Strategic People Leadership & Reporting
- Provide strategic leadership, coordination and oversight for the development of the expanded Aunties Program, ensuring alignment with the Indigenous Women’s Justice Plan and other relevant First Nations Justice priorities.
- Develop and maintain short, medium and long-term program development pathways that identify responsibilities, partnerships, dependencies, risks, resources, and opportunities for holistic systemic navigation.
- Establish and support appropriate governance, advisory and implementation structures required to advance the Aunties Program, including a Community of Practice (CoP).
- Ensure the Aunties Program reflects Indigenous communities identified needs, voices and lived experience, remain grounded in cultural safety, reciprocal relationships and Indigenous definitions of justice, safety, and wellbeing.
- Establish and oversee systems to collect required data under the funding agreement, and metrics that capture Indigenous measures of success.
- Oversee evaluation and reporting processes in collaboration with external evaluators (e.g., Firelight) and funders (e.g., GBV Funding).
- Monitor, assess, and respond to federal and provincial policy developments relevant to the Aunties Program.
- Prepare and deliver presentations, reports, policy briefs, and other materials for senior leadership, Board members, and external partners.
- Manage project budgets, resources, and deliverables, ensuring accountability and alignment with strategic priorities.
- Assist with special projects and events while ensuring milestones and timelines are met.
- Provide direct supervision, leadership, mentorship, and performance oversight for three to seven direct reports.
- Establish priorities, allocate work, monitor workloads and deliverables, provide coaching and feedback, and support professional development.
- Foster a culturally safe, respectful, collaborative and accountable team environment grounded in relationship, reciprocity and shared responsibility.
- Support recruitment, onboarding and integration of new team members as the program continues to evolve and develop.
- Facilitate access to training related to: Trauma-informed practice, Victim services, Crisis intervention, De-escalation, Vicarious trauma prevention, Indigenous cultural safety, MMIWG2SLGBTQIA+, Gender-based violence and Intimate partner violence.
- Ensure the Aunties have access to wellness resources and cultural supports to prevent vicarious trauma.
Aunties Program Design and Strategic Liaison
- Develop and stabilize the Aunties Program, in collaboration with the Women’s Team, the IJC Leadership Circle, and the RSW Team Lead.
- Ensure that the program’s intended outcomes remain consistent with the Indigenous Women’s Justice Plan and funding deliverables.
- The Supervisor does not provide frontline or crisis services or manage individual cases.
- Provide consultation and support on complex files involving IPV/GBV, PWD, family preservation, housing and food security, grief and loss, and youth justice.
- Coordinate with IJC leadership, internal departments and external partners to clarify service pathways and strengthen culturally safe supports for Indigenous peoples\ interacting with colonial systems.
Aunties Community of Practice
- Responsible for supporting the establishment and ongoing operation of a Community of Practice provincially and regionally, ensuring that its priorities and activities are connected to the Aunties Program, governance processes and accountability mechanisms.
- Coordinate and lead monthly wellness circles, cultural gatherings, knowledge sharing opportunities, and learning opportunities with the community of practice.
Perform other related duties assigned by the Legal Supervisor or designate.
