The Indigenous Guardians Lead will be responsible for:

1. Managing and coordinating the day-to-day activities of the Indigenous Guardians Technical Support Team (TST) and serving as a facilitator on the team supporting Indigenous Guardian programs.
2. Leading an effort to apply learnings from the TST pilot and making recommendations for new strategic pathways and collaborations to increase the scale and impact of delivering relevant technical support to interested Indigenous Nations.

The Indigenous Guardians Lead will work closely with and report to Nature United’s Indigenous Stewardship Director.  The Indigenous Guardians Lead position is best suited to someone with direct experience: managing teams; supporting Indigenous Guardian programs (or other Indigenous-led stewardship programs); and considering and implementing strategic and creative pathways to provide capacity-building support at various scales.  This is a one-year term position.

 

• Coordinate the Indigenous Guardians Technical Support Team (TST) consisting of TST Facilitators and Communications Coordinator, including development and implementation of TST workplan and operations.
• Ensure the TST workplan aligns with Nature United’s strategic priorities and supports Nature United partners (working with Nature United’s Indigenous Stewardship Director and the Manitoba, NWT and BC Program Leads).
• Develop and deliver virtual technical support (planning, facilitation, and follow-up) to Indigenous Nations through 1:1 calls, workshops, webinars and/or other virtual events.
• Build on lessons learned from the TST pilot and explore and propose new potential collaborations and pathways to provide technical support to interested Indigenous Nations.
• Liaise with other relevant organizations to collaborate/coordinate regarding support for Indigenous Guardians.
• Make recommendations for new potential pathways and collaborations to increase the scale and impact to ensure relevant technical support is available to interested Indigenous Nations