Food Sovereignty Coordinator
360 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB
Health /
Full-time /
On-site
The Food Sovereignty Coordinator supports three remote and isolated First Nations communities in Manitoba that receive the Harvesters Support Grant funding. The Harvesters Support Grant is intended to support Indigenous Harvesters in engaging in traditional hunting, fishing, and harvesting activities, as well as support food-sharing practices. The program also ensures community members have access to food, which includes purchased food. The Food Sovereignty Coordinator will work with the community coordinators and will be responsible for project planning, coordination, liaison, and community engagement; they will also provide ongoing project monitoring, assessments of needs and reporting.
Duties
- Guides and ensures effective and appropriate daily activities/services in providing all Harvesters Support Grant fund disbursements, program support and services.
- Provide coordination support to the Harvesters Support Grant Community Coordinators in daily operations, new program development, and partnership engagement.
- Assures service quality to provide safe and effective service to clients and meet community food security needs.
- Effectively motivates people to ensure high performance, teamwork, and collaborative relationships within an interdisciplinary framework.
- Manages operations within the available budget and resources and provides variance reporting accordingly.
- Participates in the development and implementation of community food security initiatives.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates strategies to meet community food security needs and meet the obligations of applicable funders.
- Ensures development projects are based on community needs, fit within available resources, and are planned collaboratively with other internal and external partners.
- Implements and revises operational plans to achieve objectives.
- Liaises and effectively works with a wide variety of external stakeholders, including funders, community agencies, associations, and other community health centres.
- Seek out other funding opportunities to promote food security and food sovereignty in all SERDC communities.
- All other related duties assigned by your supervisor and the leadership of SERDC
Requirements
- Post-secondary education in a relevant field or recognized equivalent work experience in the area of food security.
- Experience with grant and proposal writing
- Demonstrated experience in food security, cultural safety, and community coordination, preferably within First Nation communities.
- Demonstrated experience in program coordination and management, including implementation and evaluation.
- Advanced knowledge and appreciation of the social determinants of health and their impact on communities
- Demonstrated group facilitation abilities, capacity-building experience and strong analytical skills.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills, as well as excellent leadership capabilities
- Commitment to interdisciplinary teamwork
- The ability to speak Ojibwe is an asset
SERDC recognizes the importance of building an exemplary service delivery organization that is equal, inclusive, and reflective of the population it serves. Preference will be given to qualified SERDC or First Nation members who voluntarily self-declare in their application.
***Reasonable accommodation is available upon the applicant's request.
Deadline for applications: Open until filled.
