MNO’s culture is at our core
The MNO workplace culture is full of potential ready to be unlocked. As our Self-Governance agreement materializes, we are building a workplace culture of action, responsibility, and most importantly a desire to serve the Métis community. When defining what MNO culture is, it’s difficult, because of our diverse leadership styles, and the different programs and services offered. What that really means is there is a place for almost everyone under the MNO employer umbrella. We recognize people are different, and that is our source of strength. We bring opinions together, welcome healthy conflict, and look to always find answers, not problems.
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What We Can Offer You
Comprehensive employer-paid health benefits and pension plan
Generous vacation allotment starting at 15 day's for regular employees and 20 day's for management
Annual paid two-week holiday closure in December
16 paid public and employer holidays
15 paid health & wellness days
Challenging, multi-disciplinary work environment that fosters learning and professional development
Substantial educational incentive to promote personal and professional growth
An opportunity to make a direct or indirect impact on the lives of the Métis Peoples across the Province
Other perks
Employee Assistance Plan
Telemedicine plan
Health care spending account
Goodlife corporate membership discount
Bell Mobility's exclusive partner program
Staple's corporate discount
Dell member purchase program
Mark's corporate discount
About the Role:
Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer (COO), the Facilities Manager oversees operations, maintenance, and leasing for more than 30 offices across MNO. They lead site selection, lease negotiations, renewals, and space planning to support organizational growth. Responsible for vendor management, budget oversight, and compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards. This role demands strategic leadership, financial acumen, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
This role also manages the full life cycle for their program and/or employees, from hiring to orientation, to coaching and performance management, and termination. The Manager supports Supervisors with problem solving for complex OH&S and employee relations issues. The Manager establishes program deliverables, and supporting policies and procedures, sets goals and direction, and ensures alignment of resources and priorities.
What you will be doing:
Provide strategic oversight of facilities operations across 30+ MNO offices in Ontario, ensuring consistency and efficiency.
Lead the full leasing lifecycle, including site selection, lease negotiations, renewals, expansions, and space planning.
Manage vendor and contractor relationships: select partners, negotiate contracts, monitor performance, and enforce service-level agreements.
Develop, oversee, and report on annual operating and capital budgets, driving cost control and financial accountability.
Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, and building regulations, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
Develop work plans, key deliverables, timelines, quality measures, and action plans with clearly identified priorities
Provide expertise in response to complex facility needs and/or to support and advise Supervisors
Manage the employment lifecycle for direct reports, including supporting supervisors in recruitment, discipline, termination, and other people issues
Direct the development and implementation of quality assessment strategies
Manage and mitigate risk with respect to program delivery, quality, people and budgets
Research and prepare detailed and accurate reports, briefing notes and presentations
Attend meetings with senior management, funders, elected officials and government and present where required
Develop communication tools to enhance understanding of issues
Assist with development, implementation and growth of new facility initiatives as needed
Collaborate with direct reports to identify ways to improve program effectiveness and implement viable ideas
Deal with complex, confidential, and sensitive issues in a timely manner, with tact, discretion, maturity and judgement
Resolve complex conflicts that arise among direct reports and/or other employees
Promotes the values of the organization within the workplace and in the community by demonstrating positive and professional relationships with others (employees, citizens, council, volunteers, advocates, etc.)
Reports all unsafe conditions, hazards or practices, accidents and incidents in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and adheres to all Health and Safety requirements within the MNO’s policies and procedures and provincial legislation.
Performs other job/branch-related duties as required.
Qualifications:
College Diploma (3 year)
3 to 5 years of experience
Experience in employee life cycle activities: recruitment, training, coaching for performance, discipline, and termination
Experience in conflict management
Experience designing and implementing project work plans
Property management, leasing, or other relevant experience
A high degree of technology literacy and proficiency in standard office equipment
Advanced communications skills, both written and verbal
Highly detail-oriented
Elevated levels of problem-solving and analytical skills
Exceptional project coordination, time management and organizational skills
Strong interpersonal skills and a high degree of self awareness
Demonstrated ability to balance completion of own work with that of the team, superior organization skills and time/priority-management
Demonstrated ability to motivate a team to accomplish objectives
Demonstrated ability to solve conflicts and to manage challenging situations
Basic understanding of applicable employment law legislation Demonstrated ability in program development and evaluation
Demonstrated ability to quickly acquire and expand knowledge and to be flexible in a demanding and dynamic environment
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of Métis-specific and broader Indigenous policy and research, key challenges, and programs
Demonstrated ability to effectively maintain financial records, manage project budgets
Completion of a supervisory or leadership course or certificate
AODA Statement
The Métis Nation of Ontario commits to providing accommodation as required by the Ontario Human Rights Act, unless to do so would cause undue hardship. Accommodations will be provided in accordance with the principles of dignity, individualization, and inclusion. The Métis Nation of Ontario will work cooperatively and in the spirit of respect with all partners in the accommodation process. These accommodations will extend to all aspects of the employment relationship including recruitment and selection.
Please email human resources if you require an accommodation during the hiring process.
Special Services Organization
The Métis Nation of Ontario is a special services organization. All applicants are encouraged to apply. Preference may be given to qualified applicants who meet the requirements for MNO Citizenship as per the MNO Bylaws and who are in good standing.
The Métis Nation of Ontario uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help in the screening and assessing of applicants within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).