Chief Financial Officer

Higher Talent is currently seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join the leadership team at Qalipu First Nation, located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

OUR STORY :

Qalipu is part of the Mi’kmaq Nation whose territory extends from Maine to Quebec, through the Maritime Provinces and into Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). This territory is also known as Mi’kma’ki. This Indian Act Band is unique in its size (one of the largest Bands in Canada) and representation; Most Mi’kmaq ancestors who were denied rights when Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949 would not live long enough to see the government finally recognize their existence more than sixty years later. Instead, today, some twenty-five thousand of their descendants proudly claim Indian status in their place.

Qalipu is made up of 67 traditional Mi’kmaq communities, spread out over 9 Electoral Wards. An elected Chief and Council govern the Qalipu First Nation. Ward Councillors are elected to represent each of the nine Wards. Additionally, two Vice-Chiefs represent western and central Newfoundland, and the Chief is the official spokesperson and leader of the Qalipu First Nation as a whole.

Qalipu has five satellite offices located in Gander, Glenwood, Grand Falls-Windsor, St. George’s, and Stephenville and its central administrative office is in Corner Brook. These offices give representation to the regions of our dispersed Mi’kmaq communities.