• Provide strategic leadership, and support to the three managers responsible for Inuit Values and Practices, Recovery, and Continued Care.
• Ensure effective integration and collaboration across the three programming departments to provide a coordinated and seamless continuum of recovery services for Isuarsivik’s guests.
• Foster an environment that integrate Inuit values, knowledge, and approaches, as well as sound clinical practice, and accountability.
• Lead the annual planning of the In-House Recovery Programs and Healing-on-the-Land Weeks in collaboration with Programs staff, and oversee the development of the annual programming and services calendar in alignment with organizational priorities and community needs.
• Ensure the implementation of the in-house program logic model and lead the development and ongoing review of the organization’s overall programming clinical tools.
• Establish and monitor program objectives, performance indicators, and evaluation processes to support continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure that program policies, procedures, and practices support safe, consistent, culturally appropriate, and high-quality service delivery.
• Ensure that services and clinical interventions meet applicable Accreditation Canada and Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) standards, as well as organizational policies and requirements.
• Lead the development of initiatives that promote a healthy, respectful, and collaborative working environment.
• Oversee the recruitment and selection of regular and contracted program staff, in collaboration with Human Resources and the relevant managers.
• Develop and support initiatives that strengthen the professional development of program staff and managers.
• Lead internal and external committees, working groups, and initiatives related to housing, programming, recovery, clinical practice, quality improvement, and service development.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with relevant community, health, social services, and other partners to strengthen continuity of care and coordination of services.
• Advise the Executive Director on services priorities, and emerging needs for service improvement.
• Ensure appropriate follow-up on program-related risks, and incidents, and support corrective and preventive actions when required.
• Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

Education

• University degree in a discipline of social intervention. 
• Specialization in management of health and social services would be considered an asset. 

Work experience

• 10 years in a management position in the social intervention field.
• 5 years as a Clinician in the field of substance use.
• Experience in an inpatient recovery facility.
• Significant work experience in Nunavik or in another indigenous context would be considered an asset.

Knowledge and Skills

• Collaborative and people-first leadership style.
• Strong capacities to adapt in various and evolving context.
• Ability to mentor managers in a cross-cultural context.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written) skills.
• Solid planning and organizational skills.
• Compassionate, optimism and agility.
• Passion for individual and team development.
• Cultural competence supporting diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Promotes and maintains a healthy lifestyle in the community.
• Maintain the highest levels of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Candidate must be willing to submit to a criminal records check.