Partner

Griffith Group acknowledges the land upon which we work is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto, or Tkaronto, is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
Griffith Group Executive Search is a privately owned Canadian firm that provides exceptional services to our valued clients. Focused on senior-level recruitment, our team partners with organizations across Canada to support their executive search needs. Our approach Is encapsulated within our vision: “International Reach. Proven Expertise. Boutique Service.” Griffith Group is known for our values of integrity, professionalism, and empowered innovation and our deep commitment to, and demonstrated results in, supporting Indigenization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (I-EDIA). As recognized experts in recruitment, Griffith Group Executive Search is named on Hunt Scanlon Media’s “2023 Top 60 Canadian Recruiters,” and “2023 Top 50 Higher Education Recruiters” rankings, as well as the “2023-2024 HR/Diversity Power 65.”
It is within this context that Griffith Group Executive Search is seeking a senior executive search professional to join the team as Partner.
Reporting to, and working in close collaboration with, Managing Partner Jane Griffith, Partners at the firm are revenue generators whose salary are 100% commissioned based. We are seeking Partners who can build a portfolio of clients in a complimentary sector, including but not limited to, healthcare, government, board work, and the private sector. Partners are responsible for creating lasting relationships with clients to support their executive search needs. Working with the firm’s team of dedicated search executives, the Partners oversee and have final responsibility for the search assignments they win. At Griffith Group, Partners are expected to contribute actively to all aspects of the search, from the creation of advertisements and briefs to candidate interviews, long listing, client interviews, and offer negotiations.
As the ideal candidate, you must bring a successful tenure in a revenue generation role from within the executive search industry. You are adept at managing multiple searches simultaneously and can manage competing search timelines and shifting priorities. You are a strong and sophisticated communicator with exceptional writing and editing skills. You are an exceptional relationship builder, and your tenure working on senior level searches provides you with a high level of judgment and the ability to show discretion in managing confidential information. As a proven recruiter, you are adept at conducting interviews and assessing talent, presenting information at client meetings, and navigating with grace and skill all interactions with clients and candidates, whether they be good news updates or providing feedback to unsuccessful candidates. Candidates must possess experience and comfort in ensuring recruitment practices are equitable and inclusive to all candidates, and particularly to equity-deserving candidates. Candidates must hold an undergraduate degree from a recognized university, and a graduate level degree would be considered an asset. Proficiency in both French and English would also be considered an asset but is not required.
Griffith Group prides itself on its excellence and a culture that is team focused, inclusive, innovative, and fast paced. There is a strong and engaged commitment to I-EDIA across the firm; candidates must have interest in contributing to and continuing this commitment. Only candidates who meet the required position experience, will work towards the collective success of the firm, contribute to Griffith Group’s culture, and build collaborative and respectful relationships with colleagues will be selected for interviews.
To express interest in this opportunity please apply in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca). Please note this is a 100% remote position.
Griffith Group welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
In accordance with the provincial legislation, accommodation will be provided by Griffith Group throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact jane@griffithgroup.ca.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

President & Chief Executive Officer

Vancouver, the main location of MakeWay’s five offices, is located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. The term “unceded” acknowledges that the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples never gave up their land to the Crown

In 2000, a small group of changemakers and philanthropists asked: how can we foster a healthy planet and a just society? They created MakeWay (then Tides Canada)—a national charity and public foundation—to provide innovative supports for environmental and social change initiatives across the country. MakeWay’s journey began on the west coast and has grown into a movement spanning coast to coast to coast, fostering incredible partnerships and diverse programming along the way. Today, it holds deep trust-based relationships in small towns and big cities from Iqaluit to East Scarborough. To its partnerships, it brings a nimble “Swiss Army Knife toolkit” of expertise and solutions that support community-led transformation. It is clearer than ever before on its purpose and strategic priorities. MakeWay has over 450 staff team members working in almost every province and territory in these lands known as Canada. Each year, MakeWay mobilizes approximately $14 million in grants to more than 300 community partners. In partnership with many, MakeWay is building momentum towards a world where nature and communities thrive together.

It is within this context that MakeWay welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its President & Chief Executive Officer, who will assume the role in Spring 2025.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the President & Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) provides visionary leadership for MakeWay, guiding the organization through evolving economic, political, social, ecological and philanthropic shifts. The CEO will be tasked with creating, presenting, and then implementing MakeWay’s next strategic plan. They are also responsible for the organization’s financial health and the effective management of its resources in alignment with its mission. Working with a dedicated senior leadership team, the CEO will be entrusted with upholding the organization’s culture, where “daring” and “reliable” can co-exist through innovation and continuous learning. This will involve fostering an environment that encourages reflection, thoughtful intentionality, and program evaluation. MakeWay’s culture of trust, collaboration, and respectful, constructive dialogue requires an experienced people leader who can rally a team behind a shared vision. Externally, the CEO will advocate for public policies and an enabling environment that align with MakeWay’s mission and contribute to systemic change. They will represent the organization at high-profile events and through media engagements. The CEO has ultimate responsibility for MakeWay’s short- and long-term viability and will be actively engaged in executing its fundraising strategy through cultivating relationships with a wide array of donors and designing new approaches to secure sustainable funding through grants and partnerships that will grow MakeWay’s place-based grant making programs, capacity strengthening work and Shared Platform.

As the ideal candidate, you bring an established, progressive track record in senior leadership roles, including the ability to motivate, recruit, develop, and retain highly engaged, passionate and mission-driven teams that are multigenerational and diverse. You have strong financial and budgetary acumen, including experience managing large and complex budgets; knowledge of participatory grant making processes, relevant charity regulations, and CRA guidelines is considered an asset. Colleagues recognize your proven experience cultivating relationships with donors, as well as your skill in building and sustaining strong relationships with public sector organizations, Indigenous governments, community leaders, and international constituencies. Your strategic communications experience includes enhancing organizational visibility, creating thought leadership, articulating strategy, and developing programs focused on systems change. You also have experience acting as a spokesperson for an organization. As a seasoned senior leader, you are well-versed in governance best practices and have experience reporting to, working with, or being a member of a voluntary board of a complex charitable organization. Candidates must be dedicated to MakeWay’s vision and values and demonstrate a commitment to advancing models of decolonization, truth and reconciliation and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion principles.

To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with MakeWay, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Robin Noftall (robin@griffithgroup.ca) or visit https://griffithgroup.ca/makeway-president-ceo/

Salary Range and Compensation Package: $200,000-250,000, commensurate with experience. The total compensation package includes a comprehensive employer-paid benefits package, year-end RRSP contribution, $500 professional development fund, 4 weeks paid vacation plus statutory holidays, and 10 sick/personal days. MakeWay also provides remote and hybrid work options with a flexible work environment, including a winter office closure, 9-day summer fortnight program, and Substitution Statutory Holiday policy.

Location/WFH: As part of the hybrid work environment, the candidate must be able to work from a MakeWay office in Toronto, Vancouver, or Yellowknife at least one day a week.

MakeWay welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities.

All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.

MakeWay and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.

Chief Executive Officer

Rise is a national organization dedicated to empowering people with mental health and addiction challenges to achieve greater social and economic inclusion through entrepreneurship. Mental health significantly impacts Canadians’ financial and social well-being; one in five Canadians will experience a mental health or addiction challenge, and amongst the population of people with disabilities, those with a mental illness face the highest degree of stigmatization in the workplace and the greatest barriers to employment. Through training, mentorship, micro-financing and other customs supports, Rise helps individuals build the skills and access the capital they need to launch a small business that can improve quality of life and enable them to support themselves, their families and communities. Since its founding in 2010, Rise has disbursed over $3.7 million in low-interest loans and, with the support of 800+ volunteers nationwide, has helped to empower more than 4,500 Canadians from coast to coast as entrepreneurs. The impact is undeniable.

It is within this context that Rise welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its Chief Executive Officer commencing Spring 2025, or soon after.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the overall strategic direction, governance, and leadership of the organization, and with driving Rise’s continued growth and impact in alignment with its mission. The CEO leads and mentors Rise’s diverse and talented team through a senior leadership team of 5 people who manage the daily operations of the organization in a collaborative culture. As the primary spokesperson for Rise, the CEO will advance its mission and values externally through thought leadership, brand awareness, partnerships with community leaders inline with Rise’s national strategy. The CEO also serves as Rise’s chief fundraising officer, identifying, cultivating and securing support from donors, including from all levels of government. The CEO has final responsibility for the organization’s financial sustainability, ensuring sufficient financial resources to meet the organization’s current and future requirements and business strategies and goals.

As the ideal candidate, you are an advocate for positive change in the intersectional space of mental health and entrepreneurship who respects, and has a strong passion for, Rise’s mission, values, and the clients it serves. Your career includes an established tenure in senior leadership roles from a similarly sized and complex non-profit organization. You have a demonstrated track record of success in strategic planning and with driving measurable results through its implementation. Peers describe you as a transformational leader adept at initiating, planning, implementing and evaluating programs and services. You have strong accounting, financial, budgetary, risk assessment, and strategic thinking skills, and experience with working with, and/or reporting to a voluntary Board of Directors. You are a people leader who enjoys leading, mentoring and developing a multi-generational, diverse, and hybrid workforce. Your communications skills are exceptional and position you to act as the spokesperson for the organization. As an accomplished networker and relationship builder, you are at ease growing revenues and scaling an organization through business development, partnership and program development, and with philanthropy and sponsorship activities. The CEO must actively champion and embed equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and reconciliation into all aspects of the organization and support a culture that encourages strong and respectful collaboration across its diverse workforce and community.

To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with Rise, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).

Location/WFH: This role is based in Toronto, Ontario and the Chief Executive Officer will be expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week.

Rise welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities.

All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.

Rise and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.

Executive Director

YouthLink began as The Big Sister Association of Toronto in 1914. In the 1970s the organization became Huntley Youth Services and, later, YouthLink. As a resource for youth and their families in Scarborough and Toronto over 1400 new clients received services and there were over 60,000 client contacts with staff from 2023-2024.

Today, the organization provides a range of services, over several sites, which are offered free of charge. YouthLink supports youth, with 28 different programs and services, in an environment that respects race, culture, ethnicity, language, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and income. Diversity at YouthLink is reflected by the broad representation of community among staff, volunteers, and the Board of Directors.

Within this context, YouthLink welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its Executive Director.
Reporting to a volunteer Board of Directors, the Executive Director will ensure the continued evolution of YouthLink and provide strategic leadership to advance YouthLink’s vision – a stronger Scarborough where all youth and families thrive.

The Executive Director is responsible for the overall management of operations, programs and services, resource development, human resources, fiscal management, administration, and external relations, while fostering a united team committed to YouthLink’s mission to support youth and families. In partnership with the Board of Directors, staff, and the YouthLink community, the Executive Director will play a key role in the development and implementation of an impactful Strategic Plan.

The Executive Director will continue to champion YouthLink’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and belonging, and foster a safe, supportive, innovative, and inclusive environment, that promotes a culture of excellence and delivers high-quality, client centred programs. Additionally, the Executive Director will continue a culture that works in support of and collaboratively with the union, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
The Executive Director will navigate the ever-complex and evolving nature of youth mental health within the province and identify opportunities to enhance YouthLink’s client-centred approach and service philosophy. The Executive Director will facilitate networks that strengthen YouthLink’s relationships with system partners and ensure YouthLink is an active member of the community helping advance community goals and objectives. Serving as a strong voice and key spokesperson, the Executive Director will foster strategic partnerships, cultivate collaborative relationships with funders and donors, and represent the organization both within the community and across the sector.
This appointment calls for an authentic leader and community builder who believes in the potential of every youth and is dedicated to providing the support, guidance and opportunities they need to make positive life choices.
Candidates must have a demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity, and belonging. You have progressive management experience within the not-for-profit and/or public sector, ideally in a complex unionized social service environment. You have previous experience working in support of a volunteer board and an understanding of the roles of governance and management. You are system-oriented with a strong understanding of youth mental health, and community-based programming for youth and their families. You have operational acumen, including financial acumen; knowledge of human resource management and quality improvement; and a track record of building service excellence.
Your team leadership experience and skills build unity and inspire collective impact. You foster a safe, accessible, supportive, and inclusive environment in your organizations. You have exemplary interpersonal and communication skills and are comfortable representing and advocating for YouthLink. You can build strong relationships with both internal and external partners (government, community groups, system partners, etc.,) coupled with the skill to strengthen and expand YouthLink’s connection with funders and donors. You are solutions focused and adaptable, possess change management experience, and can drive the organization forward in a complex and shifting landscape.

To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with YouthLink, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca), Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca), and/or Noshina Choudhary (noshina@griffithgroup.ca).

YouthLink is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. Research shows that women and racialized candidates often only apply to positions when they feel 100% qualified. YouthLink strongly encourages applications from women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities. Individuals are encouraged to self-identify.
YouthLink and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in this posting, recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes.
Priority will be given to individuals legally entitled to work in Canada.

The land on which YouthLink is situated has been the home of Indigenous people and Nations for tens of thousands of years and is specifically the land of the Huron-Wendat, Anishinabek, Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Haudenosaunee.

The territory of Tkaronto, or what is known today as Toronto is covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum belt covenant, a centuries-old agreement between the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinabek nations for the peaceable sharing and stewardship of the land between the great lakes. The territories that encompass Toronto, as well, fall under a number of colonial Treaties including Treaty 13, and in Scarborough specifically the Williams Treaties. There have been many Indigenous names and words associated with this place, and today, Scarborough is home to a multitude of Indigenous people, languages, and cultures from across Turtle Island and around the world.

Land acknowledgment is a tradition of respect that goes back centuries for many Indigenous people, and today is an act of reconciliation that requires us to consider our relationship to the land and peoples where we live, work and learn.

We are all treaty people. Many of us have come here as settlers, immigrants, or newcomers in this generation or generations past. We also acknowledge the many people of African descent who are not settlers, but whose ancestors were forcibly displaced as part of the transatlantic slave trade against their will, and made to work on these lands.

We observe a moment of silence to honour those Afrikans who have led lives of service; those who have stood up for racial, social, and economic justice, have sacrificed to advance the well being of African Canadians and all justice loving peoples, have confronted and dismantled oppressive forces, practices and institutions and have built affirming and equitable examples to inspire us all.

Ancestors, you acted with courage and conviction. You fearlessly challenged White Supremacy and the attendant anti-Black racism, racial terrorism and genocidal violence against our people. You organized against economic exploitation, gender discrimination, religious bigotry, and other oppressive forces. You built communities and institutions. You changed the political, economic, cultural, and social landscape of this nation. Your valuable contributions to nation building do not go un-noticed. You shined a light on the beauty, strength, and genius of our people. You led by example.

We are grateful for your love, tenacity, leadership, and inspiring legacy. We are encouraged and emboldened by your character and service to community. We stand on your sturdy, courageous shoulders. We are charged up with the conviction of continuing this monumental work, this struggle for justice, this self-reliance and self determination. We thank you. We honour you. Ase. Ase. Ase!

Executive Director

The Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) is a progressive union representing over 30,000 paramedical, professional, and technical members. HSAA’s staff are committed to delivering high-quality services to our members.

HSAA’s mission is to advocate for the rights and promote unity of its diverse membership of health-care professionals as they care for people and enhance the well-being of our communities.

Within this context HSAA invites applications and nominations for the position of Executive Director (ED).
Reporting to the Executive Officers and the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will lead the Union in its next chapter and play a key role in the continued implementation of the current strategic plan. Working closely with the Board of Directors, the Senior Management Team, staff, and membership, the ED will navigate the complexities of labour relations in Alberta’s healthcare sector. The ED will work to ensure that HSAA provides exemplary labour relations services, champions workers rights, and advocates for universal publicly funded healthcare to enhance the well-being of HSAAs member’s, the individuals they care for, and the communities they serve.

The ED will build strong, trusting, and collaborative working relationships with staff, Board Members and affiliates, and they will cultivate a professional, supportive and engaging workplace culture that promotes equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility and innovation. The ED will provide advice to the Executive Officers and the Board on operational strategies to achieve the goals of the strategic plan, as well as political strategies for action that affect HSAA members and healthcare. As the key operational leader, the ED will oversee the Union’s operations in accordance with the policies, strategic plan and operating budget established by the Board, and the Union’s values and mission. The ED will manage the Union’s resources relative to the provision of membership services including but not limited to negotiations, employer compliance with collective agreements, organizing of local units, membership disability claims, member education program, occupational health and safety, and member communications.

As the ideal candidate, you understand how to enable, empower, and transform organizations, and operationalize strategic initiatives. You have progressive experience in senior leadership roles, preferably within a union, not-for-profit, or similar mission driven organization. Candidates must have a commitment to publicly funded universal healthcare. You have a proven track record of operations experience, including budgeting. Experience working with and/or reporting to a Board of Directors is an asset. You demonstrate commitment to labour movement values, have deep knowledge of labour relations principles and practices, and are capable of championing HSAA’s core values and vision. You can navigate complex political environments, understand the dynamics around the relationship between employer bodies, government bodies, and the Union, and are comfortable advocating for and representing the interests of healthcare professionals. As a leader, you build and foster an open and collaborative workplace culture and have demonstrated experience promoting and advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Your communication skills inspire trust, allowing you to build and sustain strong relationships with colleagues and allies at all levels and advance effective communication pathways. You are committed to the highest standards of honesty, transparency, and ethics. You have proven change management experience, with the ability to establish goals, develop implementation plans, monitor progress and ensure effective accountability and strategic alignment. A post-secondary degree is an asset.

Location: This role is based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Vice President, Public Engagement

The Canadian Women’s Foundation (the Foundation) is Canada’s public foundation for gender justice and equality. It advances this by growing support for grassroots feminist action, partnering with communities and organizations to improve conditions, and building diverse leadership and knowledge for sustainable change. Through fundraising, granting, research, advocacy, and knowledge sharing, Foundation works to achieve feminist systemic change. By granting to and strengthening local community programs across Canada, the Foundation empowers women, girls and gender-diverse people to move out of violence, out of poverty, and into confidence and leadership. Launched in 1991 by a group of eight trail-blazing women, the Foundation addresses a critical need for philanthropy focused on women and is one of the largest women’s fundraising foundations in the world. With the support of supporters and donors, the Foundation has raised more than $260 million to fund over 3,300 life-transforming programs across the country. As a leading voice for women, girls and gender-diverse people in Canada, Canadian Women’s Foundation is committed to getting gender equality issues front and centre in the hearts and minds of people in Canada.
It is within this context that the Canadian Women’s Foundation welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its Vice President, Public Engagement, commencing in the first quarter of 2025.
Reporting to President & CEO Mitzie Hunter, and as an integral member of the Senior Leadership team, the Vice President, Public Engagement is responsible for increasing the awareness of the critical issues affecting women and girls in Canada and with positioning the Canadian Women’s Foundation as the charity of choice for gender equality. To support this goal, the Vice President communicates the Foundation’s strategic priorities and impact and positions the Foundation as a thought-leader and go-to media source on gender equity, while amplifying the voices of women and girls. The Vice President will mentor, guide and support a dedicated and professional team who provide operational leadership for the portfolio. Working in collaboration with this team, the Vice President develops effective public engagement opportunities that inspire people to take action through effective proactive and reactive public and media relations activities, marketing, brand and identity management, and multi-channel digital engagement. The Vice President works across the Foundation and in partnership with their colleagues, with a dedicated focus on supporting the Foundation’s philanthropy, advocacy, and programming activities through the creation of giving campaigns, donor relations and communications, and with corporate sponsors and partners.
As the ideal candidate, you are a well respected and successful senior marketing and communications professional whose career includes both budgetary and human resources oversight. Your experience includes media and public relations, creation of thought leadership, project management, ideally from within philanthropic sector and with a national organization. Your exceptional communications skills, written and verbal, have resulted in successful campaigns with persuasive messaging across various platforms and audiences to amplify your organization’s mission; bilingualism in both of Canada’s official languages (French/English) is considered a strong asset. As a people leader, you actively support, mentor and develop your staff team, have experience setting goals and workplans, a demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and foster a safe, accessible, and inclusive environment in your organizations. Your subject matter expertise includes extensive understanding of the key critical issues affecting diverse women, girls, Two Spirit, trans, and nonbinary people and the domestic feminist movement. To that end, the ideal candidate must embody what the Foundation is known for: championing gender equality, justice goals, and feminist philanthropy and with upholding the values of inclusivity, respect, accountability and support.
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with the Canadian Women’s Foundation, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).
The Canadian Women’s Foundation is strongly committed to equity in employment and seeks to attract, select, and hire a diverse team with a high level of professional skills, passion for and belief in our vision and mission. It aims to be inclusive of diverse people across gender and sexuality spectrums. This includes people who identify as women, girls, trans, Two Spirit, genderqueer, nonbinary, and 2SLGBTQIA+. If comfortable, the Foundation encourages candidates to share information about their identities, lived experiences, and the communities they are part of in their cover letter.
All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.
The Canadian Women’s Foundation and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.

Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives

The City of Hamilton is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. We further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
Today, the City of Hamilton is home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island (North America) and we recognize that we must do more to learn about the rich history of this land so that we can better understand our roles as residents, neighbours, partners and caretakers.
With the mission to drive positive change by connecting diverse people, ideas and resources, Hamilton Community Foundation (HCF) has grown to hold some 280 million in assets, and grants close to $12 million a year to community. Founded in 1954 as Ontario’s first community foundation, HCF is a well-respected community leader in Hamilton, and a member of the Community Foundations of Canada, the national membership organization whose members contribute time, leadership and financial support to initiatives that benefit their community most, based on an intimate understanding of local needs and opportunities. Guided by an engaged Board, and a highly engaged and committed team, HCF is now entering the fourth year of an ambitious five-year strategic plan that includes major initiatives in education, affordable housing, impact investing, equity, diversity and inclusion and relationships with Indigenous communities.
It is within this context that the Hamilton Community Foundation welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its next Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives, commencing January 2025 or soon after.
Reporting to President & CEO Rudi Wallace, the Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives (“Vice-President”) ensures effective leadership to its grant programs and the design and development of its complex granting strategies. As a key member and collaborative partner on the senior management team, the Vice-President contributes to HCF’s vision, strategic priorities and operational objectives in many ways, including through the organization’s long-term strategic and operational plans. Under the mentorship and guidance of the Vice-President, the Grants & Community Initiatives team designs and implements community strategies to obtain support for grants programs, community initiatives, and special projects among community leaders, donors and other funders, and. The Vice-President is also responsible for ensuring a regular and transparent flow of communications regarding the teams work on grants programs, community initiatives and special projects to HCF’s staff, Board and committee members, donors, and other key constituents in the community.
As the ideal candidate, you are a highly regarded and respected community-focused leader who brings a tenure of relevant experience from a similarly complex and mission-focused organization. Your experience includes the ability to design, manage, and evaluate programs, and to oversee the full life cycle of a granting process. You are adept at managing a financial budget, understand forecasting and financial planning, and work collaboratively with your peers across an organization on such matters. As a community leader, you convene and develop relationships with public, volunteer and private sector partners to identify and assess community needs, trends and opportunities, to plan joint intervention programs, and to leverage the required resources to fund new initiatives. Colleagues describe you as a leader who empowers high performance, mission-driven, and results-oriented teams. You are a clear communicator who is skilled at strategic thinking and complex problem solving. Candidates must have a strong commitment to Hamilton Community Foundation’s mission and values and recognize its critical role investing its philanthropic capital in initiatives that will have a positive community impact. Candidates also must have a demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, to Indigenous ways of knowing and being, and the necessary cultural competencies to lead a multi-generational, culturally diverse workforce.
Salary Range and Compensation Package: $120,000-$140,000, commensurate with experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package, paid vacation and a hybrid work environment.
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity within Hamilton Community Foundation, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: Research shows that women and racialized candidates often only apply to positions when they feel 100% qualified. The Hamilton Community Foundation encourages and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities.
All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
Hamilton Community Foundation and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and a welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.

Chief Operating Officer/Directeur.rice de l’exploitation

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth we honour and acknowledge that our work occurs across Turtle Island (North America) that has been home since time immemorial to the ancestors of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the contributions of Indigenous people around the world and support the ongoing struggle for self-determination and sovereignty. We work to understand the history of the lands upon which we are guests and contribute to justice for all Indigenous Peoples.
Tamarack Institute (Tamarack) catalyzes collective action with diverse leaders to solve major community challenges including ending poverty, building youth futures, building belonging, and building just climate transitions. Tamarack’s vision is to build a connected force for community change. Through its work in Vibrant Communities, Tamarack supports networks focused on four outcomes.
• Communities Ending Poverty: A network and movement dedicated to ending poverty in Canada, made up of more than 400 municipalities and represented by 90 regional roundtables.   
• Communities Building Belonging: Strengthening neighbourhoods and ending social isolation and polarization in Canada. Communities Building Belonging is a network of 8000+ learners and growing, helping communities to build belonging and thrive.
• Communities Building Youth Futures: A youth-led and youth-centered network of 20 communities across Turtle Island that supports the creation of new pathways from high school to post-secondary, training, employment, and community leadership opportunities.  
• Community Climate Transitions: A movement of 35+ collaboratives across 10 provinces and one US state that are advancing local climate action and equity through multi-sector partnerships and approaches that centre residents and the community.  
Tamarack’s Learning Centre translates community-developed knowledge and success stories into purposeful practice and skill-building tools that advance the five interconnected practices of community change. 
Since its founding, Tamarack has sought to centre those with lived and living experience of poverty in its work. More recently, in the Tamarack 2030 Plan, Tamarack committed to contributing to work that brings Canada’s poverty rate below 5%; and that interrupts racism, colonialization, xenophobia, and other forms of oppression. Tamarack has also committed to increasing its connection to the more than 25% of people on Turtle Island who identify as Francophone.
It is within this context that Tamarack invites applications and nominations for the appointment of its inaugural Chief Operating Officer (COO). The COO will join Tamarack’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Board, the Institute’s amazing team, and the larger Tamarack community in catalyzing transformational, community-led outcomes.
As a key partner reporting to the CEO, the COO will enhance Tamarack’s people & culture, operational, risk management, and financial capabilities and build processes that support alignment across the organization. The COO will create and champion structures that support Tamarack’s team to understand the changing contexts of communities, to build the capacity of changemakers, to accelerate the impact of place-based partnerships, and to amplify local work to influence public policy and advance systems change at a national level.
The COO will work alongside and provide leadership to the people & culture, finance, operations, and technology/digital infrastructure teams. They will drive people and culture practices, including initiatives related to decision-making authority and role clarity, continued team cohesion, and the talent management cycle of a growing, geographically dispersed, 100% remote team. The COO will also play a key role in supporting a multi-year journey to implement the recommendations that emerged from Tamarack’s equity, diversity, inclusion, justice, and reconciliation audit.
The COO will steward Tamarack’s financial health and sustainability and oversee all financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and compliance requirements. They will prepare Board reports and act as Board Secretary. They will play a key role in evolving Tamarack’s social enterprise and in diversifying revenue for the organization and for place-based partnerships across Turtle Island.
Using an existing risk management framework, the COO will oversee and prioritize Tamarack’s opportunities and mitigate risks. The COO will develop and steward internal planning processes (e.g. annual operational planning); assess and prioritize areas for improvement in internal processes and workflows; develop tools to support all team members; and steward an organizational dashboard that supports the use of meaningful data for learning and improvement.
In the language of place-based partnerships, Tamarack’s COO will be the “backbone of the backbone.”
This appointment calls for a leader who is equally decisive, adaptive, relational, and strategic. As the ideal candidate, you are a people-, process-, and systems-focused leader and understand how to enable, nurture, and transform organizations, and operationalize strategic initiatives and collective vision. You would appreciate frequent thought-partnership with a CEO, and you would find energy in assessing emergent opportunities.
You bring demonstrated team leadership experience, operational expertise, the ability to lead people and culture practices, and have financial acumen, including but not limited to budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting experience. You can support good governance in a non-profit setting by working with a volunteer Board of Directors, and you would be comfortable leading teams in a remote and geographically dispersed environment. Demonstrated commitment to, and the ability to support and embed, equity, diversity, inclusion, justice and reconciliation (EDIJR) is required. You can work within anti-racist and anti-oppressive frameworks and have an understanding of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. You are someone who believes in the power of partnerships that involve people with a range of experiences and perspectives. As Tamarack is committed to engaging and elevating the voice of those most impacted by issues who have the greatest insight into possible solutions, lived/living experience is a definite asset.
With proven change management experience and conflict resolution skills, you build structure and lead through growth with genuine care, compassion, and action. Your analytical and process improvement skills, alongside your exceptional communication and interpersonal skills allow you to implement strategies and foster effective communication pathways, collaborative spaces, efficiencies, and connectedness. You can establish goals, develop implementation plans, monitor progress, ensure effective accountability and strategic alignment, and use data to celebrate, learn, plan, and improve. You work across ideological differences, seek other perspectives, opinions, approaches, and are a lifelong learner. The ability to communicate in both French and English is an asset.
Salary & Benefits:
Tamarack provides a competitive salary and benefits, RRSP package after two years of service, an annual professional development fund, a monthly technology fund, an annual gratitude fund to express gratitude to partners and teammates, flex time, and Focus Fridays. Tamarack’s paid time off includes the flexible option to take three statutory holidays on days that hold meaning to you. Tamarack close its offices the last week of December. Tamarack operates within a progressive management philosophy. This is a full-time 40-hour per week position and compensation is rated between $120,000 and $150,000 a year. The successful candidate will be offered a salary that is commensurate with experience.
Work Environment:
As with most positions at Tamarack, you may reside in any location in Canada. Tamarack is a remote work environment, and your designated office space may be in your home. This role will require overnight travel approximately quarterly in Canada and potentially in the US and other countries, via a learning fund allocated to all team members. It will also require some local travel.
Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, applications from Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority, in accordance with Canadian immigration regulations.
Application Process:
To apply or explore this key leadership position at Tamarack Institute further, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter, in confidence, to Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca) or visit: INSERT HYPERLINK
Tamarack is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Tamarack welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, and strongly encourages applications from systemically underserved communities to apply, including Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities, and members of other equity-deserving groups.
Tamarack and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in this posting, recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes.
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Dans un esprit de respect, de réciprocité et de vérité, nous honorons et reconnaissons que notre travail se déroule sur l’ile de la Tortue (Amérique du Nord) qui, depuis toujours, est la demeure des Premières Nations, des Métis et des Inuit.e.s. Nous reconnaissons les contributions des peuples autochtones du monde entier et nous appuyons la lutte continue pour l’autodétermination et la souveraineté. Nous nous efforçons de comprendre l’histoire des terres sur lesquelles nous sommes des invité.e.s et contribuons à la justice pour tous les peuples autochtones.
L’Institut Tamarack contribue à catalyser l’action collective d’une diversité de leadeur.euse.s pour résoudre les principaux enjeux de la communauté, notamment pour mettre fin à la pauvreté, bâtir l’avenir des jeunes, renforcer les liens communautaires et lutter contre le changement climatique. Notre vision est de construire une force collective multipliée en faveur du changement communautaire. Grâce à notre travail au sein de nos Réseaux pour le changement, nous soutenons de multiples communautés axées sur quatre résultats.
• Les Communautés éliminant la pauvreté : un réseau et un mouvement dédié à l’élimination de la pauvreté au Canada, composés de plus de 400 municipalités et représentés par 90 tables rondes régionales.   
• Les Communautés bâtissant l’appartenance : un réseau qui renforce les quartiers et met fin à l’isolement social et à la polarisation au Canada.
Les Communautés bâtissant l’appartenance est un réseau de plus de 8 000 apprenant.e.s en pleine croissance, aidant les collectivités à développer leur appartenance et à prospérer.
• Les Communautés bâtissant l’avenir des jeunes : un réseau dirigé pour et par les jeunes de 20 communautés de l’île de la Tortue, qui appuie la création de nouvelles voies d’accès de l’école secondaire au postsecondaire, la formation, l’emploi et les possibilités de leadeurship communautaire.  
• Les Communautés en faveur d’une transition socioécologique : un mouvement de plus de 35 collaborations dans 10 provinces et un État américain qui font progresser l’action climatique locale et l’équité grâce à des partenariats et des approches multisectorielles qui centralisent l’importance des résident.e.s et des communautés.  
Le Centre de compétences pour le changement : transforme les connaissances et les récits de réussite acquis depuis les communautés en une pratique ciblée et en outils d’acquisition de compétences qui font progresser les cinq pratiques interreliées du changement communautaire. 
Depuis sa fondation, l’Institut Tamarack a cherché à positionner les personnes ayant une expérience vécue et courante des enjeux qu’il traite dans son travail. Plus récemment, dans le Tamarack 2030 Plan, l’Institut Tamarack s’est engagé à contribuer aux travaux qui ramèneront le taux de pauvreté du Canada en dessous de 5 % ce qui interrompt la croissance potentielle du racisme, du colonialisme, de la xénophobie et d’autres formes d’oppression. L’Institut s’est également engagé à accroître ses liens avec plus de 25 % des résident.e.s de l’île de la Tortue qui s’identifient en tant que francophones.
C’est dans ce contexte que l’Institut lance un appel à candidatures et à nominations pour son/sa premier.ère directeur.rice de l’exploitation. Le/la directeur.rice de l’exploitation rejoindra la présidente-directrice générale (PDG), le conseil d’administration, l’incroyable équipe de l’Institut Tamarack et la communauté plus large de l’Institut dans son ensemble pour faciliter les résultats reliés aux changements dirigés par les communautés et basés sur le lieu.
En tant que partenaire clé relevant de la PDG, le/la directeur.rice de l’exploitation améliorera les processus reliés aux ressources humaines et à la culture d’entreprise, la capacité opérationnelle, la gestion des risques et des finances et élaborera des processus qui soutiennent l’harmonisation à la grandeur de l’Institut Tamarack. Le/La directeur.rice de l’exploitation créera des structures qui soutiennent l’équipe de l’Institut dans la compréhension du contexte changeant des communautés, des structures qui renforcent la capacité des acteur.rice.s du changement, qui accélèrent l’impact des partenariats basés sur le lieu et qui amplifient le travail local d’influence des politiques publiques tout en faisant progresser le changement des systèmes à un niveau national.
Le/La directeur.rice de l’exploitation travaillera de pair avec la direction pour assurer le leadeurship des équipes chargées des personnes et de la culture, des finances, des opérations et de la technologie/infrastructure numérique.
Il/elle dirigera les pratiques concernant les personnes et la culture, y compris les initiatives liées au pouvoir décisionnel et à la clarté des rôles, la cohésion continue de l’équipe et le cycle de gestion des talents d’une équipe en pleine croissance, géographiquement dispersée et œuvrant à 100 % en distanciel. Le/La directeur.rice de l’exploitation jouera également un rôle clé en soutenant un parcours pluriannuel qui met en œuvre les recommandations issues de notre examen de contrôle sur l’équité, la diversité, l’inclusion, la justice et la réconciliation.
Le/La directeur.rice de l’exploitation veillera à la santé financière et la pérennité de l’Institut et supervisera toutes les exigences en matière de rapports financiers, de budgétisation, de prévisions, d’analyse financière et de conformité. Il/Elle préparera les rapports du Conseil d’administration et agira en tant que secrétaire du Conseil. Il/Elle jouera un rôle clé dans l’évolution de l’entreprise sociale de l’Institut et dans la diversification des revenus de l’organisation et des partenariats locaux à travers l’île de la Tortue.
En utilisant un cadre de gestion des risques existant, le/la directeur.rice de l’exploitation supervisera et priorisera les occasions qui peuvent se présenter pour l’Institut et atténuera les risques potentiels. Il/Elle développera et gérera les processus de planification interne (par exemple, la planification opérationnelle annuelle), évaluera et priorisera les éléments à améliorer concernant les processus et le flux du travail à l’interne, développera des outils pour soutenir tous les membres de l’équipe et gérera un tableau de bord organisationnel qui prend en charge l’utilisation de données significatives pour des fins d’apprentissage et d’amélioration.
Dans le langage des partenariats locaux, le/la directeur.rice de l’exploitation de l’Institut Tamarack sert « d’épine dorsale appuyant l’ossature de l’organisme ».
Ce poste requiert un.e leadeur.euse tout aussi décisif.ve, et flexible que relationnel.e. et stratégique. En tant que candidat.e. idéal.e, vous êtes un.e leadeur.euse axé.e sur l’humain, les processus et les systèmes et comprenez comment activer, entretenir et transformer les organisations, et opérationnaliser les initiatives stratégiques et la vision collective. Vous appréciez l’échange et la réflexion en continu en partenariat avec le/la PDG et vous êtes doté.e de l’énergie requise pour identifier et évaluer les opportunités émergentes.
Votre expérience en leadeurship d’équipe est bien établie, de même que votre expertise opérationnelle, votre capacité de diriger des personnes ainsi que la culture d’entreprise. Vous avez le sens des affaires, y compris, mais sans s’y limiter, une expérience en matière de budgétisation, de prévision, d’analyse et de création de rapports s’y rapportant. Vous êtes capable de soutenir une gouvernance saine dans un environnement à but non lucratif en travaillant avec un conseil d’administration bénévole, et vous seriez à l’aise pour diriger des équipes dans un environnement œuvrant en distanciel et géographiquement dispersé.
Vous faites preuve d’engagement et vous avez la capacité de soutenir et d’intégrer l’équité, la diversité, l’inclusion, la justice et la réconciliation (EDIJR) dans les processus. Vous avez la capacité de travailler dans des cadres antiracistes et anti-oppressifs et de comprendre les appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. Vous êtes une personne qui croit au pouvoir des partenariats impliquant des personnes proposant une gamme d’expériences et de perspectives variée. À l’Institut, nous nous engageons à mobiliser et à promouvoir la voix des personnes les plus touchées par les enjeux que nous visons à transformer, qui en ont une expérience pertinente, afin de mieux envisager les solutions possibles.
Muni.e d’une expérience éprouvée en gestion du changement et de compétences en résolution de conflits, vous construisez des structures et en dirigez la croissance avec une attention et une compassion réelles. Vos compétences analytiques et en amélioration des processus, ainsi que vos forces exceptionnelles en communication et en relations interpersonnelles, vous permettent de mettre en œuvre des stratégies et de favoriser des voies de communication efficaces et des espaces collaboratifs avec efficacité tout en gardant un sens de la connectivité communautaire. Vous établissez des objectifs, élaborez des plans de mise en œuvre et suivez la progression des initiatives. Vous assurer des processus de responsabilisation efficaces et un alignement stratégique, et utilisez les données pour célébrer les gains, apprendre des expériences communes, planifier l’avenir et améliorer le tout en continu. Vous naviguez bien les différences idéologiques et recherchez les perspectives, opinions et approches diversifiés, et la perspective d’être un.e apprenant.e tout au long de votre vie vous stimule. La capacité de communiquer en français et en anglais est un atout.
Salaire et avantages sociaux
L’Institut Tamarack offre un salaire et des avantages sociaux concurrentiels, un programme de REER après deux ans de service, un fonds annuel de perfectionnement professionnel, un fonds servant à la technologie, un fonds de gratitude annuel pour les membres de l’équipe afin qu’ils/elles puissent exprimer leur gratitude aux partenaires et aux coéquipier.ère.s, du temps flexible et des vendredis sans réunions. Nos congés payés comprennent l’option flexible de prendre deux jours fériés les jours qui vous tiennent à cœur. Nous fermons nos bureaux la dernière semaine de décembre. L’Institut Tamarack fonctionne au moyen d’une philosophie de gestion progressive. Il s’agit d’un poste à temps plein de 40 heures par semaine et la rémunération se situe entre 120 000 $ et 150 000 $ par année. Le/la candidat.e retenu.e se verra offrir un salaire proportionnel à son expérience.
Milieu de travail
Comme pour la plupart des postes de l’Institut Tamarack, vous pouvez résider n’importe où au Canada. Le travail de l’Institut se fait à distance et votre espace de bureau désigné peut être à domicile. Ce rôle nécessitera des déplacements de nuit environ tous les trimestres au Canada et potentiellement aux États-Unis et dans d’autres pays, appuyés par un fonds d’apprentissage alloué à tous les membres de l’équipe. Le poste nécessitera également quelques déplacements locaux.
Veuillez noter que tous les candidat.e.s qualifié.e.s sont encouragé.e.s à postuler, cependant, les demandes des citoyen.ne.s canadien.ne.s et des résident.e.s permanent.e.s seront prioritaires, conformément à la réglementation canadienne en matière d’immigration.
Processus d’appel à candidature
Pour postuler ou explorer davantage ce poste de direction clé de l’Institut Tamarack, veuillez soumettre un curriculum vitae complet accompagné d’une lettre de motivation, à titre confidentiel, à Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) ou/et Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca) ou sur notre site web : INSERT HYPERLINK
L’Institut s’engage à créer un environnement diversifié et est fier d’être un employeur respectant l’égalité des chances. L’Institut Tamarack accueille les candidatures de toutes les personnes qualifiées et encourage fortement les candidatures des communautés mal desservies par les systèmes, y compris les Autochtones, les personnes racialisées, les personnes en situation de handicap, les personnes de toutes orientations sexuelles et/ou identités de genre et les membres d’autres groupes méritant l’équité.
L’Institut Tamarack et le Griffith Group s’engagent à suivre un processus d’embauche inclusif, accessible et accueillant qui offre des aménagements raisonnables à tous les candidat.e.s. Veuillez informer Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) si vous avez besoin d’aménagements pour participer à ces processus d’affichage, de recrutement, de sélection et/ou d’évaluation.

Executive Director

Food4Kids Ontario provides healthy food on weekends and during the summer months for children with limited or no access to food.

Food4Kids started in Hamilton in 2012 when a 10-year-old child was met waiting outside on a cold wintry morning for a breakfast program. School nutrition programs feed kids during the school day, but there was a gap where kids living in deep poverty were going hungry on the weekends. A group of dedicated volunteers developed the Food4Kids program and grew it into a major success in Hamilton and Halton. Soon, other communities started noticing Food4Kids and its impact, and other passionate individuals started Food4Kids in their areas, too. Six affiliated Chapters provide healthy food for more than 3,800 children through 254 local schools every weekend in Hamilton, Halton, Mississauga, Niagara, Muskoka and Toronto.

Today, Food4Kids Ontario provides resources and support for existing Food4Kids Chapters to grow capacity, increase reach and build strength to ensure a consistent delivery model.

Within this context, Food4Kids Ontario welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its Executive Director. This appointment calls for a transformative leader with the drive to take Food4Kids Ontario to its next level of achievement as the organization continues to expand.

Reporting to a volunteer Board of Directors, the Executive Director will provide strategy, vision, and innovation to advance the mandate of Food4Kids Ontario and support a collective vision – an Ontario where no child goes hungry. The Executive Director will help increase and further define Food4Kids Ontario’s value to existing Chapters and optimize opportunities for collaboration. The Executive Director will oversee all aspects of Food4Kids Ontario’s operations, including fundraising, financial management, program management, board governance, and traditional and digital communications. In partnership with the Board of Directors, the Chapters, and the Food4Kids Ontario community, the Executive Director will play a key role in the development and implementation of an action-oriented and impactful Strategic Plan that promotes growth, efficiency, and Chapter cohesion. Externally, as a key spokesperson for Food4Kids Ontario, the Executive Director will represent and champion the organization and cultivate relationships across the province to strengthen and expand the reach of the Chapters.

As the ideal candidate, you are a visionary and collaborative leader with a passion for and commitment to an Ontario where no child goes hungry. You have progressive experience in senior leadership roles, preferably within a not-for-profit organization. You understand the dynamics of working with and in support of a volunteer Board of Directors. You possess financial management, fundraising, and advocacy skills and experience, and are comfortable serving as an organizational spokesperson. You are entrepreneurial, a builder, and can operate in a smaller not-for profit organization. You have the required skill to support and manage multi dynamic relationships with all Food4Kids Ontario’s Chapters. Your exceptional communication skills inspire trust and enable you to build and sustain strong and collaborative relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, including various levels of government. You can leverage strong research skills to make data-driven decisions, and you are decisive, proactive, and a problem solver who can set and drive high-impact strategic directions to realize the vision of Food4Kids Ontario. Demonstrated commitment to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility is required. Experience and knowledge of supply chain and procurement is an asset.

Salary: Starting at $100,000 with possible flexibility commensurate with experience

Location: This is a remote opportunity. Candidates may reside in any location in Ontario, however, travel to the Chapter locations will be required.

To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with Food4Kids Ontario, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Noshina Choudhary noshina@griffithgroup.ca).

Food4Kids Ontario is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. Food4Kids Ontario strongly encourages applications from women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities. Individuals are encouraged to self-identify.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Food4Kids Ontario and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in this posting, recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes.

National Representative – Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA)

National Union of Public and General Employees (“NUPGE”) is a family of 13 Component unions. Taken together, NUPGE is one of the largest unions in Canada. Most of its 425,000 members work to deliver public services of every kind to the citizens of their home provinces. NUPGE also has a large and growing number of members who work in the private sector.
The National Union is different from most unions; it has a federated structure – in effect, it’s a union of unions. Individuals are members of the National Union through their membership in one of NUPGE’s components. The National Union structure is built on the autonomy and identity of components, while providing the benefits of belonging to a National Union. Components elect their own officers, set their dues, hire their staff and do their own bargaining. The National Union provides assistance and co-ordination, and national and international representation.
NUPGE’s mission is to improve the lives of working families and to build a stronger Canada by ensuring our common wealth is used for the common good. Additionally, NUPGE’s mission as a National Union is to:
• monitor provincial and federal labour laws and developments
• analyse restructuring of social programs and public services
• report on and contribute to legislation affecting the workplace
• give its members a national presence through participation in the Canadian Labour Congress and internationally through Public Services International
• develop and share successful bargaining strategies with its component unions
• contribute to a national framework of services and solidarity to benefit all Canadian workers
Within this context NUPGE invites applications and nominations for its National Representative – Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA). NUPGE strongly encourages applications from members of Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities and all equity-deserving groups including women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.