Program Manager

2023-03-21

Full Time

Description

Program Manager - CON002498 Employment Type : Permanent Full-time Location(s) : SK-Stoon-Saskatoon Ministry : 073 Corrections Policing and Public Safety Salary Range : $37.432-$46.906 Hourly Grade : SGEU.11.

The Community Safety and Well-Being Branch of Integrated Justice Services has an opportunity for a dynamic, flexible and influential professional.

Reporting to the Manager of Restorative Justice, Integrated Justice Services, the successful candidate will be a leader in supporting an inclusive work environment by developing an open, collaborative, and respectful working relationship with other ministries, service providers, agencies and communities. This position works in partnership with community-based service providers, and federal, provincial, First Nation and municipal governments to improve access to processes that are responsive to unique community and regional circumstances and support offender and community accountability.

Primary responsibilities for this position include:

Providing leadership and strategic planning to mobilization efforts at the community level through engagement with local officials, police, First Nations, service providers and other community leaders;
Providing expertise and support to agencies delivering critical programing that improves community safety and well-being in a variety of areas;
Establishing local mechanisms for community safety and well-being planning to guide and integrate new and current programs specific to communities;
Interpreting data, policies and procedures to obtain cooperation, resolve conflicts and establish supportive relationships;
Developing or encouraging development of outcome measures that can be consistently applied across community safety and well-being partnerships;
Coordinating and facilitating information sharing and data sharing between human service agencies;
Assessing and identifying training needs and developing curriculum and delivering training on a variety of community safety and well-being issues.

Our candidate of choice will have both knowledge of and demonstrated ability in:

Community development and engagement, leadership and strategic planning with multi stakeholder groups;
Developing and implementing strategies to reach Ministry goals to advance organizational goals;
Consulting, collaborating and maintaining harmonious and productive working relationships with government and non-government agencies, communities, First Nations and stakeholders;
Leading, influencing, encouraging and advising others to negotiate a mutually-acceptable solution or formal agreement and mediate, negotiate and resolve conflict to arrive at solutions that are acceptable to all parties;
Verbally, and in writing, communicate information to a variety of audiences that persuades, influences, convinces, builds support, educates and promotes understanding;
Applying community development approaches to conduct community consultation, provide leadership on project and program design, and manage large and complex community delivered programs;
Identifying, collecting, organizing, and assessing relevant data, trends, and opportunities, considering a variety of innovative options, then determining and implementing an appropriate course of action;
Building support for and promoting community safety and well-being initiatives and providing oversight of community safety and well-being frameworks;
Developing and delivering training to community based service providers including multiple ministries, municipal police and RCMP, as well as the community at large;
Planning and organizing multiple complex tasks and projects taking into consideration conflicting and changing priorities, meeting strict and changing deadlines; and
Ability to seek opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement, actively involve colleagues, citizens, and stakeholders; and can communicate the vision for a change or innovation to those affected.

The incumbent will work closely with a provincial team and will emulate collaborative and integrated attributes. Tact and exceptional interpersonal skills are a prerequisite for this position.

This position involves significant travel throughout the province, including northern Saskatchewan. A valid driver's license and the ability to travel multiple and consecutive days is required.

Typically, the knowledge and skills required for this position would be acquired through a bachelor's degree in social sciences or an equivalent combination of directly related experience and training combined with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in the community.

We are committed to workplace diversity.

Hours of Work : B - SGEU Field 37.33 - work a total of 37.33 hours/week, averaged over 4 weeks Number of Openings : 1

Closing Date: Mar 29, 2023, 12:59:00 AM