[nativestudies-l] Truth and Reconciliation Commission -National Director positions

[Lowe, Shelly C]

Truth and Reconciliation Commission 

Call for Applicants for National Director positions

With the appointment of a new Chair and two Commissioners, the hiring of
a new Executive Director and the establishment of a centralized
headquarters in Winnipeg, MB, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(TRC) is moving forward to fulfill its mandate. The primary goals of the
TRC over the next five years are to acknowledge the Indian Residential
School (IRS) experience, impacts and consequences; promote awareness and
public education about the IRS and its impacts and legacy; provide a
holistic, culturally appropriate and safe setting for former students,
their families and communities as they come forward to the TRC; create
and foster understanding, healing and reconciliation through national
and community events as well as statement-taking; and the establishment
of a permanent National Research Centre.


As members of the TRC Executive Management Committee, reporting to the
Executive Director, our client is seeking key individuals for these
newly created Director roles:

Director of Research, Historical Record and Report Preparation: This
role will appeal to an academic professional with expert knowledge in
the area of IRS who will develop and implement the policies, quality
standards, frameworks and guidelines for the drafting of the TRC's
reports. She/he will be responsible for all of the logistics of report
publication, development and implementation of a National Research
Program, and will oversee all research projects and contracts,
establishment of a comprehensive electronic database/information
management system, and the creation of an extensive historical record of
the IRS system and its legacy for future preservation, study and
reference.

Director of Statement Gathering and National Research Centre: This
opportunity will appeal to an oral historian with a proven ability to
foster environments where people feel safe and comfortable to share
sensitive and highly emotional stories. She/he will be responsible for
all aspects of the statement-taking processes undertaken by the TRC
including the development and direction of a national strategy that will
ensure statement takers are respectfully trained in a variety of
methodologies and that several appropriate options are made available to
those who wish to share their stories. With approximately 85,000 IRS
survivors, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring
operational frameworks across the regions which will reach out to all
survivors, their families and impacted communities as well as former IRS
staff, government and church officials. This Director is responsible for
the overall planning and establishment of a National Research Centre.

Director of Events Planning and Artistic Programming: This opportunity
will appeal to an energetic event planner with a reputation for planning
and delivering powerful, well organized, and culturally appropriate
large-scale national events which are described as nothing less than
"world class". Accountable for overseeing all aspects of the National
events put on by the Commission, this role also will oversee developing
and implementing an artistic component. While this Director's focus is
on large-scale national events, they will also be involved in planning
and logistics for community events where TRC Commissioners are involved.

Director of Communications and Community Liaison: This position will
appeal to an individual who has a strong ability to build and maintain
close relationships with media, public stakeholders, and Aboriginal
communities and organizations and who has demonstrated abilities to
navigate effectively in highly sensitive and political situations. The
successful candidate will be responsible for developing vibrant,
creative, and cost effective communication strategies to raise the
understanding and awareness of the TRC to achieve its mandate utilizing
innovative mediums such as Web 2.0, webcasting and multi-media
applications as well as traditional means of communications.

  

Contact Information :
For complete position profiles of each of these roles please visit our
website at www.higginsinc.com <http://www.higginsinc.com/> 

Comprehensive compensation packages with benefits and relocation are
offered for these roles located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. If you have any
questions, please contact Brenda LaRose directly by Phone: (204)
257-9929, Fax (204) 257-9707 or via Emailbhiggins[at]higginsinc.com
Deadline for applications is December 13th 2009.

  

Location : Winnipeg, MB

 

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