Manager – Partnership Operations with Abundant Intelligences

Primary Investigator: Prof. Jason Lewis 

Location: Indigenous Futures Research Centre, 1250 Guy Street, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. This position is in-person. 

Who We Are: 

Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC) is a research studio-lab of artists, academics, activists, and technologists exploring the intersections between Indigenous creative practice, cultural expression & knowledge frameworks and digital & networked technologies. Prof. Jason Edward Lewis is AbTeC’s Primary Investigator (PI). AbTeC is part of the Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC), which, in turn, is part of Concordia’s Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology. AbTeC is based at Concordia University (Montreal). See http://www.abtec.org. 

AbTeC is home for Abundant Intelligences. Abundant Intelligences is an ambitious, large-scale ($28 million), six-year research Partnership exploring how to integrate Indigenous Knowledges and Artificial Intelligence systems. It is conducted by an international research team co-directed by Prof. Lewis and Prof. Hemi Whaanga at Massey University (New Zealand). The research team consists of 48 co-investigators and collaborators at 13 universities/research institutes and 8 community-based organizations across 18 time zones. We are artists, computer scientists, community knowledge-holders, historians, designers, neuroscientists, linguists, sociologists, and more, with representation from 15 Indigenous nations. See http://www.abundant-intelligences.net. 

Here’s what you’ll be doing :

As our Manager of Partnership Operations, you’ll ensure that the HQ staff are well-equipped and highly energized as they support Partnership leadership, our six research clusters, students and community-based learners, and our institutional and Indigenous organization partners. Working with Partnership leadership, you’ll identify where the HQ staff should spend their time and effort, anticipate their resource and staffing needs, and develop operational plans that keep everyone synced up and pushing forward. You’ll also be in continuous conversation with research cluster administrators to understand how the HQ team can best support them in their different institutional, community, and disciplinary contexts. 

You’ll need these qualifications: 

• You have 6 years or more experience managing people and spaces for small-to-medium sized teams. 
• You have absurdly good interpersonal, organizational, and administrative skills. 
• You have experience working with Indigenous communities and organizations and/or experience teaching Indigenous students and learners. 
• You are autonomous, obsessed with accuracy, and value attention to details. 
• You have excellent communication skills, including spoken and written English. 
• You use tact, diplomacy, sensitivity and flexibility in dealing with research teams and Indigenous community organizations and members. 
• You are passionate about being organized, about showing others how to better organize their work, and get excited about showing them how to make the most of our productivity tools. 

How To Apply: 

Please send your CV and cover letter to ifrc-jobs@concordia.ca by the application deadline. The cover letter should address why you are applying, what about the position attracts you, and how you heard about the position. 

All applicants will receive an acknowledgement email; however, only those selected for an interview will receive further instructions. Interviews will take place in person or over Zoom until the right candidate is found. Thank you very much to those who apply for your time and interest. 

Employment Equity: 

Concordia University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, members of sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversification; candidates are invited to self-identify in their applications.

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