AMENDMENT - This is a until –filled competition. Candidates are encouraged not to delay submitting their application as this posting can close at any time after 10 business days with 24-hours posted notice. Resumes will be screened at regular intervals until the position is filled or the competition closes, whichever is earliest.
Close date: June 14, 2024.
This posting
This posting will be used to fill one (1) permanent full-time position working 75 hours bi-weekly. It will establish a 6-month eligibility list which may be used to fill similar positions.
This job is based in the thriving and diverse city of Old Crow in the beautiful Yukon.
This position's recruitment is a collaborative initiative between the Vuntut Gwitchin Government and the Health and Social Department and the Yukon Government Ministry of Health and Social Services. The position is full-time based in Old Crow Yukon and will work closely with the Vuntut Gwitchin Government’s Health & Social Director.
Old Crow is a remote fly-in community with multiple flights scheduled each week to and from Whitehorse. The population of Old Crow is approximately 300 residents. The majority of the population are members of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and are located in Old Crow. Additional supports located in the community include Health Services, RCMP, Mental Wellness and Substance Abuse community counselors, Probation and Justice Services, Chief Zzeh Gittlit School (Approx. 47 students registered from K4 – gr.12), and an Anglican church. Yukon University also has a community satellite campus. A local Co-Op is open Monday to Sunday. The most common form of transportation within the community includes quads and snowmobiles.
Old Crow is an isolated community, being the only village in the Yukon, which does not have highway access. The community relies on Air North for transportation and delivery of goods to community, with the exception of a winter road that is annually built, when conditions allow, helping haul essential supplies in to the community. Old Crow is the only Yukon community located north of the Arctic Circle. People in Old Crow enjoy long summer days of extreme heat and experience the short days of winter with cold weather conditions. The Gwich’in language is an essential element of the community.
The Vuntut Gwtichin have a vast Traditional Territory, stretching approximately 50,000 square miles located mostly in the Northern Yukon region from the western border of USA and Canada to the Peel River and Richardson Mountains, and from northern Ivvavik National Park of Canada to the Ogilvie Mountains. People of Old Crow rely on boat and snowmobiles to access their lands to practice their harvesting activities, which continues to be passed on from generation to generation.
The Vuntut Gwitchin rely heavily on the land for its natural resource that it provides, and on the Porcupine Caribou Herd for food, shelter and medicines. The Porcupine Caribou Herd continues to be an essential source of survival and spiritual well-being for the people of Old Crow. The Porcupine Caribou herd migrates through the traditional territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin seasonally. The Vuntut Gwitchin people have lived in and around this area for over 30,000 years. They have survived through harvesting food and natural resources from the Porcupine Caribou herd, and, fish from the Porcupine River and other local waterways, as well as trapping. Other wildlife in the area include moose, beaver, wolverines, wolves, martin, lynx, muskrat, bears and many species of birds.
Vuntut Gwich'in refers specifically to the Gwich'in people who lived in Van Tat which translates as "people of the lakes." The wider Gwich'in nation is spread across northwestern Canada and Alaska. Gwitchin communities located in the Mackenzie Delta include Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic, Aklavik and Inuvik Northwest Territories. Gwitchin communities located in Alaska include Fort Yukon, Arctic Village, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Circle, and Venetie, Alaska. The Vuntut Gwitchin work to maintain close ties to their Gwitchin neighbors as their family ties extend beyond both the Alaska and NWT borders.
Your role
Support the Department of Health and Social Services to make a difference in Yukon and provide a range of support to families and children within Yukon communities.
For more information on this job, please contact Brian Bendell, Manager Regional Services at 867-332-5043 or brian.bendell@yukon.ca.
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Dolapo Awobamise HR Consultant at 867-332-8340 or dolapo.awobamise@yukon.ca
Your benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer many additional financial and non-financial benefits.
Your career, your home, your lifestyle
We are the Yukon public service. Every day, we come together to serve the people who live here and make a difference in so many ways. Here, you will find the diverse opportunities you desire to develop your career while enjoying a warm sense of community and vibrant artistic, cultural, and recreational amenities, all set in a spectacular natural environment.
As part of our team, your achievements and enjoyment in both your work and personal life will be valued as you explore the many opportunities the Yukon, and the Government of Yukon, has to offer.
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Essential qualifications
Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet the qualifications below. Selections for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.
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Desired knowledge, skills and suitability
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Conditions of employment
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Job requirements
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