Description
The City of Edmonton's Indigenous Relations Office is seeking a strategic and compassionate leader to advance our commitment to reconciliation. If you are a project management professional with a deep understanding of Indigenous communities and a passion for systems change, we invite you to join our team as an Indigenous Relations Strategic Planner.
This position plays a critical role in advancing the City's reconciliation efforts through high-profile, complex, and intersectional work. Moving beyond technical support, this role focuses on leading strategic plans, evaluation frameworks, and significant projects that address racism and inequity in Edmonton. You will act as a content expert and relationship builder, fostering integrated approaches with internal teams, Knowledge Keepers, Elders, and Indigenous governments to ensure our work honors our commitments to the community.
What will you do?
Plan and lead complex and sensitive projects, such as renaming initiatives, memorial site development, and large-scale engagement conferences related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
Provide strategic support and advice to leadership, translating corporate strategies into operational plans and ensuring business processes align with the branch's reconciliation goals
Develop data and evaluation frameworks that utilize Indigenous worldviews and decolonized approaches to research, ensuring projects are measured meaningfully
Cultivate and maintain meaningful relationships with community members, non-profit leaders, and representatives from First Nation and Métis governments to support joint operational planning
Identify strategic issues—such as urban reserves or UNDRIP implementation—and independently research and recommend solutions to the Director
Prepare briefing notes, council reports, and responses to inquiries from the community and elected officials regarding the section's initiatives
Other duties as assigned
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