Vp of Operations

**OPPORTUNITY POSTING**

**VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS**

**About the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC)**

The FNMPC is a national, First Nation-led not-for-profit organization, established and led by First Nations for First Nations, representing a membership of over 130 First Nations located in 7 provinces and territories across Canada. Founded by elected and hereditary First Nations leadership in 2017, FNMPC is a non-political business capacity organization providing tools, advice, and other capacity supports designed to help its members make free, prior, and informed business decisions about large scale infrastructure and natural resource projects.

FNMPC delivers on its mandate through three main business lines: 1) economic participation 2) environmental stewardship 3) policy and advocacy. FNMPC's services assist its member First Nations in analysing commercial, environmental, and Nation-based considerations concerning complex infrastructure and natural resource projects that are over $100 million in capital cost which may be proposed or occurring in FNMPC member First Nations territory.

**The Opportunity**

This position will develop and implement the policies, processes, and controls FNMPC must have in place for the organization to continue its national expansion while maintaining its ability to meet the service delivery required by its growing membership. FNMPC seeks to maintain its independent and self-directed operational structure that has been core to its operational effectiveness. Therefore, the VP Operations must strike a careful balance between implementing process and policy and not impeding the ability of FNMPC to continue to be proactive, innovative, and move at the speed of business in its service delivery and overall operational mandate while maintaining a value-for-dollar approach. This position will also track, maintain, and monitor organizational progress across all workstreams and support other organizational priorities as necessary.

**Key Priorities**

As a member of the management team, you will work with the CEO and other management team members to ensure the appropriate operational procedures and tools are in place to support FNMPC's work across multiple business lines.
- Lead the effective and efficient delivery of operational support that meets the needs of a national organization
- Develop and lead a solid operational foundation for FNMPC including policies, processes, and internal controls
- Lead a team of consultants and staff to implement and maintain a data, document, and project management system across the organization
- Continually monitor workstream progress across the organization
- Continually identify operational gaps and efficiencies and take action to correct or improve
- Mentor and help develop junior staff members

**Key Responsibilities**

The key responsibilities listed below are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities associated with the VP Operations position. In addition to the responsibilities described below, and as a member of the FNMPC management team, the VP Operations is responsible to undertake and perform any task reasonably associated with the position of a VP Operations, having regard for the circumstances of the organization.

**Leadership**
- Be a leader among leaders that offers a collaborative rather than a directive approach
- Provide leadership and vision to advancing the operational affairs of the organization
- Take a hands-on approach to resolving challenges with the attitude that no task is too small
- Promote and uphold the FNMPC vision, mission, operating principles, and values
- Demonstrate a continual commitment to serving the needs of the organization's national First Nation membership

**Organizational Development & Improvement**
- Proactively and with limited direction, develop infrastructure/systems/procedures and improve/streamline the operational structure of the organization
- Constantly identify areas of improvement and take action to fill gaps
- Implement information technology with the aim of improving organizational efficiency and reducing operating costs over time

**Strategic Planning**
- Coordinate annual strategic planning between the board and management
- Track the progress of yearly work plans against the organization's 5-year strategic plan
- Participate in the creation of the yearly work plans and budgets in support of the CEO

**Policy Development**
- Maintain and implement the organization's operational policy
- Enforce accountability to operational policies across the organization

**Organizational Support**
- Provide operational support across the organization
- Provide information and document management support to the board of directors and CEO
- Provide support to a variety of events, meetings, and conferences
- Provide support to workstream management and planning
- Provide support to the CEO in managing relationships with funders
- Provide support to workplan development, financial m