Wellness Support; short-term, temporary
Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey (QNIHS)
Position Title: Wellness Support; short-term, temporary, (multiple positions available)
Location: Nunavut (travelling to communities)
Payment: $71/hour
Duration: Until March 2025
Training: Training will be provided
Hours: 0-8 hours a day, from 0-40 hours a week during community sessions
Job Responsibilities:
- Travel to various communities in your region to provide wellness support during survey sessions, including providing support in your home community
- Provide emotional support and reassurance to attendees as required
- Monitor for crisis/emotional situations and provide support
- Work with community members and interviewers as required to provide support during interviews
- Ability to speak English; Inuktut is an asset
- Respect the confidentiality of all session participants (willing to sign a Confidentiality Agreement)
- Demonstrate a positive attitude and respect Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
- Perform other tasks as needed
Skills
We are looking for someone who:
- Has past experience in counselling, mental health and wellness support to individuals or community members
- Is a good listener, patient, caring and has strong communications skills through Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
- Speaks English, Inuktut is preferred
- Is accountable and dependable
- Can work on their own and as a team player
Preference will be given to Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement.
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) is responsible for running the QNIHS in Nunavut.
The QNIHS Nunavut Community Coordinators are temporary positions. The duration of the position will be approximately 6 months with possibility of an extension.
NTI is working with Castlemain to support with recruitment, training, planning and facilitation of the survey. Castlemain is an independent advisory firm serving Indigenous nations, communities and peoples with expertise in governance, negotiation, economic development, lands, infrastructure and strategic engagement, communications and service design and implementation. This role will be employed by Castlemain.
About the Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey
Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey (QNIHS) is an ongoing Inuit-owned survey that will be conducted every five years. The Nunavut component of the survey will begin in 2024.
The QNIHS will provide an overall picture of the health and wellbeing of Inuit in all regions – what is going well and what needs to be improved. The survey will ask questions that focus on many topics including food and nutrition, mental wellness, substance use, and culture and identity, among others.
The QNIHS data collection will take place in every community across Inuit Nunangat – Nunavut, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut. The survey will ask the same questions across all regions of Inuit Nunangat, as well as questions specific to Nunavut. Participants will be randomly from all Inuit in Nunavut.
To apply for the jobs online at QNIHS.ca or email QNIHS@castlemain.com.
