Lands Manager

Key Responsibilities
Leadership:

• Provide mentorship and direction to Lands Department staff, ensuring alignment with organizational policies.
• Collaborate with Chief, Council, and community members to establish land use priorities and strategies.
• Maintain a positive and supportive work environment while managing team performance.

Program Management:

• Develop and oversee strategies to protect treaty rights, land use, and environmental quality.
• Manage agreements and partnerships with governments and industries, ensuring compliance and advocacy for community interests.
•  Lead initiatives to conserve natural resources and uphold air, water, and habitat quality.

Proposal Management:

• Review land use and conservation project proposals, ensuring alignment with legal and treaty obligations.
• Oversee legal research and provide insights to inform negotiations with governments and industries.
• Draft responses to sensitive project queries and facilitate informed decision-making for leadership.

Administration, Funding, and Committees:

• Represent the community on key resource management and land use committees.
• Manage contracts and funding proposals to support lands and resource initiatives.
• Collaborate with external partners to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.

Your toolkit includes

• Post-secondary education in Planning, Natural Resources or related discipline.
  3 years’ experience in negotiating agreements such as memoranda of understanding, partnerships and joint ventures with industrial resource users.
• 3 years’ experience related to lands management, environmental management and assessment.
• Effective interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability to maintain effective working relationships.
• Working knowledge of budgeting, funding and funding administration.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Engaged federal and provincial agencies and their policies and legislation pertaining to Aboriginal land and resource issues.
• Participated in First Nations, provincial lands/resource stakeholder committees and working groups.
• Demonstrated knowledge of mining, forestry, energy and oil and gas industry.
• Knowledge of Aboriginal law and understanding on Treaty #8
•  Valid driver’s license & reliable transportation.
• Comply to Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector and may be subject to Drug and Alcohol testing.