Indigenous Youth Life Leadership Coordinator - Thunder Bay, Canada - Ontario Native Women's Association

Ontario Native Women's Association

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Thunder Bay, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

_Indigenous Women are encouraged to apply. First preference will be given to all qualified Indigenous applicants. This role can be located at any ONWA site. We offer hybrid/remote options.
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Why make ONWA your career choice?
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Make a difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples by supporting and advocating for positive change.

ONWA prides itself on providing all employees with a total rewards package that is generous and supports our workforce and their family members:
_**- Competitive salaries

Generous paid vacation time
Paid time off at Christmas above paid vacation time
Additional paid stat and civic holidays
35hour work week
Comprehensive benefits program including health, paramedical, dental, vision and EAP. All premiums covered by the employer.
Healthcare Spending Account and Lifestyle Spending Account
Competitive Retirement Savings Plan up to 16% with organization match pending position
Paid sick days
Paid cultural/personal wellness days
Flexible scheduling to support worklife balance
Ongoing professional development.
Possible reimbursement on portion of cell phone and internet expenses
Remote/hybrid work offered for various positions

VISION:

At the Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), we celebrate and honour the safety and healing of Indigenous Women and Girls as they take up their leadership roles in the family, community, provincially, nationally, and internationally for generations to come.

MANDATE:

The Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) is a not-for-profit organization that empowers and supports Indigenous women and their families in the province of Ontario.

ONWA encourages the participation of Indigenous women in the development of Federal, Provincial, Municipal/ Local government policies that impact their lives and ensure issues affecting Indigenous women and their families are heard at key government tables.

ONWA is committed to providing services that strengthen communities and guarantees the preservation of Indigenous culture, identity, art, language, and heritage.

Ending violence against Indigenous women and their families and ensuring equal access to justice, education, health, environmental stewardship, and economic development, sits at the cornerstone of the organization.

ONWA insists on social and cultural well - being for all Indigenous women and their families, so that all women, regardless of tribal heritage may live their best lives.

SCOPE:

The
Indigenous Youth Leadership Coordinator position is a key component in the delivery of the ONWA Indigenous Youth Life Promotion Program and ensures a range of holistic services for youth across the province.

This provincially focused program will provide culturally based services that meet the inclusive needs of Indigenous youth.

The Indigenous Youth Leadership Coordinator will provide/coordinate services that focus on the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being through a cultural, trauma informed gender-based approach.

Programming will focus on land-based programming and ceremony through traditional teachings and mentorship programs provided to Indigenous youth.

The Indigenous Youth Leadership Program works to meet the need of Indigenous community members by providing training opportunities, leadership events and work experience to participating youth.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Postsecondary diploma/degree in Social Sciences, Indigenous Studies, Women's Studies, Recreation or Health Sciences with a minimum three (3) years' work experience or combination of work and lived experience in Indigenous youth programming, community service delivery in a project coordination role.
Experience working with Indigenous youth and with Indigenous organizations
Comprehensive understanding of mental health issues and suicide prevention.
Experience developing programming and tool kits. this sounds like a responsibility and noted below
Strong knowledge and awareness of Indigenous culture, traditions, ceremony, and the ability to connect Community Members to cultural practices that can be used in supporting youth
Thorough knowledge and experience working in and with a genderbased lens/perspective
Solid understanding of recent, historical, and intergenerational trauma Indigenous youth and their families may have experienced
Understanding of cultural traumainformed care and wise practices
Excellent communication and facilitation skills
Experience organizing and planning programming with a provincial scope.
A willingness to work flexible hours as needed to provide ongoing support and services to community members. This position will include evening and weekend hours.
Must be dependable, able to respond to management direction and improve performance through management feedback.
Experience with conflict resolution and the capacity to mitigate difficult situations.
Highly motivated individual with the ability to work with mínimal supervi