LOCATION: MANITOULIN ISLAND, ON
CANDIDATES MUST LIVE WITHIN SERVICE AREA.
COVER LETTER NEEDS TO BE SENT WITH RESUME.

Applicants are encouraged to visit our website at www.kgcfs.org/employment to review the job description.

Include in your application a cover letter, resume, and (3) three reference letters - two (2) employment related from recent employers. Please also detail in your application: education, employment experience, and cultural participation.

KGCFS is a designated Children`s Aid Society delivering Child Protection Services within seven member First Nations in the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin. KGCFS honours and supports our families’ and community’s inherent authority to care for their children based on unity, traditions, values, belief, and customs. Preference will be given to Anishinaabe Candidates, please self-identify in your application.

Annual Salary Range: $65,132 to $80,104

OVERVIEW

The Executive Assistant supports the Executive Director in executing their overall responsibility for the day to day organizing, planning, directing, and operating of KGCFS. This includes policy and program development, program management and administration, service planning, community relations, and for any other duties that may be assigned by the Executive Director.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Executive Assistant diploma or related diploma or degree.
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in a similar position in a First Nations social service agency.
• Must have a valid driver's license and possess own vehicle.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of Governance operations including administrative responsibilities required of a Non-Profit Corporation.
• Possess knowledge, respect, and sensitivity to Anishinaabe culture and be committed to helping First Nation families strengthen and achieve a healthy level of well-being.
• The ability to speak Anishinaabemowin is an asset.
• Knowledge of First Nation family structures and culture.
• Demonstrated and significant front-line experience in working with First Nation communities.
• Ability to develop and provide leadership, guidance, motivation and vision to the management and staff of the Agency to ensure a professional standard of services to the First Nation communities, families, and children.
• Must have the ability to interact with staff (at all levels) in a fast-paced environment.
• Can remain flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient while under pressure.
• Must have a high level of professionalism to ensure confidentiality.
• Must possess strong organization, assessment, problem solving, decision making, and attention to detail skills.
• Must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Given the traditional practices of the Anishinabek, from time-to-time exposure to wood smoke and the burning of sacred medicines, including tobacco, sweet grass, sage, or cedar, may occur within the work setting.
• Candidates must live within service area.

Applications are accepted and in the following order of preference: by email, mail, or website at:

• Human Resources – Confidential.
• CHILD AND WELL BEING WORKER.
• Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services.
• 98 Pottawatomi Avenue.
• Wikwemikong, Ontario, P0P 2J0.
• Email: applications@kgcfs.org.

KGCFS We are committed to providing a barrier-free work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in the recruitment process. Miigwetch for your application, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to submit the following: satisfactory Criminal Reference Check (within 3 months of application date), Vulnerable Sector Check and Driver’s Abstract.