Manager, Immigration Partnership Saskatoon

Position Summary and Responsibilities:

The Manager, Immigration Partnership Saskatoon is a leadership position responsible for all planning, promotion, implementation and evaluation of Immigration Partnership Saskatoon. This position facilitates the community-led approach in meeting the strategic goals of Immigration Partnership Saskatoon through engagement with a broad range of stakeholders and leaders across various sectors within the community.

About Immigration Partnership Saskatoon (IPS)
Immigration Partnership Saskatoon (IPS) is a multisectoral collaboration involving local leaders from various sectors, working together to create a community that attracts, welcomes, and supports newcomers to Saskatoon.

IPS is a Local Immigration Partnerships or LIP. LIPs were first funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in Ontario in 2008, and enable broad engagement of diverse stakeholders to develop a collective community response to newcomer needs. While LIPs do not provide direct services, they foster and strengthen collaboration among community partners to improve immigrant outcomes and make communities more welcoming and inclusive.

IPS is governed by a leadership council of various stakeholders including local leaders from government, education, health, community representatives, local newcomer serving organizations and those with lived expertise. United Way Saskatoon and Area serves as the host organization for IPS providing operational and administrative support.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Action Planning

• Lead development and adoption of multi-year strategies and action plans endorsed and approved by IPS by:
  • Engaging with and providing leadership to a broad range of stakeholders, community and government leaders and those with lived expertise.
  • Facilitating meetings and gatherings to engage stakeholders in the work and leadership of IPS
  • Drafting and revising planning documents
• Meeting and reporting out on Outcomes and outputs to meet obligations of the IRCC agreement with IPS.

Governance and Partnership Engagement

• Manage and coordinate all activities of the IPS Leadership Council, Immigrant Advisory table and working groups including minutes, agendas and membership lists and contact information
• Maintain active engagement of Leadership Council, Immigrant Advisory table and working groups

Research and Evaluation

Design, lead and compile research on:

• Demographics and trends in the community
• The capacity of settlement and non-settlement service providers to support newcomers’ settlement and integration needs
• Barriers to integration
• Summarize consultations and input from key stakeholders to the work and planning of IPS.

Qualifications:

• 3- 5 years’ experience related to the duties above acquired through either post-secondary education in social sciences, public administration, or related discipline with considerable experience in immigration and settlement initiatives including partnership development, stakeholder, and community engagement, research and policy. Candidates with an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience working in a nonprofit environment with different stakeholders
• Experience providing leadership to key stakeholders
• Knowledge of immigration experience, research, and policy
• Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiating, collaboration, conflict resolution and consensus building
• Previous project management and event management is an asset
• A team player with excellent customer service skills with the ability to develop positives relationships with stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to explain and discuss Saskatoon’s demographics
• Ability to articulate migration and settlement experiences of refugees and immigrants
• Ability to articulate the IRCC settlement program mandate and policies would be considered an asset

Work Environment and Compensation

• Attend meetings and events in Saskatoon and area (within 50km of the city), therefore sitting in a vehicle for short periods of time.
• Operating schedule is primarily Monday to Friday with flexibility but includes the possibility of some early morning, evening and weekend work.
• This position if full time (35-hour work week) for 3 years with the possibility of renewal dependent on funding
• Salary is $80, 200 plus benefits