Director - French Language Services Directorate

at  Yukon Government

THIS POSTING IS TO FILL ONE PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION, WORKING 75-HOURS BIWEEKLY.

This job is based in the City of Whitehorse, in the beautiful Yukon
Yukon government’s vision is an engaged and diverse public service that embraces innovation to deliver positive outcomes for Yukoners.

WHO WE ARE…

The French Language Services Directorate (FLSD) is a team of twenty-six client-focused professionals dedicated to empowering departments to serve and inform Yukoners in French. We foster strong partnerships with other departments and stakeholders, provide strategic advice rooted in language policy and planning, and offer centralized services such as translation, training and bilingual communication advice.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Important application requirements:
Please submit your resume in English, clearly demonstrating how you meet each of the following qualifications. Emphasize how your work experiences and related duties align with the essential and asset qualifications listed below. Note that selection for further consideration is based solely on the information you provide in your resume.
Include the month and year you started and ended a job when you list your work experience. This allows us to accurately calculate the length of time you were in the position.

For more information on how to prepare and submit your resume visit this resource page on Yukon.ca.

• Post-secondary education in management, public administration or related field.
• Significant executive-level management experience within a public sector; developing and implementing strategic plans and programs, leading complex multi-party projects and initiatives, and financial management experience negotiating and administering funding agreements.
• Proficiency (oral and written) in both English and French.
• Experience with legislative and constitutional obligations relating to minority language rights is an asset.
• Specialized knowledge of the language policy and planning field would be considered an asset.

Candidates who have education, training, and/or experience equivalent to the essential qualifications listed above may be equally considered.

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND SUITABILITY

To best support the achievement of key strategic and business objectives, candidates may be assessed on:

• Thinking strategically
• Taking action and achieving results
• Developing people
• Influencing others
• Demonstrating client focus

JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS:

• Ability to lead under pressure while managing multiple competing priorities
• Ability to create and implement new approaches and lead change
• Organizational awareness; sensitivity and understanding structures, processes, culture, relationships and issues
• Capacity to promote common values and ethics in multicultural and multilingual settings
• Commitment to creating and maintaining a client-focus and collaborative culture

Please refer the Job description for details