Northwest Territories Director Jobs – 18 Openings This Week

Director, Community Services
City of Yellowknife —Yellowknife, NT
- $212,631–$250,155 a year
- Full-time
- Bachelor's
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
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Regional Director Central, Child, Family & Community Wellness
Government of the Northwest Territories —Yellowknife, NT
- $133,000–$190,000 a year
- Full-time
- Bachelor's
- Team management
- Social Work
Director, Policy and Planning
Government of the Northwest Territories —Yellowknife, NT
- $142,000–$204,000 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Supervising experience
- Bachelor's
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P/T Executive Co-Director (Funding & Programs)
Makerspace YK —Yellowknife, NT
- $40–$45 an hour
- Part-time
- English
- Research
- Bachelor's
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Director, Human Resources
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation —Inuvik, NT
- Full-time
- Team management
- Recruiting
- Budgeting
- Disability insurance
- Dental care
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Medical Director – Yellowknife Region
healthcarecan —Yellowknife, NT
- $273,357–$390,512 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Travel
- Recruiting
- Relocation assistance
- Dental care
Director, Economic Opportunities, Investments and Partnerships - Five Year Term
City of Yellowknife —Yellowknife, NT
- Full-time
- Master's degree
- Business
- Communication skills
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Director of Maintenance (DOM) Assistant – Norman Wells
North-Wright Airways Ltd —Norman Wells, NT
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Administrative experience
- Organizational skills
- Disability insurance
- Relocation assistance
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Executive Director
Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion and Existing Pipeline —Canada
- Full-time
- Travel
- Contracts
- Budgeting
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Director Of Care (Registered Nurse)(Relocate to Prince Edward Island)
Andrews Senior Care —Canada
- $100,000–$110,000 a year
- Full-time
- Team management
- Mentoring
- Recruiting
- Dental care
- Life insurance
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Director, Community Services

City of Yellowknife -
Yellowknife, NT

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Job details

Full-time
$212,631–$250,155 a year

Qualifications

Financial forecasting
Budgeting and forecasting
Succession planning
Senior management experience
Strategic leadership
Library, archives or museum experience
Change management
Bachelor's
Continuous improvement
Team management
Decision making
Budgeting
Strategic partnerships

Full job description

Full-time, Permanent, On-site

Shape the next generation of community life in Canada's North

This is an opportunity to lead one of the City's most visible and community-facing portfolios while helping define how public services, facilities, programs, and partnerships evolve to meet the needs of a growing and changing northern capital.

Yellowknife combines the influence of a territorial capital with the accessibility and authenticity of a close-knit community. Set on the shores of Great Slave Lake, the city offers a vibrant cultural scene, year-round recreation, modern amenities, and immediate access to the outdoors.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the City Manager and serving as a member of the Senior Management Committee, the Director provides strategic leadership across community programs, recreation, parks, public facilities, library services, and homelessness initiatives. The role leads four direct reports and approximately 57 indirect reports.

The Director will:

Set a clear strategic direction for the department and translate Council priorities into practical results
Strengthen service standards, operational accountability, performance measurement, and long-term planning
Lead departmental budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, and financial stewardship
Build management capacity, clarify expectations, and support employee development and succession planning
Guide the responsible planning and stewardship of public facilities, parks, programs, and community assets
Foster strong relationships with Indigenous governments and organizations, community partners, other governments, user groups, businesses, and residents
Contribute to corporate strategy, emergency readiness, organizational improvement, and cross-departmental collaboration
Encourage innovation while ensuring services remain reliable, accessible, inclusive, and responsive

The mandate calls for a leader who can balance immediate service demands with long-term thinking, community expectations with fiscal responsibility, and operational consistency with thoughtful change.

The Leader We Are Looking For

You are a strategic and service-oriented executive who sees possibility in complexity.

You bring sound judgment, political acuity, financial discipline, and the ability to lead through change and public scrutiny. You are equally comfortable advising Council, collaborating with senior colleagues, supporting managers, and engaging openly with residents and community partners.

You do not need to be the technical expert in every area of the portfolio. More important is your ability to lead subject-matter experts, build a cohesive management team, use evidence to guide decisions, and create a culture of accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Candidates should bring a relevant university degree, at least 10 years of progressively responsible experience, and significant senior leadership experience involving multidisciplinary teams, budgets, programs, facilities, or public-facing services. Experience in municipal government, recreation, facilities, libraries, homelessness initiatives, unionized environments, Indigenous relations, or intergovernmental partnerships would be an asset.

Why Yellowknife. Why now.

Few municipal leadership roles offer this breadth of impact.

The next Director will influence the services and spaces that support recreation, learning, inclusion, community connection, public life, and wellbeing. The role also offers the opportunity to strengthen how the City plans, collaborates, measures performance, and prepares for the future.

This is your opportunity to lead where your decisions are visible, your relationships matter, and your impact can be felt across an entire community.

Join Us

For more information, please contact Leadership Source at [email protected] or 306-543-1666. To apply, please go to Leadership Source's website by clicking here.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Early applications are encouraged as the City may proceed with interviews and move forward with a preferred candidate once a strong match has been identified.

The City of Yellowknife is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusive, accessible recruitment. Accommodations are available at all stages of the process. The City is committed to hiring a diverse and skilled workforce that is representative of the community, strengthening our ability to provide high-quality services and excellent customer service to residents and business owners. In addition, the City of Yellowknife is committed to reconciliation and implementing actions intended to increase the number of Indigenous peoples who work for the City. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and encourage Indigenous persons to self-declare when submitting their applications.

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Director, Community Services

Regional Director Central, Child, Family & Community Wellness

Director, Policy and Planning

P/T Executive Co-Director (Funding & Programs)

Director, Human Resources

Medical Director – Yellowknife Region

Director, Economic Opportunities, Investments and Partnerships - Five Year Term

Director of Maintenance (DOM) Assistant – Norman Wells

Executive Director

Director Of Care (Registered Nurse)(Relocate to Prince Edward Island)

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