Northern Indigenous Program Specialist

1 week ago


Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Cuso International Full time

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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