Programs Specialist - Yellowknife, Canada - Government of the Northwest Territories

Government of the Northwest Territories

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Yellowknife, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

Limited Competition:

This Job Opening is limited to Aboriginal Persons indigenous to the present boundaries of the Northwest Territories and includes any aboriginal person resident at birth and any Canadian aboriginal persons who have lived more than half of their life in the Northwest Territories.

Department Information:

The Department of Finance has the mandate to provide leadership and direction to the public service in all areas of finance and human resource management.

This mandate includes negotiating major financial arrangements with the federal government, providing analysis and advice to the Financial Management Board, and ensuring that financial and information resources are managed effectively, efficiently and economically.

This mandate also includes the recruitment and retention of a competent public service that is representative of the people it serves and the development of programs and services that effectively serve the human resource needs of the public service.

Job Information:

The Programs Specialist works with partners across the GNWT to assess long and short-term GNWT and departmental needs to develop appropriate strategies, programs and initiatives to address those needs, and provide appropriate strategic human resource assistance.

As a result, the programs and assistance enable Deputy Heads and senior management teams to plan for, recruit and develop employees to provide quality GNWT programs and services.

The recruitment and retention of qualified, capable northern employees, representative of the population served, is a priority of the GNWT.

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:
A relevant Bachelor's Degree combined with two years of experience in one of Talent Management/Human Resources/Program Development or similar role, including one year of experience managing projects, whether paid and/or volunteer

GNWT Inquiries:

Inquiries Only:
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel Extension 14106
Fax