Purpose:
The Kahnawà:ke Legislative Commission (KLC) Coordinator supports the legislative process by managing administrative tasks, coordinating meetings, and ensuring compliance with Community Decision Making and Review Process (CDMRP) policies and procedures.
Roles & Responsibilities
Coordination and administrative support to the Kahnawà:ke Legislative Commission.
- Provides administrative support in establishing and maintaining the Legislative Agenda.
- Responsible for notifying the MCK Ratitsénhaienhs and community of Kahnawà:ke of the established Legislative Agenda for each Term of office.
- Coordinates KLC meetings in collaboration with the Legislative Executive Assistant.
- Follows up on issues or initiatives arising from the KLC mandate and meetings.
- Consults with KLC and MCK Ratitsénhaienhs to determine areas in need of development within the legislative process.
- Provides administrative support to the KLC in the development and implementation of all working KLC policies, guidelines, procedures, and protocols necessary to fulfill their mandate.
- Prepares quarterly reports on behalf of the KLC and presents to the MCK Ratitsénhaienhs, and posts on the CDMRP website.
- Acts as a liaison with the community, consolidates community feedback during the CDMRP, and provides it to KLC, ensuring the KLC addresses feedback where appropriate.
- Monitors, tracks, and reports implementation progress to stakeholders.
Coordination and administration of the Community Decision-Making and Review
Process.
- Facilitates the CDMRP and ensures that all phases of the legislative process are adhered to as it relates to drafting, amending, hearings, and enactment.
- Schedules, coordinates logistics, and ensures proper documentation is provided for community meetings and consultations.
- Coordinates and facilitates meetings with the KLC, Technical Drafting Committees (TDCs), MCK Ratitsénhaienhs, Committees, and stakeholders within the process.
- Distributes relevant information to stakeholders, including community members, and other
- parties involved in the CDMRP.
- Ensures the TDCs prepare and provide clear records of discussions, decisions, and followup actions from community meetings/hearings, which are maintained in the Legislative
- Tracker and posted on the CDMRP website to promote accountability, for review and future reference.
- Coordinates and facilitates the CDMRP.
- Tracks initiatives, proposals, or concerns raised during the process and ensures appropriate follow-up actions are taken.
- Coordinates reviews of existing laws and regulations.
- Point of contact for laws and regulations going through the CDMRP in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.
- Manages Legislative Tracker and relevant documents, ensuring timelines are met in the legislative process.
- Acts as an administrative liaison to the TDCs, ensuring the legislative process is followed, creates required steps/reference sheets for each TDC, in collaboration with the TDC’s prepares briefing notes and relative information for Council Packages as required, reports TDC activities back to the KLC.
- Provides the Portfolio Ratitsénhaienhs, the Proponent, and/or the TDC with the appropriate information, advice, and guidance throughout the CDMRP.
- Performs annual review of the CDMRP and, in collaboration with KLC, consults with stakeholders and ensures inclusiveness in any changes within the CDMRP.
- Assists the KLC with the development and implementation of protocols and procedures necessary to fulfill its mandate.
Facilitates community communications for the Kahnawà:ke Legislative Commission and
Community Decision-Making and Review Process.
- Develops and implements internal and external communication strategies, tools, and materials in collaboration with the Public Relations Unit (PRU) to inform and educate organizations and the community about the CDMRP and activities specific to the legislative process.
- Ensures media announcements, records of discussion from hearings, and notification of enactment for CDMRP are posted on websites and distributed through TV, radio, and print in collaboration with PRU.
- Provides results of all public hearings, consultations, and assessments to the community and MCK Ratitsénhaienhs in a timely manner.
- Organizes and, in collaboration with the KLC, provides information and education as well as conducts information sessions on the KLC, CDMRP, and Legislative Process, to the MCK Units, community organizations, and community.
- Conducts surveys regarding the CDMRP and ensures the results are provided to the community.
- Acts as the administrative link between KLS and the community or community organizations.
- Ensures the kahnawakemakingdecisions.com website is accurate, up-to-date, and effective with support from PRU.
