Youth and Family Manager

The Association des francophones du Nunavut (AFN) is the political and community development organization that represents the Francophone community in Nunavut. It was founded in 1981 with the vision of a strong, proud, open and dynamic Francophone community in Nunavut. It is one of 12 territorial/provincial advocacy organizations across the country whose primary mission is to ensure the political representation of francophones in official language minority communities, while offering services and promoting the French fact through the preservation of culture and heritage.
Nunavut's francophone youth and families play an essential role in the development and future of this northern francophonie. The territory faces unique challenges - geographic isolation, cultural diversity, high cost of living, scarcity of French-language services - that require concerted, structured and sustainable action to strengthen the sense of belonging, community leadership and linguistic vitality.

In this context, AFN wishes to solidify its youth and family life actions by recruiting a youth and family manager, responsible for creating and implementing dynamic annual programs for these two groups, coordinating and strengthening the CJFN (Comité Jeunesse franco-nunavummiut) and RPFN (Regroupement des parents francophones du Nunavut) community committees, as well as developing partnerships and mobilizing members.
This key position aims to promote the French fact in Nunavut by offering activities and spaces for dialogue that foster personal development, civic participation and intergenerational transmission within the Franco-Nunavummiut community.

Description:
Based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, the Youth and Family Manager is responsible for the development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of initiatives, projects, services and committees related to Francophone youth (12-25) and families in Nunavut. The incumbent plays a central role in community mobilization, partnership development, fundraising, activity supervision and outreach of the francophonie in a northern minority setting.

He/She reports to the general management and is part of a team of 15 current employees assigned to the management of various AFN services.
Under the authority and supervision of the General Manager, the Manager will :
Program development and committee coordination:
- Develop, plan and implement two structured and complementary annual programs
one for French-speaking youth (ages 12-18 and 19-25),
and the other for francophone families in Nunavut, taking into account local
linguistic and geographic realities of the territory.
- Offer a diversified, inclusive and intergenerational range of activities that promote
personal development, pride in identity, cultural transmission and a sense of belonging to the of belonging to the French-speaking community in a minority setting.
- Ensure the logistical implementation and budgetary follow-up of youth and family activities.
- Work according to a collaborative and participatory approach, in particular by involving
and parents in the creation of activities.
- Continuously assess the needs, expectations and satisfaction levels of participants
to adjust and improve programming.
- Develop tools for planning, monitoring and evaluating activities (calendars,
performance indicators).

Comité Jeunesse francophone du Nunavut (CJFN)
- Mobilize, recruit and supervise CJFN members, ensuring territorial representativeness
and diversity of experience.
- Provide mentoring and training to committee members to strengthen their leadership
leadership, autonomy and organizational skills.
- Lead committee meetings, ensure rigorous follow-up of mandates, decisions and
and projects, and support the implementation of their initiatives.
- Encourage young people to speak out in local, regional and national forums
(FJCF, youth forums, etc.).
Regroupement des parents francophones du Nunavut (RPFN)
- Better structure and animate the RPFN as a space for dialogue, support and
for francophone parents.
- Support parents in identifying their priorities, planning community initiatives and
community initiatives and develop activities tailored to the needs of families.
needs of families.
- Encourage intersectoral collaboration with organizations providing services to young children education, health and immigration, to better respond to the realities of  francophone families.
- Ensure a strategic link between RPFN, AFN management and territorial or national partners
and national partners (Fédération des parents, child support organizations, etc.),

Financing and communications
Funding
- Identify relevant funding opportunities (government, foundations, private
relevant to the development of our youth and family programs.
- Write clear, structured and convincing grant applications that are in line with
AFN's mission and strategic priorities.
- Prepare narrative and financial reports required by funders, ensuring compliance with
deadlines and contractual requirements.
- Develop and monitor budgets for youth and family projects, in collaboration with
and administrative coordination.
- Ensure the optimization of human, material and financial resources to guarantee
short- and medium-term viability of activities.

Communications
- In collaboration with the communications team, develop visibility strategies
target audiences: youth, families, partners, general public.
- Produce dynamic content for AFN's digital platforms (social networks, newsletters
social networks, newsletters, website) to promote youth and family activities.
- Lead or co-lead mobilization and recruitment campaigns, in particular
and parents in the region.

- Collaborate on the creation of promotional tools, guides or information resources
to support youth and family project objectives.
- Maintain regular links with community media (Le Nunavoix, CFRT 107.3
FM) to ensure coverage of initiatives.
Profile of qualifications, skills and job requirements

- Youth and Family Manager

Education and experience
- University degree in a field related to the objectives of the position or in a related field;
- Experience in project and event management.
- Experience in budget management.
- Experience in supervising people and/or volunteers.
- Experience working with young people (aged 12-25).
- Experience in leading activities.
- Experience in social media management (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat).
- Creativity, leadership and ability to bring people together.
- Sense of initiative and responsibility.

Essential skills
- If not a resident of Iqaluit, willing to relocate;

- Good knowledge of the needs, challenges and realities of the Franco
nunavummiute and/or Francophone and Acadian minority communities

communities;
- Excellent oral and written French and English language skills;
- Good communication and interpersonal skills;

- Ability to work on many projects at once while ensuring the quality of deliverables
deliverables;
- Ability to work independently under pressure, organize work to meet tight deadlines and manage
tight deadlines and manage priorities when working on multiple projects simultaneously.
projects simultaneously.
- This position sometimes requires overtime, evenings and weekends, as well as travel outside the region.
travel outside the workplace;

Working conditions and benefits
- Full-time position with one-year contract, renewable subject to availability of funds;
- Annual remuneration with variable and flexible working hours;
- Annual base salary between $70,000 and $75,000, depending on experience;
- Northern living allowance (Nunavut) of $15,000;
- 06-month probation period;
- Group health and dental insurance from 3 months;
- Group RRSP starting 3 months;
- 1,000 travel bonus after 9 months of employment;
- Housing allowance of $250 per month;
- Telephone bonus of $100 per month.

Additional information: The position is based in Iqaluit. We will cover part of the moving expenses for one person, i.e., one plane ticket Montreal-Iqaluit or Ottawa-Iqaluit and four (4) pieces of luggage weighing 70 lbs. This position does not include subsidized housing.

Application: Please send your curriculum vitae, covering letter and references in
references in PDF format to the e-mail address “direction@afnunavut.ca” and include ”
Candidature gestionnaire jeunesse et familles” in the subject line of your message. Please
provide at least two recent references. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a reference and criminal record check. Only candidates selected for the second phase of the hiring process (Teams or Zoom interview) will be contacted.
Please note that applications not complying with the above instructions will not be
will not be considered.