Job Description
The Position
The Community Justice Coordinator assists and supports community-based restorative justice programming with the member First Nations. The successful candidate will work directly with the diverse group of Justice Workers and their Justice Committees, Portfolio Councilors, and Chiefs to develop and implement restorative justice initiatives and assist with capacity development.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support, guidance, and capacity development to the participating First Nations- including extensive travel to all of the Communities;
- Provide supervision of the Traffic Safety Liaison and Youth Community Reintegration Workers;
- Assist each First Nation in meeting yearly objectives and requirements;
- Serve as a liaison between the STC First Nations, Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, Justice Canada, Crown Prosecutors, Defence Lawyers, R.C.M.P., Victim Support, Addictions, Mental Health, the Indian Justice Council of Saskatchewan;
- Attend each of the Communities’ monthly Community Justice Committee meetings as requested;
- Co-ordinate and/or facilitate meetings, orientations, workshops, and training with the First Nations based on their individual needs and according to their work plans;
- Organize and facilitate monthly meetings for the Community Justice Workers as an opportunity for capacity development and networking;
- Coordinate work plans, program activities, financials, budgets, and statistical reporting requirements for the Justice Director, the funding agencies, and the First Nations;
- File management for all Communities which will include entering all data onto the Ministry of Justice CRM Database;
- Assist as required with the Alternative Measures/Extrajudicial Sanctions processes on each First Nation; this will include providing client services during a vacancy in a community;
- Conduct monthly file reviews with each Justice Worker based on file load to ensure the Ministry of Justice’s Program Policy is being followed;
- Develop, enhance and maintain Justice related partnerships with Communities and/or Stakeholders; this will include proposal writing, organizing/planning, creating promotional items, facilitating, and evaluating;
- Perform other related duties as defined and assigned by the reporting Director or designate on an as and when required basis.
Education and Experience:
- Human Justice, Sociology, or Social Work Degree;
- Minimum of three years experience in a related position/field;
- Training and experience in mediation and facilitation;
Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:
- Knowledge of First Nations culture, the Criminal Justice System, and restorative justice;
- Knowledge of the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the court process,
- Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, and public speaking skills;
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and experience working with databases.
- Good financial literacy with the ability to work with budgets and other financial documents;
- Previous experience working with First Nations is an asset;
- Ability to speak Cree, Saulteaux, or Dakota is an asset;
- Knowledge of the political, social, and economic objectives of the Saskatoon Tribal Council and of the Dakota, Cree, and Saulteaux cultures will be considered an asset.
Other:
- Must provide a current, original, Canadian Criminal Record Check (CCRC) with vulnerable sector search as a condition of employment.
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