Summary

This is a part-time contract position to help run the day-to-day operations at Grey Bruce Aboriginal Qimmiq Team, a non-profit dedicated to providing humane population control and veterinary care to dogs in remote and semi-remote First Nation communities in Northern Ontario.

Description

Grey Bruce Aboriginal Qimmiq Team is dedicated to providing humane population control and veterinary care to dogs in remote and semi-remote First Nation communities in Northern Ontario. We run two 5-day medical trips per year to remote or semi-remote First Nation communities to provide population control support and wellness checks. These services include spay/neuter, vaccinations against communicable disease, parasite control and microchip identification.

We are looking for someone to run the day-to-day operations, and hopefully stay with us as we grow.

Job Responsibilities: 

  1. Liaising with representatives at the First Nations to organize the 1-2 medical trips per year (typically trips take place June and September)

  2. Purchasing and organizing materials and supplies for the trips

  3. Purchasing plane tickets and organizing travel

  4. Reaching out to universities/colleges/vet clinics to promote volunteer opportunity and expand roster of volunteers

  5. Communicating with volunteers, coordinate their schedules and roles

  6. Keeping Board of Directors informed at bi-weekly Board meetings

Passion and interests:

We are looking for someone passionate and connected to our mission. We are looking for someone who has an authentic understanding of:

  • Animal welfare 

  • Equity and justice

  • Truth and reconciliation

We are prioritizing candidates with lived experience as a First Nation/Metis/Inuit person.

Skills:

  • Passionate and self-motivated

  • Strong organization skills

  • Great communication and people skills

  • Basic social media skills (Instagram, Facebook)

  • Nice to have: Experience with small-scale fundraising/event planning (for campaigns with vets, local businesses, etc.)

Other details:

  • This position would be remote

  • Work hours are flexible – you can create your own schedule

  • Some weeks or months may be busier than others. The weeks before the medical trips would be the busiest, and you may need to work more than 20 hours (you can offset that during other times)

  • It would be great for you to travel to Grey/Bruce/Huron counties a few times to engage local businesses/organizations on some of the fundraising campaigns, but if this is not possible, please still apply as this is not a 'dealbreaker'.

Since this position is currently grant-funded, the ability to support fundraising or grant writing activities could generate a full-time position. We have a contract Grant Writer supporting us until September 2024, and we are hiring a consulting company to put together a Fundraising Plan with campaign ideas and help form partnerships. Experience with funding development is welcomed.

This is a $10,000 contract position based on grant funding.
Your work schedule can be flexible, we estimate an average 10 hours/week from January-June 2024.

We are applying to another grant and hope to be able to increase the salary and length of the position for another 10 months ($18,000). We should expect to know by February 2024.