NADLEH WHUT’EN FIRST NATION JOB POSTING

Job Title: Lead Researcher

Department: Lejac Indian Residential School (LIRS) project

Position Status: full-time, term position, 35.0 hours per week

Remuneration: commensurate with relevant education and experience

Competition Close: Friday March 31st 2023 11:59 pm PST

Competition Instructions: Email resume, a cover letter including remuneration expectations, and a maximum of three (03) letters of reference, in one (01) pdf document to the attention of Terry Luggi, Indian Residential School Project Manager at tluggi@nadleh.ca

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted

JOB SUMMARY

This position:

• Works closely with the IRS Project Manager and the Lejac IRS Guiding Team;

• Creates and/or maintains relationships with Lejac Indian Residential School Survivors and/or intergenerational survivors from up to 70 Indigenous First Nation communities, Elders, Tribal Councils, groups and organizations, allied communities and as appropriate related religious, archival institutions, government and not-for-profit organizations;

• Is essential to a documented Witness’ statement gathering process for the purpose of naming and locating children who

did not return home from the Lejac IRS.

• Responds to research inquiries relating to the Lejac IRS project.

• Is instrumental in the collection, collation, analysis, documentation, storage, protection, care and preservation of Lejac IRS student records, information and research.

• Collaborates with staff to plan and coordinate events as appropriate;

• May also be called upon to undertake special assignments.

Working Conditions

• Physical Effort Required (minimal)

• Sitting (extended periods), standing (while presenting), walking (minimal), bending, lifting (15 lbs), keyboarding (considerable time).

• Physical Environment (moderate)

• Minimal exposure to noise and odours, travel in/to a variety of environments and locations.

• Sensory Attention (considerable)

• Attention to detail, multi-tasking, can be sporadically highpaced, work efficiently with distractions and interruptions.

• Mental Stress (considerable)

• High paced, people centered and people driven, high level of responsibility for accuracy of work, high level of stress for nature of work and sensitivity to trauma impacted people, irregular work hours, working collaboratively, inter-departmentally and between Nations and organizations.

Full Job description can be viewed at: www.nadleh.com