Anishinaabemowin Project Coordinator
Summary
Under the supervision of the Gagiikimaawasowi, the Anishinaabemowin Project Coordinator will play a pivotal role in developing the Bimose Tribal Council First Nation Anishinaabemowin Language Plan. The Anishinaabemowin Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating, planning, and implementing a language plan, as well as actively engaging with program personnel, member community schools and community members and procurement of necessary resources.
Each community has speakers of Anishinaabemowin and champions of the language and will be represented in this project and will capture the dialectal differences. The Anishinaabemowin Project Coordinator should have a great understanding of area protocols, language and culture and be able to communicate in Anishinaabemowin in order to facilitate community meetings with various levels of fluency. Ability to write in double-vowel orthography is an asset but working with a translator to assist is also acceptable. The primary objective is to develop: One (1) overall Anishinaabemowin plan with 10 community-specific plans (1 per Bimose community).
Duties
- Provide regular reports and updates to the Gagiikimaawasowi on development ofthe language plan
- The plan will be community-driven by the Bimose Board of Directors, communitylanguage champions, community Chief and Councils and will include participationfrom community members (children, elders, and adults).
- Project supervision, surveys and reporting.
- Baseline scan of fluency in communities, by age groups.
- Facilitation of community meetings.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's/Certificate in project management and/or Anishinaabemowin, or relatedfield
- Experience in coordinating or leading Anishinaabemowin projects
- Anishinaabemowin fluency an asset.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple taskseffectively.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software applications.
- •Valid Class G driver's license and ability to travel
Applicants must submit a cover letter, resume and three professional references by Thursday May 22, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. CST.
Bimose Tribal Council Attention: Human Resource Manager
598 Lakeview Drive Kenora, ON, P9N 3P7
Website: www.bimose.ca Fax: (807) 468-3908 email: careers@bimose.ca
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