Position Details: New position
MNO’s culture is at our core
The MNO workplace culture is full of potential ready to be unlocked. As our Self-Governance agreement materializes, we are building a workplace culture of action, responsibility, and most importantly a desire to serve the Métis community. When defining what MNO culture is, it’s difficult, because of our diverse leadership styles, and the different programs and services offered. What that really means is there is a place for almost everyone under the MNO employer umbrella. We recognize people are different, and that is our source of strength. We bring opinions together, welcome healthy conflict, and look to always find answers, not problems.
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What We Can Offer You
- 4% Vacation pay
- Pension plan
- Annual paid two-week holiday closure in December
- 16 paid public and employer holidays
- 15 paid health & wellness days
- Challenging, multi-disciplinary work environment that fosters learning and professional development
- Substantial educational incentive to promote personal and professional growth
- An opportunity to make a direct or indirect impact on the lives of the Métis Peoples across the Province
- Other perks
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Telemedicine plan
- Goodlife corporate membership discount
- Bell Mobility's exclusive partner program
- Staple's corporate discount
- Dell member purchase program
- Mark's corporate discount
About the Role:
The Project Coordinator provides integrated coordination, administrative, and engagement support for the Lands, Resources and Consultation (LRC) Branch. The role supports multiple concurrent consultation and engagement files related to transmission infrastructure, energy development, and other resource-based projects (including electricity transmission and nuclear-related infrastructure).
The position acts as a central coordination point for consultation intake, project tracking, engagement logistics, records management, and communications support across Regional Consultation Committees (RCCs), communities, internal teams, and external stakeholders. The role ensures accurate documentation, timely coordination of consultation activities, effective information flow, and adherence to LRC consultation mandates, policies, and confidentiality requirements in a politically sensitive environment.
What You Will Be Doing:
The incumbent is responsible for the following items, as well as other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Designated Approving Authority:
- Coordinate intake, sorting, and tracking of consultation notifications, inquiries, and correspondence by region and project type.
- Provide coordination support for consultation, engagement, and project activities (including transmission, energy, and other infrastructure projects).
- Maintain centralized records systems, SharePoint libraries, and filing structures ensuring accuracy, consistency, and confidentiality.
- Schedule and coordinate meetings, consultations, workshops, community sessions, site visits, and internal planning sessions.
- Prepare agendas, briefing materials, presentations, reports, and supporting documentation for engagement and consultation activities.
- Record accurate meeting minutes, summaries, and records of decisions, including tracking action items and follow-ups.
- Track project deliverables, commitments, consultation milestones, and branch performance indicators across active files.
- Coordinate logistics including travel, accommodations, venues, catering, transportation, and related service arrangements.
- Process administrative and financial documentation including purchase orders, invoices, expense claims, and vendor coordination.
- Develop and maintain communications materials including notices, engagement content, plain-language summaries, and website updates.
- Support Records of Consultation development by compiling engagement documentation, correspondence, and project histories.
- Liaise with RCCs, Métis communities, leadership, government representatives, consultants, and proponents regarding consultation activities.
- Support cross-branch coordination to ensure alignment of consultation activities, engagement delivery, and operational priorities.
- Maintain professionalism in sensitive environments (including energy and regulated infrastructure projects such as transmission and nuclear-related developments), ensuring confidentiality, neutrality, and compliance with organizational protocols.
- Participate in internal team meetings, project planning sessions, and regional engagement activities to support the effective delivery of consultation and coordination objectives.
- Maintain professional working relationships that promote the values, objectives, and consultation mandate of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Promoting the values of the organization within the workplace and in the community by demonstrating positive and professional relationships with others (employees, citizens, council, volunteers, advocates, etc.)
- Reporting all unsafe conditions, hazards or practices, accidents and incidents in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and adhering to all Health and Safety requirements within the
- MNO’s policies and procedures and provincial legislation.
- Performing other job/branch-related duties as required. There may be changes in daily duties requiring a change in priorities with different timelines, priorities and urgencies.
Qualifications:
- College Diploma (1 or 2 year)
- 1 to 3 years of experience
- Experience working in an office environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English (French would be considered an asset).
- Experience with computer programs (Microsoft Office Suite) and office equipment (Photocopier, postage machine etc.)
- Ability to type 50wpm.
- Attention to detail, accuracy.
- Ability to work well under pressure.
- Ability to multi-task and the ability to assist with different types of requests often under pressure.
- Ability to remain flexible.
- Experience in performing administrative duties and file management.
- Customer Service experience and orientation.
- Financial experience would be considered an asset, but not required.
- Good understanding of general office procedures and the use, care and maintenance of standard office equipment.
- Well-developed organizational and planning skills to handle multiple tasks at the same time.
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently with minimal supervision.
- Excellent typing and word processing skills.
- Ability to research and gather information in an efficient manner.
- Dependability, strong work ethic.
- Willingness to learn and ability to take direction.
- Willingness to expand knowledge of MNO's mandate, structure, Métis History and Culture.
- Ability to travel when required.
- A 'Can Do' attitude
- Willingness to assist with different tasks and for different individuals
- Willingness to work after hours and on weekends when required.
AODA Statement
The Métis Nation of Ontario commits to providing accommodation as required by the Ontario Human Rights Act, unless to do so would cause undue hardship. Accommodations will be provided in accordance with the principles of dignity, individualization, and inclusion. The Métis Nation of Ontario will work cooperatively and in the spirit of respect with all partners in the accommodation process. These accommodations will extend to all aspects of the employment relationship including recruitment and selection.
Please email human resources if you require an accommodation during the hiring process.
Special Services Organization
The Métis Nation of Ontario is a special services organization. All applicants are encouraged to apply. Preference may be given to qualified applicants who meet the requirements for MNO Citizenship as per the MNO Bylaws and who are in good standing.
The Métis Nation of Ontario uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help in the screening and assessing of applicants within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
