Indigenous Liaison Specialist

**Indigenous Liaison Specialist**:
**Job ID**:

- 229565

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Transportation

**Division**:

- Operations Division / Central Operations

**City**:

- Toronto

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary - 12 months with possibility of extension

**Job code**:

- 7A008 - ProgPlanEval07

**Salary**:

- $88,496.00 - $128,625.00 Per year

**Passionate about partnering with Indigenous communities? Lead the way in transforming transportation and community development in Ontario**

In this position, you'll have an opportunity to lead, coordinate and facilitate relationships and partnerships with Indigenous communities to support the government's transportation goals and commitments in relation to initiatives and programs while advancing related community economic development goals.**About the job**: In this role you will:

- Advise senior management and support project staff on Indigenous relations and transportation policies.
- Provide front-line service to Indigenous communities, fostering partnerships and supporting consultation initiatives.
- Plan and coordinate briefing materials, reports, and issues management plans on Indigenous matters.
- Act as a liaison between the ministry, branch, and Indigenous communities within a cross-divisional team.
- Lead strategic planning, project management, negotiation, and facilitation for initiatives and programs.
- Support Indigenous communities in pursuing procurement opportunities with the Ministry of Transportation.

**What you bring to the team**:
**Knowledge of Indigenous Affairs**: You have:

- knowledge of economic, legal, and political issues underlying Indigenous relations, the history, culture, governance, community perspectives, protocols, agreements and services affecting Indigenous communities, and related legislation and case law.
- experience leading projects that involve liaising with Indigenous communities.
- knowledge of strategic directions for Indigenous affairs and economic development, corporate Indigenous policy and approaches, and processes and strategies for managing Indigenous relationships.
- knowledge of transportation and/or land use services related to Indigenous communities, research techniques and principles and transportation economic principles.

**Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills**: You have:

- ability to develop and implement strategies to engage and maintain relationships with Indigenous communities and act as liaison for specific transportation projects and planning, issues, and related project delivery matters.
- strong problem-solving skills to anticipate and resolve complex, inter-related, and highly political issues.
- ability to interpret Indigenous constitutional law and evaluate impacts on ministry corporate policy and programs.
- strong analytical skills to identify gaps and barriers to Indigenous economic development, conduct environmental scans, lead economic modeling, cost-benefit analyses, and risk assessment/reduction analysis.

**Interpersonal and Relationship Management Skills**: You can:

- utilize developed facilitation, negotiation and consensus-building skills to resolve issues between Indigenous communities and stakeholders, and act as a liaison between Ministry, Division, Branches and regional offices and diverse communities.
- utilize relationship management skills to maintain partnerships with stakeholders and lead relationship-building forums and/or site visits.
- use strong interpersonal skills to act as an expert on Indigenous relations and represent the region on committees and task forces.

**Communication Skills**: You can:

- lead consultations, attend conferences, provide training and provide recommendations related to Indigenous rights and transportation development projects.
- respond to issues in writing, research and prepare briefing notes, Issues Management plans and presentations using standard software programs and tools.

**Project Management Skills**:

- You have knowledge of project management principles, program evaluation methods, and statistical, forecasting, risk management and economic modeling techniques and principles.**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during t