About the Foundation
Headquartered in Montreal, the McConnell Foundation is a private Canadian foundation that strives for a resilient, inclusive and sustainable society that can successfully address its complex challenges.
Opportunity
The successful candidate will join a dynamic team that supports diverse and innovative approaches to community resilience, reconciliation and climate change. We do this through a variety of means: financial contributions and investment, capacity building, consultation and collaboration with the public, private and non-profit sectors.
Position Title: Program Officer, Communities
Location: Flexible within Canada. Montreal preferred. Remote employees must reside in Canada full-time.
Mode: Remote – Must reside within Canada
Employment type: Full-Time, Temporary (Leave Replacement) - 12 months with the possibility to extend.
Supervisor: Program Director
Department and Team: Programs, Focus Area – Communities
Position Level: Professional I
Position Summary
The Program Officer, Communities supports the work of the Communities focus area both in operationalizing the Communities area strategy and bringing the voice of communities into many elements of our regular work. Through the review and follow up on funding proposals and collaborating with community partners, and creating end to end administrative support, the Program Officer plays a key support role.
Key Responsibilities (Summary)
Communities Program Support: Assisting the Program Director, Communities in communicating and operationalizing the new Communities strategy. Bringing awareness of realities of equity-deserving groups into the work. Conducting background research and creating materials to support the rollout and refining of the Communities strategy.
Administration: Coordinating end to end administration of the funding process for the Communities focus area, supporting reception, review and follow ups of funding applications.
Collaboration and Representation: Interacting with community partners with integrity as a representative of the Foundation, its mission, values, strategies and commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
Position requirements
Professional skills and attributes
Assets
Benefits
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The McConnell Foundation is working towards strengthening our culture of inclusion and strives to build a team that reflects our mission for a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable society. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous people, Black people, racialized people, women, non-binary and gender-nonconforming people, people from the 2SLGBTQQIA community, people with disabilities (visible and invisible) and newcomers to Canada.
Our recruitment team will consider equity status throughout the recruitment process, so we invite members from equity deserving groups to self-identify in their application.
Our work environment and hiring process is inclusive and accessible to anyone with unique needs in terms of accessibility and accommodations. We will support you throughout the life cycle of your employment with us. We ask that all applicants identify their accommodation needs by sending an email to accessibility @mcconnellfoundation.ca so that we can create the necessary conditions so that you can participate fully in the hiring process. All information received in relation to equity status and accommodation will be remain confidential.
External Applicant Deadline: April 19th, 2023
How to Apply
Please submit a resume and a cover letter if desired to the attached link.
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