Community Program Manager

The Community Safety and Well-Being Branch of the Ministry of Justice has a challenging opportunity for a dynamic, flexible and influential professional. Reporting to the Assistant Director, Community Safety and Well-Being, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, the successful candidate will be a leader in supporting an inclusive work environment by developing an open, collaborative, and respectful working relationship with service providers, agencies and communities who work in partnership with the Community Safety and Well-Being Branch. This position works in partnership with First Nations, service providers, justice system personnel, human service sector personnel, and representatives from federal, provincial and municipal governments to improve community safety and well-being across Saskatchewan.

Primary responsibilities for the position will 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 providing critical programming that improves community safety and well-being by responding to, intervening, and preventing substance misuse and other challenges to communities' safety and well-being;
• Establishing local mechanisms for substance misuse management and community safety and well-being planning to guide and integrate new and current programs specific to their 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, developing curriculum and delivering training on a variety of community safety and well-being issues.

The successful candidate will have both knowledge of and demonstrated ability in:

• Community development and engagement, leadership and strategic planning with multi stakeholder groups;
• Negotiation, development and oversight of contracts in collaboration with multiple partners;
• 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, communicating information to a variety of audiences that persuades, influences, convinces, builds support, educates and promotes understanding;
• Accurately identify relevant needs and issues, concerns and problems, options and appropriately apply policies, agreements, contracts, acts and regulations;
• Applying community development approaches to conduct community consultation, provide leadership on project and program design, and manage large and complex community delivered programs;
• Developing measurable outcomes;
• Building support for and promoting alcohol and substance misuse management and community safety and well-being initiatives and providing oversight of alcohol strategy and 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;
• 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;
• Accurately interpreting, evaluating and applying appropriate information to make recommendations on policies and agreements.

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

Typically, the knowledge and skills required for this position would be acquired through a Master'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.

This position will involve significant travel throughout the province, including flying or driving on gravel roads to remote Saskatchewan communities. A valid driver's license and the ability to travel multiple and consecutive days is required.

Please note: This is a reposted competition. Those who have previously applied, do not need to re-apply.

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

Criminal Record Check Requirement: The successful candidate shall be subject to a Criminal Record Check as a condition of employment

Number of Openings: 1

Closing Date: Jan 20, 2025, 11:59:00 PM