Why Apply
Work with a growing national team dedicated to reconciliation at the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). We support First Nations in developing and implementing sound administrative governance and finance practices, that are fully optional and provided free to First Nations. The FMB was created under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act (\xe2\x80\x9cFMA\xe2\x80\x9d) in 2006, and has been serving First Nations ever since.
FMB values it\xe2\x80\x99s staff, and offers flexible work hours, generous extended benefits, vacations, matching RRSP contributions, and opportunities for professional development and career growth. If you want to make the most of your skills and expertise while growing your career, we want to work with you. A career at FMB is an opportunity to be part of a talented, diverse and inclusive team doing transformative work on a national scale.
Position Overview
FMB is looking for a creative lawyer with a desire to develop policy that will drive economic reconciliation for Indigenous people and improve their lives.
Reporting to a Senior Leader, the Policy Lawyer is responsible for contributing to policy research, consultation and outreach, development, writing, advocacy, and implementation. You will be expected to work on a wide diversity of matters related to our purposes and mandate, including Indigenous economic reconciliation and Indigenous finance and administration. From time to time, you may be asked to assist our CEO, General Counsel, or Marketing and Legal Services teams on other policy or legal matters.
Our Policy will be developed in consultation and cooperation with our client First Nations. Policy and policy advocacy are approved by the Board and policy implementation funding and operations may need to be approved by our funders, the Ministries of Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and/or the Centre (Ministry of Finance, Treasury Board, Privy Council Office and/or Prime Ministers Office). Accordingly, materials to support these processes will need to be developed.
As a seasoned policy lawyer with substantial experience in financial, securities, and/or Indigenous law you will liaise and build relationships with various stakeholders, organizations, and individuals including Indigenous clients, outside counsel, the Federal Government, provincial or territorial governments, financial institutions and regulators, financial and educational organizations, Indigenous governing bodies, other First Nations Fiscal Management Act institutions and the FMB Team.
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