We're Hiring! Community Impact Coordinator - June 2023
Are you motivated to create caring and equitable communities where all individuals may thrive? Are you keen on collaborating with a team to facilitate funding and investments to charities and social purpose organizations? Are you the person on a team that is so detail-focused, people come to you to ensure accurate processes and records are maintained? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, working on several projects at the same time? If so, Waterloo Region Community Foundation is looking for you to join our team as a Community Impact Coordinator.
About the Role
The Community Impact Coordinator is a full-time, continuing role that reports to the Director, Community Impact and is part of the Community Impact Team coordinating activities as it pertains to grant administration and supporting grant committees. In addition, the team is responsible for convening conversations, informational sessions and educational opportunities linked to WRCF’s strategies and other local emerging issues. The successful candidate has excellent communication skills with a proven ability to develop and nurture relationships. They must possess a keen eye for detail, be extremely organized, proficient in using IT software, willing to be a champion for capturing and actioning information and enjoy processing information – all with a focus on accuracy.
Compensation: $45,000 - $55,000 (based on a 37.5 hour work week), plus a competitive benefits package. Currently, employees work both on-site and remotely, and this role includes an expectation of a minimum of 3 days in-office or in community days weekly.
For more information on the role and how to apply, view the Job Posting (pdf). The deadline to apply is Friday, June 23, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
Our Commitment to Equity
WRCF is an equity-conscious employer committed to equity, anti-oppression, diversity and supporting the wellbeing of all our employees. We provide inclusive employment opportunities without regard to race, colour, religion, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or any other status that is representative of equity & sovereign seeking groups.
All qualified individuals are encouraged to consider working with us including those who are; First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Black, people of colour, immigrants, people living with disabilities, ethnocultural religious identities (e.g. Muslim, Sikh, Jewish), and 2SLGBTQIA+.
If you are an applicant who requires accommodations, please let us know in advance so that we may arrange for their provision. We provide accommodations at all stages of the recruitment and hiring process under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code.
About Waterloo Region Community Foundation
Waterloo Region Community Foundation (WRCF) is a public foundation focused on Granting, Impact Investing and Convening to make measurable and sustainable impacts in Waterloo Region. As one of 202 Community Foundations across Canada, we collaborate with partners, connect regionally and locally, working with three cities and four townships – to include the people and places across our region, using a trust-based philanthropic approach. Together, we seize opportunities to meet current and future needs of our community. We enable people, companies and organizations to do more good by making it easy for Fundholders and Donors to give and invest, and for charities to receive money. Gifts are directed to WRCF’s endowed funds that drive positive change in two ways: through grants and impact investments that deliver both financial returns as well as positive social and environmental outcomes. We work with our Fundholders to distribute the income generated through grants to support a wide range of charitable causes within our community; In 2022, we approved grants of $6 Million to hundreds of local charities and non-profits, bringing our collective granting impact since inception to $73 Million. As a leading community-building organization, we also work to amplify voices and issues of importance by convening conversations and sharing information, while approaching our work with an equity mindset.
