Intergenerational Strength

**Intergenerational Strength & Resiliency Program Coordinator**

**Job Posting - Full Time Contract ending March 31, 2025**

**AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY**:
The Intergenerational Strength & Resiliency Program Coordinator will, through a coordinated service approach, address the intergenerational traumas caused by Indian Residential Schools through strength-based approaches with the goal of supporting intergenerational healing and living in balance. The ISRP Coordinator will work closely with community partners and other knowledge carriers while working to provide access to cultural services, and to promote and support Intergenerational healing in Thunder Bay. Confidential mental health and addiction supports and promotion of healthy lifestyles are part of the service deliverables for individuals, families, and the community.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
1. Post-secondary education in Indigenous studies, mental health or addictions, social work, and/or combinationof education and relevant work experience; minimum of three years of demonstrated and related workexperience within an Indigenous organization or community.
2. Strong knowledge and awareness of Indigenous culture and history, with particular emphasis on the impactsof residential schools, child welfare system, trauma, family violence, and impacts of colonialism onintergenerational language transmission and Indigenous identity.
3. Knowledge of Indigenous language(s) will be considered an asset.
4. Experience working with urban Indigenous children, youth, families and individuals in a healing andreconciliation capacity; experience with youth engagement and community outreach.
5. Experience working with high-risk clientele experiencing concurrent issues.
6. Experience planning and leading educational, one-on-one and/ or support groups. Ability to plan, coordinateand deliver educational and cultural workshops.
7. Self-motivated individual; ability to work with mínimal supervision in a team-oriented setting.
8. Excellent case and file management skills, stress and time management skills, ability to meet deadlines.
9. Ability to engage people to build trust and rapport; effective communication skills.
10. Group facilitation, team building and decision-making skills; ability to take initiative.
11. Effective crisis intervention skills.
13. Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and/or weekends.
14. A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Clearance is a condition of employment.
15. Must have a valid Ontario Driver’s License and reliable transportation.

**Salary: $55,000 / annum
**Please submit cover letter and resume with three (3) references to**:
**Attention: Hiring Committee**

**Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre**

**401 N Cumberland Street**

**Thunder Bay, ON**

**P7A 4P7**

**The Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for all parts of the recruitment process.**

**Miigwetch to all who apply, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted