Manager, Women and Children's Emergency and Transitional Housing Program

In fall 2026, Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation (LSCFN) will open a new Women and Children’s Emergency and Transitional Housing Program for female identifying and gender diverse Citizens and their children who are fleeing intimate partner violence and abuse. The program will provide a safe, supportive, and inclusive living space where residents can re/build their resiliency, re/connect to their culture and traditional practices, and live a life free from harm in which they can thrive.

The Dän Sóthän Nûtl’et Do Department is looking to hire a strong and supportive leader to step into the role of Manager for the Women and Children’s Emergency and Transitional Housing Program. The Manager is responsible for providing oversight, monitoring, and leadership to the program and staff, problem-solving complex issues, and ensuring that the program operates in a safe manner. The Manager will also play an important role in developing and creating a vision for the program during the early start-up phases of the project. This is an exciting opportunity for the community to better support some of our vulnerable and at-risk Citizens and help them live safe, healthy lives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Social Work or other human services degree from a recognized university.¹
• Valid class 5 driver’s license with no driving restrictions.
• Experience supervising and providing advice, mentorship, and coaching to staff.
• Extensive knowledge of and experience providing a range of social and human services.
• Knowledge of emergency, transitional, and supportive housing programs and services.
• Knowledge of LS/CFN history, culture, traditional values, and cultural practices.
• Knowledge of case management and planning approaches, concepts, and best practices.
• Strong computer skills, including use of email, Microsoft programs, and electronic file systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an empathetic, supportive way with vulnerable and at-risk persons.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to provide trauma-informed care and supports.
• Demonstrated ability to be reliable and dependable.
• Demonstrated ability to adhere to and provide advice and direction on policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to have reasonable and appropriate interpersonal work/personal boundaries.
• Willingness to learn and grow in the position and receive feedback and advice.
• Ability to model personal wellness for staff/residents through professional and personal conduct.
• Ability to be available for irregular work hours and shifts.

¹A diploma or extensive coursework in a human serving field, combined with 5 to 7 years of work experience providing health or social services supports in a leadership position, may be considered equivalent to and in lieu of a Bachelor of Social Work degree.

Candidates must identify as female and/or gender diverse (e.g., non-cisgender men) to be able to apply for the Manager position.

The ideal candidate will also have personal understanding of intimate partner abuse and how to achieve a personal journey to healing and previous experience managing, supervising, or working in a shelter or transitional housing program.

Preference may be given to persons who: are LSCFN Citizens or the Citizen of another Yukon First Nation; have lived and/or worked in a northern, rural, and/or remote community; and have worked for a self-governing or treaty First Nation.

Duties:

• Providing oversight and monitoring to the Women and Children’s Emergency and Transitional Housing Program and facility, including: monitoring day-to-day operations; providing advice and direction to staff; ensuring operations comply with safety standards; ensuring staff adhere to policies and procedures; conducting quality assurance assessments; monitoring program tenancies; and, conducting facility hazard and risk assessments, among other duties.
• Hiring, supervising, mentoring, and providing leadership to staff, including: recruiting, hiring, and training staff; scheduling and coordinating leave coverage for staff; providing direction and supervision to staff; mentoring staff; working collaboratively with staff to problem-solve issues; and building a positive teamwork environment, among other duties.
• Providing direction to staff and responding to potentially high-risk situations, including: conducting rapid risk assessments; directing staff in how to respond to high-risk situations; deescalating conflict; and being available on call to provide direction to staff regarding high-risk situations, among other duties.
• Liaising with community and service delivery partners, including: convening or participating in committees; maintaining collaborative working relationships with community partners; and responding to questions about the program, among other duties.
• Managing program administration tasks and completing other duties, including: monitoring the budget and approving expenditures; ensuring files are store confidentially; compiling and maintaining program data and statistics; drafting reports and briefing notes; and conducting file reviews, among other duties.

WORK HOURS: The Manager works a regularly scheduled shift of 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, inclusive. However, given the nature of the program and the potential for different scenarios to arise outside of regular work hours, the Manager may be required to be available on an ad hoc, on call basis to consult with and provide direction and approvals to staff for high-risk situations. The Manager will be fairly compensated for all callouts with time off in lieu. In addition, the Manager may work some weekends to provide supervisory oversight to weekend staff.

Housing: One of the suites in the facility is designated as housing for the Manager. Although the suite is co-located at the worksite, it is a private, fully self-contained unit and the Manager is not expected to make themselves available for work outside of their scheduled hours and on-call shifts.

LSCFN Recruitment Policy will apply.