Indigenous Justice Centres Full Time Westbank, BC, Canada, BC Hybrid $80,000 - $95,000 CAD per year

Reporting to the Legal Support Supervisor, or designate, the Aunties Program Supervisor (Supervisor) provides strategic, operational, cultural, and people leadership for the Aunties Program within the Indigenous Justice Centres (IJCs). This position will work out of one of the IJCs in person.

The Supervisor is responsible for the ongoing development, implementation, stabilization, expansion, and evaluation of the Aunties Programs. This includes onboarding, overseeing staff, wellness support, program development, service standards, reporting requirements, and continuous program stabilization.

The role is responsible for establishing and maintaining a culturally grounded supervision model that provides leadership across a diverse and evolving portfolio that includes gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention, holistic supports, and the IJC Aunties Program design. Working in collaboration with the Elders and Knowledge Keepers Council (EKKC), IJC leadership, Resource Support Workers (RSW), community partners, Women's Team and funders, the Aunties Program Supervisor ensures that delivery of services is aligned with Indigenous values and trauma-informed practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic People Leadership & Reporting

- Provide strategic leadership, coordination and oversight for the development of the expanded Aunties Program, ensuring alignment with the Indigenous Women’s Justice Plan and other relevant First Nations Justice priorities.
- Develop and maintain short, medium and long-term program development pathways that identify responsibilities, partnerships, dependencies, risks, resources,



and opportunities for holistic systemic navigation.
- Establish and support appropriate governance, advisory and implementation structures required to advance the Aunties Program, including a Community of Practice (CoP).
- Ensure the Aunties Program reflects Indigenous communities identified needs, voices and lived experience, remain grounded in cultural safety, reciprocal relationships and Indigenous definitions of justice, safety, and wellbeing.
- Establish and oversee systems to collect required data under the funding agreement, and metrics that capture Indigenous measures of success.
- Oversee evaluation and reporting processes in collaboration with external evaluators (e.g., Firelight) and funders (e.g., GBV Funding).
- Monitor, assess, and respond to federal and provincial policy developments relevant to the Aunties Program.
- Prepare and deliver presentations, reports, policy briefs, and other materials for senior leadership, Board members, and external partners.
- Manage project budgets, resources, and deliverables, ensuring accountability and alignment with strategic priorities.
- Assist with special projects and events while ensuring milestones and timelines are met.
- Provide direct supervision, leadership, mentorship, and performance oversight for three to seven direct reports.
- Establish priorities, allocate work,



monitor workloads and deliverables, provide coaching and feedback, and support professional development.
- Foster a culturally safe, respectful, team-oriented and accountable team environment grounded in relationship, reciprocity and shared responsibility.
- Support recruitment, onboarding and integration of new team members as the program continues to evolve and develop.
- Facilitate access to training related to: Trauma-informed practice, Victim services, Crisis intervention, De-escalation, Vicarious trauma prevention, Indigenous cultural safety, MMIWG2SLGBTQIA+, Gender-based violence and Intimate partner violence.
- Ensure the Aunties have access to wellness resources and cultural supports to prevent vicarious trauma.

Aunties Program Design and Strategic Liaison

- Develop and stabilize the Aunties Program, in collaboration with the Women’s Team, the IJC Leadership Circle, and the RSW Team Lead.
- Ensure that the program’s intended outcomes remain consistent with the Indigenous Women’s Justice Plan and funding deliverables.
- The Supervisor does not provide frontline or crisis services or manage individual cases.
- Provide consultation and support on complex files involving IPV/GBV, PWD, family preservation, housing and food security, grief and loss, and youth justice.
- Coordinate with IJC leadership, internal departments and external partners to clarify service pathways and strengthen culturally safe supports for Indigenous peoples interacting with colonial systems.

Aunties Community of Practice

- Responsible for supporting the establishment and ongoing operation of a Community of Practice provincially and regio

📌 Auntie Supervisor (West Kelowna)
🏢 BC First Nations Justice Council
📍 West Kelowna