Social & Community Specialist
3 weeks ago
Northern Program Specialist – Full Time, Permanent
Are you an organized person who enjoys building relationships and establishing connections? Do you value and want to contribute to Indigenous and community work that supports land stewardship, sustainable livelihoods, leadership, and culture? The Northern Program Specialist will help facilitate social, economic, and environmental solutions led by northern people and communities. This position will provide direct support and advice to a northern portfolio of environmental stewardship, social justice, and cultural revitalization projects.
MakeWay builds partnerships and solutions that help nature and communities thrive together. Our people, projects, and partners are located across the country. The Northern Program is focused on supporting Indigenous-led land and water stewardship, language and culture revitalization, sustainable community livelihoods, and emerging northern leaders. This position is located in our shared office space in Yellowknife, NT.
Project Support
Provide a portfolio of northern projects with day-to-day support including grants management, preparation of contracts, financial review, and timely and informative responses to support requests.
Assist projects with achieving commitments to funders, including ensuring timely and satisfactory submission of funding proposals and reports.
Collaborate with the Finance team to ensure effective financial management of projects.
Actively manage risk to MakeWay and its projects through day-to-day issue identification and problem solving.
Work with projects to monitor and track political activity, fundraising activity, and other charitable reporting requirements.
Facilitate intake and orientation of new projects.
Support projects during the recruitment process, when needed.
Community Relationships
Support existing and explore new streams of charitable work in partnership with communities, with a focus on the NWT.
Liaise with community partners to understand how best to support their environmental, cultural, and economic aspirations and programming.
Work with community partners to ensure that grants and other supports are effectively delivered.
Help manage large multi-year programmatic budgets with support from the Finance team.
Communicate the regional and issue-based context of the MakeWay Northern Program’s initiatives and projects.
Provide assistance in managing MakeWay’s Yellowknife shared office space.
Community-minded: You love being in community and trust that local people have the best solutions to their own challenges.
You can translate complex information into clear and simple language.
You are practiced at digesting information, assessing importance and risks, and making clear and timely decisions.
You have strong computer skills including a familiarity with Microsoft programs and software.
Knowledge of charity regulatory environment and reporting requirements, fundraising, grant development and reporting.
Comfort working with a diversity of small organizations and community initiatives.
Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
A deep appreciation for traditional foods
The opportunity to enable community-led impact in the North.
Comprehensive employer-paid extended health, vision, and dental benefits package, including an annual $300 Health Spending Account starting Day 1.
Three weeks’ vacation plus statutory holidays. MakeWay has implemented a Substitution Statutory Holiday policy which allows employees the flexibility to substitute another day for a statutory holiday. In addition, the MakeWay office is closed annually for a winter holiday break, Indigenous Peoples Day, and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Flexible, diverse, and engaging work environment.
MakeWay is strongly committed to equity and creating a diverse workplace community. We strive to reflect the diversity of our society on our teams and to provide a respectful workplace and equal working opportunities for all employees and applicants.
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