Program Director

2 months ago

Toronto, Canada Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres Full time

**Objective**:
To ensure the design and development of new and existing sector-specific OFIFC programs including planning, design, integration, monitoring, evaluation, relationship development, negotiation supports, reporting, and policy analysis and development.

**Key Deliverables**:

- Advance the priorities of the OFIFC and Friendship Centres within area of specialization.
- Lead the strategic development of policies, programs, and services within area of specialization.
- Provide supervision, leadership, and mentorship to assigned team members.
- Appropriately manage financial resources to advance strategic priorities of OFIFC and Friendship Centres within the specialization.
- Develop policies, processes, procedures, and reports to achieve risk mitigation objectives

**Key Responsibilities**:
Specialization Lead (Design, Implement, Monitor, and Manage) (30%):

- Coordination and integration of all OFIFC sector-specific work (i.e., children, youth & education; community wellness and ending violence; housing & employment; justice) including linking various internal and external stakeholders.
- Responsible for designing and developing new culture-based programs and policy positions to address sector-specific needs of Friendship Centres.
- Direct the strategic collection, analysis and communication of program data.
- Ensure programs within the area of specialization are evaluated and findings shared with relevant stakeholders.
- Drive sector-specific policy advocacy to address the needs of the Friendship Centres.

Program & Policy Initiatives (Design, Implementation, Review, and Evaluation) (30%):

- Manages the development of work plans, project schedules and resource plans.
- Directs the development of proposals, research, needs assessments, sector-specific policy analysis, and publications.
- Responsible for sector-specific government contribution agreements, transfer payment agreements, and contracts.
- Identifies funding opportunities and options and acts on them as appropriate/directed.
- Oversees the development and completion of sector-specific program resource materials.
- Manage internal OFIFC budgets to support effective program design, development, resource development, and other initiatives as outlined in annual work plans.
- Manages the development of alternative policy approaches to influence public policy in a positive manner for Friendship Centres and urban Indigenous people.
- Bridges mainstream and Indigenous communities, concepts and practices in the context of policy development.

Communication, Liaison, Partnership, Support and Advocacy (30%):

- Executes strategic plans to advance and support OFIFC’s organizational strategic plan and meet the needs of the Friendship Centre movement.
- Builds and maintains positive supportive stakeholder and funder partnerships to ensure growth and development of OFIFC’s programs and initiatives.
- Acts as government liaison, chairperson, facilitator, and spokesperson in fora or meetings as directed.
- Identifies policy and program needs, gaps and priorities for development.
- Ensures communication functions with respect to sector-specific programming and Friendship Centres are maintained, timely and interactive.
- Build knowledge, awareness, and capacity across OFIFC and Friendship Centres of the policy landscape and key opportunities for strategic development.
- Represents OFIFC’s interests at public meetings and fora as applicable to the adoption and enactment of supportive public policy by local, provincial and federal government bodies and the general advancement of the OFIFC’s policy positions.
- Increases and maintains the OFIFC’s reputation and credibility in the area of policy and ensures these are respected and supported by Friendship Centres and policymakers at all levels of government.
- Provides strong and persuasive advocacy for Friendship Centres and their communities and the Friendship Centre movement as a whole.

Human Resources and Administration (10%):

- Supervises and maintains HR responsibilities for direct reports by providing direction, leadership, coaching, feedback, performance reviews, training and development opportunities, and implements the performance management process.
- Participates in staff recruitment & selection and termination processes in the area of responsibility.
- Ensures delegation to direct reports is appropriate and supported.
- Coaches and develops standards of performance and skill set of direct reports.

**Education/Work Experience**:

- Completed Master’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years experience at a Senior Management level including 2 years in program management within a not-for-profit sector, preferably within an Indigenous organization

**Behavioural Competencies**:

- Strategic & Analytical Thinking
- Creativity and Innovative
- Problem-Solving and Decision Making
- Integrity and Credibility

**Technical Competencies**:

- Excellent interpersonal

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