Thunderbird Partnership Foundation

Learning and Development

• Implement the Training and Education work plan and training objectives supporting the organization’s mandate and strategic priorities
• Lead coordination of training initiatives, assigned training projects, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement of training deliverables
• Provide leadership to the Training & Education team and align work with the organization’s mission, values, and priorities
• Lead training and education staff and oversee related functions, systems, administration, and employee relations
• Develop Training & Education programs, including Train the Trainer and Community of Practice programs
• Oversee curriculum review and updates based on stakeholder evaluation
• Incorporate Indigenous Knowledge into training methodology, delivery, curriculum, and knowledge-exchange resources
• Monitor emerging training needs among the First Nations community workforce
• Collaborate with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders on comprehensive mental wellness training programs
• Participate in knowledge translation and support dialogue on Indigenous mental wellness and health research, action, and policy
• Develop and oversee training plans, objectives, deliverables, activities, resources, timelines, responsibilities, and budgets
• Monitor training and education work plans from initiation through completion
• Analyze training requirements to prepare budgets and justify resources
• Develop standard operating procedures for training resources and delivery
• Oversee development of curricula, reference libraries, certification and evaluation procedures, multimedia aids, and educational materials
• Ensure team members have the information, resources, and support needed to complete assignments
• Maintain administrative structures, reporting systems, records management, and service delivery processes
• Monitor digital tools, data systems, and reporting technologies
• Guide the training team and promote accountability for training goals and objectives
• Coordinate meetings with staff, partners, stakeholders, subject-matter experts, Knowledge Keepers, and other participants
• Build respectful, trust-based relationships with First Nations communities, Knowledge Keepers, governments, organizations, partners, and stakeholders
• Support identification of funding opportunities related to training, knowledge exchange, and organizational priorities

Training Manager

Manager

• Support implementation of the First Nation Mental Wellness Continuum Framework
• Engage with partners across multiple jurisdictions
• Work with regional Managers across designated regions
• Design and execute a collaborative strategy with First Peoples Wellness Circle to build and support regional mental wellness capacity
• Lead the team in understanding national and regional FNMWC implementation efforts
• Coordinate understanding and application of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and First Peoples Wellness Circle objectives and priorities
• Maintain systems maps communicating treatment pathways
• Manage a national database of stakeholders and partners
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships and assure readiness, quality, and service delivery
• Assess assigned projects and coordinate phases from initiation through completion
• Develop and implement a personal and professional development plan

National Mental Wellness Manager

Data Scientist

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for research, data management, epidemiology, evaluation, and addictions program coordination functions
• Establish and maintain effective research and data management systems
• Ensure data quality
• Oversee research and evaluation activities
• Strengthen organizational capacity to use evidence and data to understand program outcomes and community needs
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and activities
• Coordinate and complete assigned deliverables, timelines, and priorities
• Lead and direct a team including the Lead Epidemiologist, Epidemiologist, Addictions Program Coordinators, and Research Analyst
• Align research, epidemiology, data analysis, evaluation, and program coordination activities with organizational and program priorities
• Conduct research and data activities according to First Nations “rites of access” protocols and Thunderbird Partnership Foundation’s ethical research policies, confidentiality requirements, procedures, and established practices

Training Manager

National Mental Wellness Manager

Research and Data Manager