Inuit Advisor

12 Month Contract
Open to individuals of Inuk ancestry

This opportunity is for independent advisors only. The successful advisor will sign an advisor agreement with the Partnership. Advisors are not considered Partnership employees.

Division overview

The Strategic Partnerships Division plays a key role in the engagement of partners in Canada’s health system and broader cancer community who are critical to implementing practice and policy changes that deliver on the priorities of the 2019-2029 Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control. The division works with the Partnership’s program teams and system partners to develop work plans, monitor progress, and regularly assess new and evolving work to ensure it aligns with the eight priorities of the Strategy. The Strategic Partnership leads communications activities to support and profile the collaborations that drive towards the outcomes of the Strategy. The division also oversees a special agenda of working alongside First Nations, Inuit and Métis to advance People-specific priorities and actions, outlined in the Strategy, by co-developing and implementing solutions to improving cancer care for those in these communities.

Overview of role

To achieve the work of the refreshed Strategy and our Commitment to Reconciliation, the Partnership engages with experts and knowledge holders from across the country as part of our advisory structure. This approach fosters collaboration, reciprocity, credibility, and deepens the involvement of a wide variety of perspectives from across Canada. The First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Advisory includes individuals contributing their own individual knowledge and teachings towards advancing the Peoples Specific Priorities of the Strategy as well as across other areas of work within the Partnership. The First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Advisory helps to ensure that the Partnership is connected to emerging priorities and best practices across the country as well as internationally.

The Partnership is currently expanding the approach to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Advisory, and we are seeking an Inuk to join us in this important work. Specifically, the Advisors will work closely with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis cancer strategy team to provide culturally grounded knowledge and strategic guidance to support the enhancement of initiatives within the team and across the organization.

Importantly, the Partnership recognizes and values the diversity of ways of knowing across and within nations. Advisors are encouraged to bring their own community-grounded worldviews to the role within an open and welcoming environment.

Core responsibilities and activities

The Inuit Advisor will be responsible for:

• Advancing the Partnership’s Commitment to Reconciliation by bringing their own unique cultural lenses and knowledge, including Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, into the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Advisory Circle.
• Providing guidance to the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Cancer Strategy team through regular monthly advisory table meetings with team leadership (Director, Managers), sharing insight on pre-circulated materials and responding to questions from the team in their efforts to advance the Peoples’ specific priorities of the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control.
• Providing occasional guidance to additional teams and leadership across the Partnership who may request audience during advisory table meetings. Advisors can choose the degree of involvement in follow-up to specific initiatives.
• Participating in Partnership working groups and committees as appropriate.
• Identifying areas of intersection and/or synergies between the Partnership and key external Inuit partners and sharing insight into the strategic action needed to integrate these into the Partnership’s work.
• Maintaining regular communication with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leadership team, ensuring sharing of relevant information and emerging issues across Canada.
• Attending events (both virtually and in-person) hosted by the Partnership as well as our partners, representing the organization and our work.
• Collaborating with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis team coordinator to ensure timely delivery of quarterly invoicing.

Experience and qualifications

• Education and/or lived experience working with Inuit communities/governments/organizations is a requirement. Candidates will be asked to provide a letter of recommendation from a community or organization at a later stage of the application process.
• Experience in an advisory role working with a national-level organization is an asset.
• Knowledge of federal/provincial/territorial health systems is an asset.
• Bilingual in both English and French or Inuktitut is an asset.
• Demonstrated engagement with cultural awareness/safety learning is an asset.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Teams).

Term of the contract

The successful candidate will be hired on a contract bases for a 12-month term from time of hire.

The incumbent will be able to commit an average of 5 hours per month, with an understanding that the workload will vary depending on the phase of the work. The incumbent must be able to attend meetings with the Partnership and partners during business hours at a time mutually agreed upon.

Other information

To apply, please forward an expression of interest to peopleandculture@partnershipagainstcancer.ca, by April 24, 2025.

Should you have any questions about the role, please feel free to contact Talia Pfefferle by email talia.pfefferle@partnershipagainstcancer.ca