Northern Indigenous Program Specialist
1 month ago
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Northern Indigenous Program Specialist is responsible for managing and expanding our micro-grant and indigenous community programs in northern Canada, ensuring they have a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to identify, evaluate, and select micro-grant recipients that align with our organizational mission and values.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with Indigenous community leaders, youth, and Elders.
- Support the end-to-end administration of micro-grant programs, including application review, award selection, fund disbursement, and monitoring.
- Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of our micro-grants and helping grantees to overcome challenges or issues.
- Support to promote Cuso International's work, our micro-grant opportunities and other initiatives.
- Generate spaces for grantees and other Indigenous organizations and youth groups to create and exchange.
KEY COLLABORATIONS
- VIDEA (an Indigenous and youth-led international organization that is partnering with Cuso)
- Other Indigenous organizations and youth groups
- Line manager and other key staff (finances, communications, etc.) at the Cuso Central Office in Ottawa
QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong community ties
- Strong leadership skills
- Dedication and passion supporting Indigenous youth in Indigenous-led projects
- Strong competencies in communication
- Support projects that create change
- Facilitation and training abilities
- Proven ability to set own priorities and to work with minimal supervision
- Good time management and priority-setting skills and demonstrated initiative
- Willingness to travel as required to Ottawa, and to remote communities in Canada's Northern Territories)
- Ability to inspire individuals and teams to embrace ways of thinking
Desirable
- Knowledge of Cuso International's goals and approach to development work
- French and/or knowledge of a specific indigenous language
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