Job Board > Director, Indigenous Relations - City of Vancouver
Position: Director, Indigenous Relations
Deadline: April 18, 2022
Posted: February 17, 2022
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Job Description / Duties
The Opportunity: Director, Indigenous Relations
Located in the City Manager's Office, the Director, Indigenous Relations (DIR) works collaboratively across City departments and agencies to build respectful relationships with First Nations, community organizations, and other government partners to advance this work and to support Council direction and advance the City’s strategic interests. Acting as a strategic advisor to the senior leadership team and working with the City Manager’s Office, departmental General Managers, Directors, and senior staff, the DIR is responsible for managing the City of Vancouver’s corporate-wide approach to Indigenous Relations. They lead the development, coordination and implementation of the City’s evolving strategic direction around the Reconciliation Framework and reconciliation efforts.
Qualifications / Required Skills
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and experience:
• A university degree in public administration or public policy or law or related discipline (graduate degree preferred) or an equivalent combination of lived experience, education, training and work experience;
• Considerable diverse professional experience, including public sector experience where programs and initiatives were advanced through a large organization;
• Considerable experience working with diverse Indigenous communities;
• Considerable experience in social planning, research and evaluation as well as experience including public policy development and the formulation of major strategies
Contact Information
The complete opportunity profile can be viewed: https://leadersinternational.com/city-of-vancouver-director-indigenous-relations/
Contact: Robin Noftall or Laurie Sterritt
Leaders International Executive Search
#880 – 609 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1G5
Phone: (604) 688-8422
Email: vancouver@leadersinternational.com
Employer Profile
The Organization: City of Vancouver
The City of Vancouver (the City) sits on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵw ̱xwú7mesh (SquamishNation), and sə̓ lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). The three Nations have a unique spiritual, cultural, and economic connection to this land that goes back thousands of years. Canada and Vancouver’s historical relationship with the three local First Nations goes only a few hundred years back (partially described in First Peoples: A Guide for Newcomers). This colonial history and its troubling legacy forms the backdrop of life in Vancouver and is at the centre of the City’s reconciliation efforts.
To learn more, please visit the City of Vancouver’s website.