email: employment@stoney-nation.com
Stoney Nakoda adheres to Section 1-9 of the Aboriginal Employee Preference Policy – Only Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interviews
