Executive Director

Environmental organizations, nonprofits & charities

• Compensation: Up to $85,000 (commensurate with experience), $1,500 health/wellness benefit
• Term/Hours: Full time, 5 days/wk with flexibility
• Reports to: Boards of Directors
• Start date: February 10, 2025
• Language: Bilingual (strongly preferred)

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to hr@environmentalleadership.ca. Please mention you saw this at GoodWork.ca. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

About Us

Environmental Leadership Canada (ELC) aims to build a new generation of environmental leaders and boost the capacity of everyday Canadians who care about the environment to engage in our democracy and advocate for their communities’ concerns. We employ programs like political internships for youth and educational tools and events that connect people with environmental and political knowledge.

GreenPAC is a non-partisan non-profit that works to inspire, activate, and amplify environmental leadership in politics. It raises the profile of environmental leadership during elections through programs like debates, builds cross-partisan political capacity and support for environmental progress through trainings, events, and other forums, and works with ELC to empower emerging leadership.

Position Overview

The Executive Director (ED) is directly employed by ELC. The ED dedicates approximately 65% of their time to advancing ELC’s mission and organization, and 35% of their time to advancing GreenPAC’s mission and overseeing that organization under a secondment agreement. The Executive Director reports to and works closely with the Boards of Directors of Environmental Leadership Canada and GreenPAC.

The ED is responsible for leading and managing the organizations, overseeing operations, finances, programs, and staff toward the achievement of ELC’s mission and goals. They drive and oversee implementation of strategic and operational planning, fundraising, and stakeholder relationships.

The following responsibilities apply separately to ELC and GreenPAC:

• Working with staff and in consultation with the Board to develop and implement strategic plans and targets.
• Developing and implementing operational plans and systems to ensure robust tracking and evaluation against goals.
• Preparing accurate and timely updates and analysis capturing and communicating results, trends, deviations from targets, and learnings, as appropriate.
• Leading organization, supporting staff and engaging Board to ensure management of ELC as a registered charity and GreenPAC as a non-profit.
• Building and maintaining good relationships with Board members, Committee members, and senior advisors.
• Identifying major organizational risks (e.g. financial, legal) and engaging the board as relevant in problem solving and the implementation of solutions.
• Assisting with recruitment of new Board and Committee members, and advisors.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of policies and procedures that ensure sound governance and organizational management.

Human Resources (20%):

• Providing leadership to and oversight of all staff and ensuring appropriate management of interns and volunteers.
• Developing organizational policies and practices that prioritize anti-racism and equity, diversity, and inclusion across the organization and its work.

Administration and Finance (20%):

• Developing and implementing the annual budget, in consultation with the Board.
• Ensuring sound financial administration and management of the organization.
• Overseeing compliance with legal and administrative requirements of Canadian non-profits and registered Canadian charities.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Prior experience in a leadership capacity in the nonprofit and charitable sector, preferably in the environment or non-profit sectors.
• Well-developed leadership skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Experience in advocacy and grassroots organizing.
• Demonstrated success in securing revenue generation and fundraising from institutional and individual donors.
• Strong oral and written communications skills, and comfort with public speaking and media relations.

Additional Information

Both ELC and GreenPAC are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities. If required, we will collaborate with applicants to provide accommodations during meetings and board functions.

Current status: Open/apply now. Date posted: Dec 17 2024 ID: 72329