Indigenous Student Navigator; Term

Keyano Student Recruitment Department is currently seeking an Indigenous Student Navigator (Term) to join our dynamic team. Reporting to the Manager, Indigenous Relations & Student Recruitment, the Indigenous Student Navigator plays a key role in supporting Indigenous learners throughout their educational journey at Keyano College. Serving as an ambassador for the College, the Navigator builds and maintains relationships with Indigenous communities throughout the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and represents Keyano College at community events, recruitment activities, and outreach initiatives.

The role also oversees Indigenous student programming, including the Relative-in-Residence Program and the Bouchier Indigenous Student Centre, fostering a welcoming and culturally supportive environment for students. Success in this role requires a strong understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and contemporary issues, along with exceptional communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills. The position requires occasional travel, evening and weekend work, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.

To enrich our commitment to this work, we encourage applications from Indigenous persons (First Nations Status or Non-Status, Métis, or Inuit), and we ask applicants to include a statement of self-identification in their cover letter.

This Term role starts ASAP and will end on or before October 18, 2027.

Note:

this is not a remote or hybrid work opportunity, you will be required to work on campus and relocate to Fort McMurray, AB.

Keyano College is a comprehensive post-secondary educational institution located in Fort McMurray, nested in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on traditional Treaty 8 territory. We are a strategic community partner that meets both the training and talent upgrading needs of industry, as well as the personal enrichment and cultural needs of the Wood Buffalo community. We take pride in offering a safe work and study environment that embraces Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.

Our students and customers come from all walks of life and so do we. That is why we are committed to hiring great people from a variety of backgrounds because it makes our employee community stronger.

• Provide outreach, advising, and support services to Indigenous students throughout their educational journey at Keyano College to promote student success.
• Act as a liaison between Indigenous students and internal/external support services, assessing needs and connecting students with appropriate resources.
• Advocate for Indigenous students and foster a positive, respectful, and inclusive environment that helps reduce systemic barriers.
• Develop and implement resources, tools, and initiatives that support Indigenous learner success in a post-secondary environment.
• Assist Indigenous students with admissions, applications, registration, enrollment, financial aid, funding opportunities, and Band funding applications in collaboration with the Office of the Registrar.
• Support Indigenous grant and funding applications and represent Student Services on the Keyano Indigenous Advisory Circle.
• Coordinate and support the Bouchier Indigenous Student Centre and serve as the primary contact for the Relative-in-Residence Program.
• Build and maintain relationships with Indigenous communities, organizations, Elders, community leaders, and external partners to support Indigenous student success.
• Plan, promote, and deliver culturally relevant events, student engagement activities, recruitment initiatives, and student recognition programs.
• Market Keyano College programs and services to prospective students through presentations, information sessions, school visits, education fairs, trade shows, and community outreach activities.
• Maintain active relationships with local high schools, professional recruitment associations, and attend local, provincial, and interprovincial recruitment events as required.
• Collect and report participation data and feedback; collaborate with academic and administrative departments to support student success initiatives, event delivery, and annual activity planning while working within established budgets.

Required

Qualification:

• Diploma, certificate or degree in, Indigenous Studies, Business, Education, Social Work, social sciences, or a related field.
• A minimum of two years of related experience working with…