Indigenous Cultural Advisor

3 weeks ago

Kingston, Canada Queen's University Full time

About Queen's University

Queen’s University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting. We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.
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Job Summary

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Providing cultural-based support, advice and assistance for students, staff and faculty.
- Assisting in organizing social and cultural events that bring staff, students, and faculty together.
- Creating, supervising and delivering culturally oriented workshops and courses to students, faculty, and staff.
- Plans and organizes workshops to improve cultural capacity and Indigenous knowledge sharing for students, faculty, and staff.
- Responsible for conducting interviews and guest lectures.
- Working with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives staff to assist in the promotion of and awareness building around Indigenous cultural issues within the University.
- Providing guidance and supervising ceremonial activities.
- Assisting on advisory groups, as requested.
- Other projects, as assigned, based on the Indigenous Cultural Advisor’s expertise and knowledge base.
- Working as a member of the OII team in support of all programming and events as required.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Must be an Indigenous person with demonstrated Indigenous community ties.
- Several years (minimum 5) experience working in an Indigenous community providing cultural advising or similar services, or equivalent experience.
- Recognition by Indigenous community as having knowledge and understanding of the traditional culture of community as well as spiritual and social traditions.
- Knowledge of traditional Indigenous cultures, ceremonial practices, protocols and songs.
- Cognizant and respectful of the diversity of Indigenous cultures, languages and traditions in the region and beyond.
- Knowledge of Indigenous traditional healing that may include the use of traditional plants used for healing.
- Familiarity with an Indigenous language would be considered an asset.

**SPECIAL SKILLS**:

- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated skills in mentoring and support.
- Well-developed skills in the preparation of informative and engaging presentations/training and teaching sessions.
- The ability to prioritize workload and deal with multiple demands.
- High degree of flexibility and ability to multi-task in a busy environment.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Excellent leadership and teaching skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent time-management, interpersonal and organizational skills as well as the

capability to take initiative, solve problems and suggest solutions.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment with regard to the need for supervision and guidance.
- Ability to work collaboratively with professionals in a team-oriented environment.
- Understanding of continuum of mental health and relationship to holistic health and academic success of students.

**DECISION MAKING**:

- Decisions regarding correspondence and recommendations to appropriate university bodies with respect to individual students/clients.
- Ability to distinguish between circumstances in which decisions can be made independently and those where consultation is needed.
- Ability to determine the best recommendations to make when approached for advice or resources.
- Decisions regarding how to go about getting the information necessary to make informed recommendations; exercise judgment on the quality and reliability of information referenced.
- Decisions regarding the coordination of information, material, facilities, and logistics for programming.

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