Territorial Physician Travel and Logistics Officer

Title: Territorial Physician Travel and Logistics Officer
Department: Health
Community: Iqaluit
Requisition Number: 1115
Type of Employment: Indeterminate
Salary range: $85,852 to $97,436 per year,37.5hours/week
Northern Allowance: $16,328 per year
Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is not Available
Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union
Closing date: November 27, 2026@ 11:59 p.m. eastern time

This employment opportunity is restricted to Nunavut Inuit who reside in Iqaluit only.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

Reporting to the Territorial Manager Medical Affairs, the Territorial Physician Travel and Logistics Officer is responsible for ensuring the provision of timely transportation services and lodging for physicians travelling within Nunavut. The position is accountable for ensuring that physician's travel requirements are effectively supported Nunavut wide and preparing an arrival package for physicians working in Iqaluit. The incumbent is required to provide high quality and responsive services to our physicians to get them to Nunavut in a timely and cost-efficient manner possible.

The Territorial Physician Travel and Logistics Officer’s main responsibilities are but are not limited to:

• Arranging travel and accommodation for physicians who are travelling to Nunavut as well as physicians who are working in Iqaluit to travel to the communities, to provide medical services.

• Managing the inventory and distribution of taxi vouchers to physicians in Iqaluit according to our department policy.

• Distributing hospital keys, access cards and pagers to arriving physicians and retrieving keys, cards and pagers from departing physicians.

• May require being on call during the week after normal work hours and weekends to attend to travel arrangements that might happen due to flight cancellations. Also, to pick up physicians when they arrive in Iqaluit on the weekends and take them to their accommodations.

• Managing over 20 physician transient units which include performing regular inspections, scheduling cleaning on a regular basis, arranging the appropriate repairs when needed, managing the transient unit keys and cable/internet connectivity.

The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through completion of high school diploma along with two (2) years of experience in travel, administrative services or a related field. A class 5 driver’s license is also required for the position. This is a Highly Sensitive Position and a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, along with a clear Vulnerable Sector Check is required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktitut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktitut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

• The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
• Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.
• Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position. This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check.
• Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
• Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.