Associate Director

Why make ONWA your career choice

Make a difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples by supporting and advocating for positive prides itself on providing all employees with a total rewards package that is generous and supports our workforce and their family members:

• Competitive salaries
• Generous paid vacation time
• Paid time off at Christmas above paid vacation time
• Additional paid stat and civic holidays
• 35 hour work week
• Comprehensive benefits program including health paramedical dental vision and EAP. All premiums covered by the employer.
• Healthcare Spending Account and Lifestyle Spending Account
• Competitive Retirement Savings Plan up to 12% with organization match pending position
• Paid sick days
• Paid cultural/personal wellness days
• Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance
• Ongoing professional development.
• Possible reimbursement on portion of cell phone and internet expenses
• Remote/hybrid work offered for various positions
• Paid management days

VISION:

At the Ontario Native Womens Association (ONWA) we celebrate and honour the safety and healing of Indigenous Women and Girls as theytake up their leadership roles in the family community provincially nationally and internationally for generations to come.

SCOPE:

The Associate Director will ensure the evaluation development and design of frontline service delivery
in the Community Services portfolio and align to the ONWAs strategic planning vision and mandate. The
Associate Director develops and maintains effective working relations with other ONWA portfolios
Chapter and Councils and allied community services agencies. The role assists to develop policies
and procedures to ensure safety is a priority and reflective to the portfolio operational work plan.
Through a provincial lens the Associate Director will direct systems coordination and planning training
development and delivery and support partnership development at all site locations. The Associate
Director completes comprehensive reporting and training on budget alignment fiscal deliverables and
program evaluation to the Director of Community Services and Senior Management as required. The
Associate Director develops and analyzes effective systems through gaps analysis statistics and
evaluation to create standardized formats to reinforce program enhancement and outcomes. The
Associate Director ensures service delivery meets the requirements of legislation and service
standards required by all funding bodies. The Associate Director works directly with the Director of
Community Services to utilize a living model approach to adapt deliverables using best practices that
support Indigenous women youth and their families across the province

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A degree related to Social Works Indigenous Learning or related field with a minimum of five
  (5) years progressive leadership experience within the not-for-profit space and/or within the
  relevant field.
• Minimum 3-5 (three to five) years previous work experience in supporting and advocating for
  Indigenous women youth and their families.
• Demonstrated administrative management skills with the ability to supervise a management
  team with a variety of program agreements work plan initiatives and budgets.
• Significant experience with Indigenous knowledge including culture traditions medicine and
  ceremony with the ability to provide recommendations for program evaluation and
  adaptation that will better support community members and/or effective interventions.
• In-depth understanding of psychological social and cognitive developmental theory of
  practice to complement a 2-eye seeing approach.
• Awareness of the recent historical and intergenerational trauma that Indigenous women
  and their families may have experienced including the psychological neurological
  physiological social and spiritual impact of trauma.
• Understanding of the principles of cultural trauma-informed care and wise practices.
• A strong understanding of gendered-based analysis from an integrated feminist anti-racist
  anti-oppressive perspective/lens.
• Proven work experience in managing crisis support and ability to mediate conflict this includes
  having a specialized knowledge of judicial systems human trafficking concurrent disorders
  dual diagnosis mental health and addictions.
• Ability to develop and support the management team and provide in-house mentoring and
  creating practical training and program evaluation plans.
• Thorough knowledge and experience with case management and brief service methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience writing proposals and managing contribution agreements.
• Substantial experience developing program budgets cash flows and financial management.
• Willing to work flexible hours as needed to provide ongoing support and services to
  management team and Site locations.
• Knowledge of not-for-profit organizations processes procedures and objectives.
• Demonstrated organizational time management and facilitation skills with the ability to
  complete projects and assigned duties independently within strict deadlines.
• Experience in program development and implementation planning.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong community partnerships networking practices and
  community collaboration.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including ability to adapt service delivery
  practices to meet community gaps and needs.
• Excellent working knowledge of EMHware Sparkrock Microsoft Office and other databases
  as required.
• Strong knowledge of current issues statistics trends and gaps facing Indigenous women and
  their families.
• Ability to travel.
• Ability to speak an Indigenous Language is an asset.
• Current vulnerable sector criminal records check. Valid 1st Aid/CPR
• Class G license 2 million liability insurance and access to a reliable vehicle.
• Cellular phone and internet access are required within this position.
• Must be willing and able to work flexible schedule. This may include a combination of virtual
  remote work in your home and in-office work hours. This will be based on operational needs
  and will be determined by the ONWA.

Please know this is an existing role we are looking to fill.

The full salary range for this role is $108300 - $134220 ONWA conducts annual performance reviews and employees may be eligible for salary adjustments based on performance outcomes and available funding.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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Required Experience:

Director