Program Manager, First Nations and Indigenous Policing - RES008047

Employment Type**:** Permanent Full-time

Location(s)****: SK-North Central-Prince Albert

Ministry**:** 073 Corrections Policing and Public Safety

Salary Range**:** $44.410-$55.654 Hourly

Grade**:** SGEU.12.

The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety – First Nations and Indigenous Policing Branch requires an experienced and forward-thinking individual who is committed to the improvement of community safety within the province of Saskatchewan.

Reporting to the Director, the successful candidate will be a leader in supporting an inclusive work environment through open, collaborative, and respectful working relationships with a broad spectrum of government and non-government entities on partnerships, strategies, policies, and programs related to First Nations policing and other relevant subject areas. The branch’s immediate priority is the renewal of 33 Community Tripartite Agreements (CTA) involving 45 First Nations encompassing 51 communities.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Providing leadership, program management, and oversight to mobilization efforts by Community Consultative Groups through engagement with elected First Nations leaders, local officials, RCMP, service providers, other government agencies, and other community leaders to address crisis situations in First Nation communities;
• Providing subject matter expertise, support, risk management to agencies and the province providing critical programming to First Nations that improves community safety and well-being in a variety of areas;
• Negotiating and managing contracts, contribution agreements and grants while maintaining accountability of financial and reporting requirements with CTA communities to ensure contractual obligations are met;
• Carrying out Management Reviews in accordance with a risk assessment protocol to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the program areas, operational performance, and/or service delivery;
• Developing outcome measures that can be consistently applied across First Nations public safety partnerships;
• Conducting research, analysis, interjurisdictional scans, engagement to prepare briefing notes, reports, Cabinet documents or draft correspondence for the Minister and senior ministry staff on Indigenous policing issues;
• Analyzing data, strategically reviewing and updating policies, procedures, regulatory and legislative changes to ensure policies, procedures, regulations and legislation are responsive to First Nations policing and public safety needs. E.g. in relation to the development of self-administered policing, alternative service delivery models, or in response to formal inquests;
• Assessing and identifying training needs, developing curriculum and delivering training on a variety of community safety and well-being issues. E.g. to Community Consultative Groups, or for the Community Safety Officer Program; and,
• Coordinating and facilitating information sharing and data sharing between human service agencies, while obtaining cooperation, resolving conflicts and establishing supportive relationships.

Preference will be given to qualified equity group members who self-declare in this online application, as identified in "diversity groups" below

Diversity Groups**:** Aboriginal persons

Hours of Work**:** B - SGEU Field 37.33 - one day off every three weeks

Number of Openings**:** 1

Closing Date: Dec 29, 2025, 11:59:00 PM