Community Program Manager - CON002952
Employment Type: Permanent Full-time
Location(s): SK-Rgna-Regina
Ministry: 003 Justice
Salary Range: $44.410 - $55.654 Hourly
Grade: SGEU.12.
The Community Safety and Well-Being Branch of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General has an opportunity for two dynamic, flexible, and influential professionals.
Reporting to an Assistant Director, Community Safety and Well-Being, 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. These positions work 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.
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;
- 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 conflicts 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;
- Accurately identify relevant needs and issues, concerns and problems, options, and appropriately apply policies, agreements, contracts, acts, and regulations;
- Apply community development approaches to conduct community consultation, provide leadership on project and program design, and manage large and complex community-delivered programs;
- Develop measurable outcomes;
- 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;
- Verbally, and in writing, communicate information to a variety of audiences that persuades, influences, convinces, builds support, educates, and promotes understanding; and
- Plan and organize multiple complex tasks and projects, taking into consideration conflicting and changing priorities, meeting strict and changing deadlines.
The incumbents will work closely with a provincial team and will emulate collaborative and integrated attributes. Tact and exceptional interpersonal skills are a prerequisite for these positions.
These positions involve significant travel throughout the province, including northern Saskatchewan. A valid driver’s licence and the ability to travel multiple and consecutive days is required.
Typically, the knowledge and skills required for these positions 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: 2
Closing Date: May 23, 2025, 12:59:00 A