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Responsible for the strategic analysis and development of options to manage the Project Technical Office budget for the Northern Contaminants division, which includes re-profiling funds and developing strategies to maximize the use of the budget. Provide a complete range of financial planning advice and services, corporate level analysis, resource allocation and funding strategies recommendations coupled with financial advice and services to the Project Technical Office team. Prepare financial input to strategic plans and other planning documents such as: Report on Plans and Priorities, Departmental Performance Report, and Detailed Work Plans. Assisting with the Financial Status Reporting. Working on contracts which consist of doing up the Statement of Work, completing the packages to send them through to Procurement.

Conducts research, analysis, information, advice and recommendations on Consultation issues related to contaminated site assessment, remediation and monitoring for the use of the Project Manager, the Director, other members of the regional executive, First Nations individuals, bands, other departmental staff, law firms, other government departments and agencies, the private sector and the general public. To provide high quality communications with First Nations individuals, bands, tribal and treaty governments related to contaminated sites and remediation.

Responsible for legislative, regulatory and procedural interpretation, advice, monitoring and consultative services to First Nations, regarding governance processes and in support of enhanced First Nations governance and administration capacity. • Develops and provides legislative, policy & procedural interpretations, options, recommendations and advice to departmental senior management, First Nation leaders & band members on current & evolving governance matters, including custom elections & dispute resolution processed & election, bylaws and powers of council under the Indian Act & related regulations, or under new or developing legislation, policies, procedures, or custom election codes.• Manage, leads and participates in functional teams to support First Nations establish & implement custom election codes & dispute resolution processed that will withstand voter appeals, minimize disruption of governance & provide for continuity in elected First Nation leadership. • Coordination, development & oversight of standardized regional procedures, mechanisms & processes for the flow of communications, information capture, analysis & distribution, coordination of funds & responses related to Director- level meetings between departmental staff and First Nations on First Nations governance development and/or dispute resolution processes.• Provides input to senior management on consultative approaches to implement specific initiatives for enhancing First Nations governance & administrative capacity. Cultivates & coordinates full participation of First Nations & their leaders in a variety of implementation strategies, projects or workshops, & facilitates meaningful discussion & input to consultative process.

Responsible for scheduling, administrative and logistical arrangements within the office of a Senior Executive and for support to consultations and conferences. Coordinate and provide comprehensive administrative support services while assuring the delivery of advice, guidance and information to staff and management. Other key duties include:• Prioritize and coordinates the daily activities of the Senior Executive, involving domestic and international traveling and logistical arrangements such as itineraries, confirmation of agendas, claim preps and finalization using all required inputs and documents. • Acts as contact for the Senior Executive, both internally and externally, to control enquiries and responses to a wide range of complex issues, activities and requirements. • Leads and participates on project teams, working groups or intra departmental committees dealing with administrative issues.• Administers the Senior Executive’s office budget, including responsibility for forecasting, and monitoring expenditures and acting as liaison in relation to overall financial issues.• May provide supervision and/or guidance to employees delivering administrative support services in the Senior Executive’s Office. • Coordinates the flow of ministerial and executive correspondence/documentation received in the office of a Senior Executive; analyzes material and determines appropriate action, including deadlines and response requirements.• Identification and preparation of necessary briefing material prior to meetings, consultations and conferences in consultation with key stakeholders, like senior staff and other departmental and interdepartmental agencies resulting in the proper relevance, adequacy and accuracy of the formatted material to be presented.

Coordinate all necessary arrangements for international and national travel of the RDG including itinerary preps, consolidate meeting facilities while ensuring contract and logistics were validated followed by proper execution travel claim process were finalized; Initiate, compose and draft correspondence on behalf of the RDG on a range of important issues and topics to internal and external stakeholders;Administers the RDG’s office budget, including responsibility for forecasting, and monitoring expenditures and acting as liaison in relation to overall financial issues;Coordinate the flow of ministerial and executive correspondence/documentation received in the office of RDG; including the analysis of material and determination of the appropriate action keeping in mind deadlines and response requirements identification and preparation of necessary briefing material prior to meetings, consultations and conferences in consultation with key stakeholders, like senior staff and other departmental and interdepartmental agencies resulting in the proper relevance, adequacy and accuracy of the formatted material to be presented;Determine and research the administrative requirements for meetings/committees coupled with the provision of explanations of departmental and / or central agency administrative directives (eg. Hospitality); Develop forecasts of expenditures for the Section’s consultations and conferences based on verification of past trends combined with analysis of current claims, expenditures followed with various projection forecasts, the reconciliation of variances on an ongoing basis, and reports;Maintain and keep up- to-date the filing and information management system used to store and retrieve meeting/consultation/conference material, including the “Bring Forward” (BF) system; and participates on project teams and working groups responsible for the delivery of administrative services and organization of/participation in special events.

Responsible for the strategic analysis and development of options to manage the entire CFO budget, which includes managing the Annual reference level Update (ARLU), re-profiling funds and developing strategies to maximize the use of the CFO budget. Provide a complete range of financial planning advice and services, corporate level analysis, resource allocation and funding strategies recommendations coupled with financial advice and services to the CFO. Prepare financial input to strategic plans and other planning documents such as: Report on Plans and Priorities, Departmental Performance Report and the Annual Human Resource Plan Report. Coordinate all Budget Planning process for the CFO acceptable to CFO managers.

Responsible for the provision of Human resources (HR) program services in several fields for a portfolio of client organizations in the Department, including advice and assistance on the interpretation of legislation, policy and precedents governing the HR disciplines. Other key duties include:• Study HR precedents, central agencies policies, related legislation and regulations in order to examine compliance issues and integrate policy/procedural guidelines in day-to-day operations;• Deliver on operational HR services within the sector in activities such as: classifications of positions using existing Standards and the UCS, monitoring the use of generic positions, reviewing/proposing organizational structures, contributing to UCS, implementing Working Groups engaged in trend analysis;• Coordination of guidelines implementation and integration with regards to evaluation data incorporated into evaluation framework for learning renewal and development programs;• Identify the learning needs and coordinating the training of employees with similar learning plans of the Chief Financial Office (CFO), which encompass 400 employees under different regions;• Proposing contract parameters for hiring outside professionals;• Produce quarterly updates on Staffing Strategies for all sectors within the CFO and entering job requisitions into PeopleSoft for staffing to include deployments, term & indeterminate employees as well as secondments and acting employees.• Act as the “Pride & Recognition” Coordinator for all the CFO which entail the awarding of recognition awards for years of service, dedication and special projects commendation;• Coordinate logistical issues with regards to employees accommodation, furniture transport;

Responsible for Compensation & Benefits for the Nunavut Regional office that consisted of 120 employees as well as other federals departments within Nunavut. The key duties included: :• Determining employee entitlements with respect to a wide range of complex compensation & benefits issues, provided expert advice, counselling & information to employees, their families and/or their representatives on their entitlements, options, implications (included family, financial advisors, notaries, lawyers & representatives of other departments from appointment to termination.• Examined, analyzed & processed a wide variety of compensation transaction requests & maintained the integrity of data in the compensation system, which included creating & maintaining accurate employee data, automated as well as manual files pertaining to their pay, pension, insurance, leave records & elimination of anomalies where detected;• Researched, analyzed, explained, clarified & applied changes in federal & provincial legislation, regulations, collective agreements, pension & insurance plans, new government programs affecting employee’s compensation and/or benefits (such as Self Funded Leave) & assessed the implications of these changes for both employees & organization;

While still belonging to the Department of Indian Affairs & Northern Development as a Financial HR Planning & Development Officer, I was the personal Scheduling Assistant to the Minister of Health – the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq in a secondment position. Responsible directly to the Minister and in consultation with the Chief of Staff for managing the Minister’s schedule in a constant state of changing priorities.• Speaking engagements, announcements, press conferences & other key events;• Media Interviews;• Domestic & International Travel which entailed the traveling & hotel reservations for the Minister;• Management of meetings & briefings with members of the minister’s staff; • With Executive Assistant (EA), provide a daily briefing to the Minister with respect to her agenda;• Chair a weekly scheduling meeting with the Minister’s Office‘s staff;• Requests all relevant briefing notes for stakeholder meetings, telephone calls and other similar events;• Working with the Financial Manager, ensuring the Minister’s travel expense claims with the relevant documentation are processed when received by the EA