Location: Moose Factory or Moosonee
Indeterminate Position with a competitive salary ($70K minimum + benefits)
Open until filled – Interviews starting August 12, 2024
Do you have a passion for entrepreneurship, innovation, research, and collaboration in support of holistic community and economic development, building on our local heritage, culture, and tradition of hospitality?
The MRHHA invites applications for the full-time indeterminate position of Entrepreneurship & Holistic Development Lead (EHDL). The EDHL will co-lead the planning and advancement of the More than 350 Initiative, which aims to leverage the commemoration of Moose Factory’s “More than 350” anniversary as a driver for social and economic entrepreneurship and collaboration in support of holistic community and economic development.
Responsibilities include:
Research, coordinate, write and review – with MRHHA jurisdictional members and key partners – the MRHHA’s More than 350 to 360° Development Plan, a first edition of which will be completed by March 31, 2025. This plan will seek to support, strengthen and integrate heritage and hospitality-related community and economic development goals and opportunities identified by the MRHHA’s co-founding members and by other partners. This will entail research and review of various MRHHA and other community development, heritage and tourism plans, and coordination of conversations and partnerships with local and regional and external organizations and partners.
Lead or support the implementation of components of this plan.
Play a lead role in fostering tourism development and promotion and coordination of a local hospitality committee, a regional hospitality roundtable and a hospitality advisory group.
Assist with, or lead, major events and projects associated with the More than 350 commemoration, and planning of future events such as the Šawelihcikewin International Knowledge-Keepers Gathering, planned for Takwakin (autumn) 2025. Projects include the More than 350 Music Album and Documentary Film project, and others.
Play a supporting role in the restoration and renewal of Old St. Thomas as a multi-use community centre, with a focus on development and coordination of its programming focused on families, culture, arts and language, as well as tourism opportunities.
Help identify and develop opportunities to repurpose or renew other heritage buildings and sites to serve community and economic development goals.
Help develop a hub for Northern and Indigenous heritage conservation and innovation as well as a hub for Northern and Indigenous hospitality expertise and training.
Identify and develop new training and employment partnerships, opportunities, and initiatives.
Manage junior staff (including interns, trainees, and summer student or youth employees) and coordinate volunteers.
Joining a growing team of staff, consultants, volunteer committees, and a volunteer board, the successful candidate will report to the Director of Development, Special Projects and History Programming / Acting Executive Director and work in close partnership with our co-founding jurisdictional members (Moose Cree First Nation, MoCreebec Eyoud Council, and the Town of Moosonee), and in collaboration with a growing network of partners and supporters in and beyond our region.
For more information, please contact the MRHHA Acting Executive Director @ cecilchabot@mrhha.ca or 613-894-6283.
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