Service Coordinator

Description

Title:Service Coordinator
Department:Health
Community:Iqaluit
Requisition Number: 847
Type of Employment:Indeterminate
Salary range:$86,009 to $97,589 per year, 37.5 hours/week
Northern Allowance:$16,328 per year
Housing:Subsidized Staff Housing is not Available
Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union
Closing date:July 31, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. eastern time

This employment opportunity is restricted to all Nunavut Inuit.

Reporting to the Manager, Mental Health and Addictions (MHA), the Service Coordinator is the senior administrative and financial support for Iqaluit Mental Health and Addictions (IMHA) programs and services. The Service Coordinator will be responsible for the coordination, administration, and financial organization of programs that IMHA delivers to provide Nunavummiut in Iqaluit based mental health clients receiving care Out-of-Territory (OOT). The Service Coordinator ensures that office activities and financial expenditures made by IMHA are thoroughly documented, tracked, and examined. This position is also responsible for providing expert guidance to IMHA management in terms of budget expenditures and financial processes.

The Service Coordinator’s main responsibilities are but are not limited to:

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Ensuring dedicated and detail-oriented oversight to the IMHA budget and expentiures;

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Working closely with the IMHA team as well as the Department of Health (DOH) Finance section, and the Department of Finance (DOF) to ensure that all contracting and invoice payments are correctly completed;

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Providing IMHA with active support in information inquiries related to policy, process, and procedures. as well as Government of Nunavut practices;

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Liaising with Population Health, Health Promotions, Health Communications, and other groups, organizations, individuals, or other bodies as required;

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Developing work orders, coversheets, contracts as well as overseeing Local Contract Authority (LCA) books, reviewing all invoices and monitoring the IMHA budget.

The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through a recognized certificate in business administration or related field along with two (2) years of program coordination, financial administration, project management or a related experience. This is a Highly Sensitive Position and a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, along with a clear Vulnerable Sector Check is required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land,Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

• The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
• Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.
• Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position. This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check.
• Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
• Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.