Community Engagement Coordinator

**_**Indigenous Women are encouraged to apply. First preference will be given to all qualified Indigenous applicants.**_**

**Why make ONWA your career choice?**

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Make a difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples by supporting and advocating for positive change. ONWA prides itself on providing all employees with a total rewards package that is generous and supports our workforce and their family members:_**
- Competitive salaries
- Generous paid vacation time
- Paid time off at Christmas above paid vacation time
- Additional paid stat and civic holidays
- 35-hour work week
- Comprehensive benefits program including health, paramedical, dental, vision, and EAP. All premiums are covered by the employer.
- Healthcare Spending Account and Lifestyle Spending Account
- Competitive Retirement Savings Plan up to 16% with organization match the pending position
- Paid sick days
- Paid cultural/personal wellness days
- Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance
- Ongoing professional development.
- Possible reimbursement on a portion of cell phone and internet expenses
- Remote/hybrid work offered for various positions

**VISION**:
At the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA), we celebrate and honor the safety and healing of Indigenous Women and Girls as they take up their leadership roles in the family, community, provincially, nationally, and internationally for generations to come.

SCOPE:
The **Community Engagement Coordinator** will provide communication, collaboration, and planning support to the ONWA Community Development Portfolio. The **Community Engagement Coordinator **will develop, implement, and support community engagement activities as part of the Community Development team. In addition, the Community Engagement Coordinator will ensure that engagement functions and resources are effectively integrated, organized, and leveraged to meet strategic and operational needs. They will be responsible for developing and enhancing key community relationships and improving engagements with ONWA services and membership, Indigenous Communities, and internal and external stakeholders.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Post-secondary diploma/degree in Social Sciences, Indigenous Studies, or Women’s Studies, with a minimum of three (3) to five (5) years’ work experience in community service delivery in a community engagement coordination role.
- Knowledge and experience in research and engagement processes and protocols.
- Expert knowledge in local, national, and international guidelines, recommendations, and legislation relating to Indigenous research.
- Expertise in research collaborations with Indigenous communities, leadership, and Indigenous Women’s organizations.
- Ability to work cross-culturally, and especially across the range of Indigenous communities, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to take initiative, gain consensus and work with people representing varying interests.
- Excellent communication skills including written, oral, and facilitation skills to participate in engagement, draft meeting summaries, reports, and briefing materials, and actively participate in task teams, and working groups.
- Experience in integrated knowledge translation engaging multiple audiences and users of knowledge in the research process is required.
- Proven successful work experience on a community committee specifically related to Indigenous people.
- Experience coordinating, and facilitating meetings, workshops, and engagements.
- Demonstrated administrative management and coordination skills.
- Knowledge of Indigenous culture, traditions, and Indigenous communities.
- Strong awareness of issues affecting Indigenous women and people and awareness of community resources within the province.
- Solution-oriented with proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of and relationships with other service agencies, ability to network and create/maintain these relationships.
- Experience with resource development and implementation.
- Knowledge and understanding of current issues facing Indigenous Women and their families.
- Must be dependable, able to follow instructions, respond to management direction, and be able to improve performance through management feedback.
- Ability to plan, organize and manage time effectively.
- Highly motivated individual with the ability to work with mínimal supervision.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills and an ability to follow through on assigned duties independently with strict deadlines.
- Knowledge of Not-For-Profit organizations.
- The ability to speak an Indigenous Language is considered an asset.
- Ability to travel as required.
- Reliable vehicle, appropriate vehicle insurance coverage, and valid Ontario “G” class driver’s license.
- Current, valid vulnerable sector criminal records Valid 1st Aid/CPR.
- A cellular phone and internet access are required for this position.
- Must be willing and able to work a flexible working