JOB POSTING
First Nations Public Safety & Policing Adviser
Full Time Term Position Until March 31, 2027
(With possibility of extension)
Location: APC Head Office, 153 Willowdale Drive, Dartmouth, NS
Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience
Closing Date: March 31, 2026, 4:30 p.m. (AST)
The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APC) is seeking a First Nations
Public Safety & Policing Adviser to provide strategic, legal, and policy advice to Chiefs and leadership
on policing, public safety, and justice matters affecting Atlantic First Nations communities. This role
promotes culturally grounded approaches to community safety while supporting both immediate priorities
and long-term policing initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide legal, policy, and strategic advice to All Chiefs and First Nation leadership on
policing, public safety, and justice.
- Support the ongoing advocacy, discussions and strategies of an Atlantic Chiefs
Committee as well as a
Public Safety & Policing Committee, including meeting
coordination and follow-up actions.
- Assist and support First Nation leadership in negotiations and policy discussions with
federal and provincial governments.
- Coordinate First Nations input into public safety and policing legislation, policies and
reform initiatives.
- Support development of long-term First Nations policing models and community safety
initiatives.
- Advise and support enforcement of First Nations laws, by-laws, and community safety
measures.
- Prepare ongoing communications, briefing materials, policy and issue analysis, and
recommendations.
- Monitor emerging issues and developments affecting First Nations public safety &
policing.
