Position Details: New position
Contract Term: 2 Years
MNO’s culture is at our core
The MNO workplace culture is full of potential ready to be unlocked. As our Self-Governance agreement materializes, we are building a workplace culture of action, responsibility, and most importantly a desire to serve the Métis community. When defining what MNO culture is, it’s difficult, because of our diverse leadership styles, and the different programs and services offered. What that really means is there is a place for almost everyone under the MNO employer umbrella. We recognize people are different, and that is our source of strength. We bring opinions together, welcome healthy conflict, and look to always find answers, not problems.
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What We Can Offer You
- 4% Vacation pay
- Pension plan
- Annual paid two-week holiday closure in December
- 16 paid public and employer holidays
- 15 paid health & wellness days
- Challenging, multi-disciplinary work environment that fosters learning and professional development
- Substantial educational incentive to promote personal and professional growth
- An opportunity to make a direct or indirect impact on the lives of the Métis Peoples across the Province
- Other perks
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Telemedicine plan
- Goodlife corporate membership discount
- Bell Mobility's exclusive partner program
- Staple's corporate discount
- Dell member purchase program
- Mark's corporate discount
About the Role:
The Manager plays a central leadership role in advancing the Powley Institute’s mandate as a Métis led centre for research, education, cultural preservation, and knowledge mobilization. This position ensures that the Institute’s operations, partnerships, and communications uphold the Métis Nation of Ontario’s purpose: to promote Métis self determination, strengthen community rooted scholarship, and protect and advance Métis rights, history, and culture. Working collaboratively across internal teams and with external partners, the Manager provides strategic oversight, operational excellence, and culturally grounded leadership that supports the Institute’s growth as a national anchor for Métis knowledge and innovation. The Manager reports to the Director of the Education and Training Branch.
What will you be doing:
- Provide strategic oversight of all agreements, daily operations, and reporting requirements related to the Powley Institute, ensuring full compliance with program parameters while maximizing funding opportunities and institutional impact.
- Lead relationship building and partnership development across Ontario’s K–12 and post secondary education systems, ensuring all engagements, benchmarks, and outcomes are systematically tracked, analyzed, and reported.
- Offer sector specific leadership grounded in deep knowledge of Métis and Indigenous policy, rights, governance, and post secondary education frameworks, ensuring alignment with the Institute’s mandate and Métis self determination.
- Plan, organize, direct, and evaluate services delivered by staff and contractors, including functions related to funding agreements, consulting services, personnel and payroll, technology, and security.
- Develop comprehensive work plans with clear priorities, deliverables, timelines, quality measures, and accountability structures that support the Institute’s strategic goals.
- Manage the full employment lifecycle for direct reports, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, discipline, and termination, while supporting supervisors in effective people leadership.
- Lead the development and implementation of quality assurance, data governance, and evaluation strategies to strengthen program integrity and evidence based decision making.
- Plan, administer, and monitor budgets for projects, contracts, equipment, and supplies, ensuring responsible stewardship of resources.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to program delivery, quality, staffing, finances, and organizational reputation.
- Conduct research and prepare high quality reports, briefing notes, policy analyses, and presentations for senior leadership, funders, and governance bodies.
- Represent the Institute at meetings with senior management, funders, elected officials, government partners, and community stakeholders, presenting on key initiatives as required.
- Develop communication tools and knowledge mobilization resources that enhance understanding of Métis issues, rights, history, and policy contexts.
- Promote, monitor, and measure compliance with funding requirements by designing and implementing effective data collection, reporting, and record keeping systems.
- Support the development, implementation, and expansion of new programs, initiatives, and services aligned with the Institute’s mandate.
- Manage complex, confidential, and sensitive issues with tact, discretion, cultural humility, and sound judgment.
- Facilitate the resolution of complex conflicts among staff, fostering a respectful, accountable, and culturally grounded workplace environment.
- Work closely with the Chair of Research to advance the Institute’s research agenda, ensuring alignment with Métis led priorities; supporting project development, ethics and governance processes; and coordinating resources, staffing, and reporting to enable high quality, community rooted scholarship.
- Promotes the values of the organization within the workplace and in the community by demonstrating positive and professional relationships with others (employees, citizens, council, volunteers, advocates, etc.)
- Reports all unsafe conditions, hazards or practices, accidents and incidents in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and adheres to all Health and Safety requirements within the MNO’s policies and procedures and provincial legislation.
- Performs other job/branch-related duties as required.
Qualifications:
- University Degree
- 3 to 5 years of experience
- Progressive leadership experience in a research, education, cultural, or Indigenous governance environment, with demonstrated success managing teams, programs, or institutional operations.
- Experience working with Métis or Indigenous communities, organizations, or governance structures, including relationship building, consultation, and supporting community driven priorities.
- Demonstrated experience in project and program management, including planning, budgeting, reporting, risk management, and delivering complex initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
- Deep knowledge of Métis history, rights, governance, and policy frameworks, with the ability to apply Métis specific and Indigenous research principles across education, culture, and community rooted initiatives.
- Advanced leadership, supervision, and people management skills, including coaching, performance management, conflict resolution, and fostering a culturally grounded, accountable, and respectful workplace.
- Strong analytical, planning, and evaluation skills, with the ability to design and implement data governance, quality assurance, and reporting systems that support evidence based decision making.
- Expertise in partnership development and stakeholder engagement, particularly within K–12 and post secondary education systems, government, funders, and Métis community partners.
- High level organizational, financial, and project management skills, including budgeting, risk management, contract oversight, and the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
AODA Statement
The Métis Nation of Ontario commits to providing accommodation as required by the Ontario Human Rights Act, unless to do so would cause undue hardship. Accommodations will be provided in accordance with the principles of dignity, individualization, and inclusion. The Métis Nation of Ontario will work cooperatively and in the spirit of respect with all partners in the accommodation process. These accommodations will extend to all aspects of the employment relationship including recruitment and selection.
Please email human resources if you require an accommodation during the hiring process.
Special Services Organization
The Métis Nation of Ontario is a special services organization. All applicants are encouraged to apply. Preference may be given to qualified applicants who meet the requirements for MNO Citizenship as per the MNO Bylaws and who are in good standing.
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