Sgi Community Consultation Coordinator

**Career Opportunity**

**Community Consultation Coordinator,**

**Sipeknekatik Governance Initiative
- SGI**

**One year term with potential for renewal**

**Closing Date: open until filled**

**General Description**:
The Community Consultation Coordinator program will develop the project work plans to satisfy the duty of providing full information to community members, providing opportunity for public participation, organize community referendums and decision-making platforms for circumstances that have deep impacts on Mikmaq rights.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Prioritize and responds appropriately to consultation requests & communications that the SGI receives from Industry and Governments.
- Develop workplans, reports, and a community communications strategy for each project requiring full community decision making.
- Identifiy any key issues surrounding Aboriginal and Treaty rights in potential project.
- Identify any keys issues surrounding Mi’kmaw Title and any title claim issues that may or may not arise in potential project area.
- Identify any historical or cultural significance to the area of the potential project.
- Identify experts, studies and reports required for community meetings, including interpretation and development of plain language documents for community review.
- Researching, collecting, compiling and maintaining community profiles consisting of past and present community-government issues, context, and community economic preparedness to participate in and or support industry.
- Follow and promote the Consultation Protocol for community consultation and decision making.
- Draft an impact assessment on each proposed project.
- Provides input and recommendations to Chief Council for revisions when necessary
- Provide Legal and strategic advice on negotiation strategies relating to consultation protocols.
- Where needed coordinate with SGI team in scheduling a venue for community input regarding proposed project and if necessary, provide an opportunity for a community referendum to fulfill SCI fiduciary duties owed to the community.
- Other related duties as determined by Supervisor.

**Qualifications**
- Knowledge of the legal and policy frameworks related to the duty to consult, individual community traditional territories and exercise of rights and Aboriginal community relations, as it relates to the identification of Aboriginal communities and the scale and scope of the duty to consult owed to

Aboriginal communities for specific decisions contemplated by the Crown and/or Industry.
- Knowledge of Indigenous, Mikmaw communities/organizations
- Knowledge of Mi’kmaw governance, culture, social and economic issues, community perspectives, protocols and political dynamics in Mi’kma’kik, generally acquired through direct interaction with

Mi’kmaw communities and organizations, to provide advice, guidance and recommendations to staff and a variety of stakeholders regarding Aboriginal consultation and to interact effectively withMi’kmaw people for the purposes of assessing Industry and Government meeting with their duty to consult.
- Knowledge of Mi’kmaw Treaty’s, as well as, both assertive rights and recognized rights of the

Mi’kmaw People.
- Knowledge of Mi’kmaw traditional and cultural land use pre and post crown assertion of sovereignty.
- Knowledge and understanding of Mi’kmaw culture, traditions, teachings, community dynamics
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Proficient computer skills, specifically in MS Word, Excel and Geographic Information Systems with ability to learn new programs.
- Facilitation, consensus-building, tact, diplomacy, advisory and negotiation skills.
- The ability to maintain strict timelines for project deliverables and deadlines,
- Criminal check and valid driver’s licence is required. Having a criminal record is not necessarily a determinate factor.

Starting salary will be based on qualifications and experience.

Human Resource Manager

Mail/drop off: 522 Church Street, Indian Brook, NS B0N 1H0

**Salary**: $30,831.81-$58,510.34 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

Work Location: One location