September 28, 2001

NTI jobs go part-time

Nunatsiaq News

IQALUIT — In an effort to cut costs, NTI has made two of its top jobs part-time.

At its board meeting in Qikiqtarjuaq earlier this month, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. changed the positions of vice-president of finance and second vice-president from full-time to part-time jobs.

The decision was in response to a study conducted earlier this year that showed the two jobs could be done by part-time employees. Reducing the positions to part-time would save NTI money, the study found.

The job of vice-president of finance will become part-time in December, when the new election for that position will be held.

The next election for the job of second vice-president will be in 2003. Until then, the job will remain full-time.

NTI also decided at its board meeting that, as of the December election, the vice-president of finance will not have to live in Rankin Inlet, where the NTI finance department is located.