Senior Advisor, French Language Monitoring and Evaluation

Department:
Education, Culture and Employment

The Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) provides the residents of the Northwest Territories with access to quality programs, services and support to assist them in making informed and productive choices for themselves and their families with regard to education, training, careers, employment and labour, child development, languages, culture and heritage.

The Senior Advisor, French Language Monitoring and Evaluation, is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on a comprehensive framework for quality and risk management, related to Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT)
French Language Communications and Services.

• Provide expert policy, planning, monitoring and evaluation leadership, and advice to the Executive Director of the Francophone Affairs Secretariat.
• Update and implement a GNWT-wide Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability (MEA) Plan related to GNWT French Language Communications and Services.
• Support Institutions' policy/ evaluation staff to consider and develop appropriate evaluation approaches and data collection.

• Knowledge of social science research methodologies, program evaluation, and performance measurement.
• Knowledge of acts, regulations and policies related to Official Languages
• Skilled in program evaluation.
• Ability to translate data (qualitative and quantitative) and information relevant to specific audiences useful to decision makers.
• Written communication skills for a variety of areas including Ministerial and departmental briefing notes and correspondence, policy, and curriculum documents.
• Planning skills to translate the vision into achievable goals and actions.
• Project management skills with the ability to lead large and complex initiatives from idea to implementation.

A degree in Social Sciences and three (3) years of related experience designing and implementing social science research; conducting quality control work, performance measurement systems; program review and/or program evaluation frameworks; including one (1) year of progressive writing experience such as research studies and report writing.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

Inquiries Only:

Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel  Extension 14106
Fax

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