Trainer
Permanent Full time

Are you a Trainer who is looking to build on your strong track record of Indigenous culture-based training focused on mental wellness and addictions, and an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of Indigenous people within a strengths-based environment?

If so, let’s talk!

Organization Description
Thunderbird Partnership Foundation is a national non-profit organization serving First Nations in Mental Wellness. Our mandate is set by 3 frameworks:
1. Honouring Our Strengths: A Renewed Framework to Address Substance Use Issues Among First Nations in Canada
2. Indigenous Wellness Framework
3. First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum

Our core stakeholders are First Nations communities and the network of First Nations adult and youth treatment centres. To support the mandate, Thunderbird has two office locations, one based in a First Nations community in southwestern Ontario, and the other in the city of London, Ontario. This position may be a hybrid work arrangement.

Your opportunity
• As a Thunderbird Partnership Foundation Trainer, you will be responsible for the delivery of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation’s accredited training curriculum within a fast paced First Nations organization.
• You will work on a team with others like yourself who are dedicated to work which has real value and meaning in the lives of others.
• You will apply all your experience, skills, talents, and passion for the benefit of others while learning from the expertise of your wellness focused team.
• You will enjoy the satisfaction that comes from knowing that your work is much more than just a job.

As the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation Trainer, you will
• Facilitate the articulation and delivery of curriculum and instructional training strategies that are consistent with the mission and vision of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.
• Be responsible for delivering curriculum complete with materials, tutorials, instructions, and learning resources such as online modules and guides ensuring that training methodology and delivery is compatible with culturally relevant training curriculum.
• Implement a variety of adult centered teaching strategies and best practices that help learners remain engaged learners to support their professional needs.
• Identify culturally relevant resources and materials that support instructional practices that facilitate engagement of various learning styles.
• Ensure the evaluation of training course delivery and tracking for monitoring, reporting, and continuous quality improvement.
• Assess instructional effectiveness through course evaluation to determine the impact of training on
stakeholder skills.
• Design, prepare and source relevant educational aids and materials.
• Support the development and delivery strategy for dissemination of outputs and knowledge exchange.