Director, Community Solutions

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Director of External Relations (Remote) / Offre d’emploi Direction des relations extérieures (à distance)

Founded in 2008, Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada is the leading Canadian not-for-profit organization promoting workplace cultures that are inclusive of all employees and job seekers; especially 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada works with a member network of Canadian employers and community partners that share its vision of a Canada where everyone can achieve their full potential at work, regardless of gender expression, gender identity and sexual orientation.
Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canada works on the unceded and treatied traditional territories of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, which includes Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Indigenous communities. Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada’s main office is based in Tkarón:to/ Toronto which is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. These lands and waters are the traditional homes and territories of and cared for by the Anishinaabeg, Wendat, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Today, Toronto is home to Indigenous, Afro-Indigenous and Urban Indigenous people from across Turtle Island.
It is within this context that Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its inaugural Director of External Relations (“Director”).
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of External Relations is responsible for the promotion of Pride at Work Canada’s brand presence. The Director will lead the External Relations strategy including resource development, sales, sponsorships, marketing, communications, and member relations. The Director will develop department strategy and prepare budgets and periodic progress reports. The Director manages and mentors four direct reports and ensures team collaboration, efficiency, development and success. The Director is the face of Pride at Work Canada’s communications with external vendors, consultants, and partners, identifying project needs, building strong relationships with stakeholders, and advancing strategic priorities. The Director conducts market research to identify new business development opportunities and develops a workplan focussed on external resource gathering and business growth. The Director also oversees the wider business development workflow and ensures effective and efficient Customer Relationship Management practices among team members and between departments. This position requires regular travel across Canada to attend in-person events.
As the ideal candidate, you have leadership and management/ mentorship experience coupled with demonstrated experience in sales, marketing, and/ or customer relations. You can provide strategic direction and create a work environment that enables an organization to achieve results. You have strong written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal and networking skills. You have a high level of understanding of gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation inclusion in the workplace, and demonstrated experience cultivating a culture of belonging, especially for Indigenous, Black, racialized, trans, and disabled employees. Experience working with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, especially Two-Spirit, queer, and trans BIPOC communities is desired, as is a strong understanding of anti-racism, reconciliation, intersectionality, diversity, inclusion, equity, accessibility, and human rights issues. Demonstrated fluency in French, ASL, and/ or QSL is an asset.
Candidates who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ or are otherwise marginalized on the grounds of gender expression, gender identity and/ or sexual orientation are strongly encouraged to apply. Lived experience as a member of any equity-deserving community is considered a strong asset.
To support pay equity Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada maintains established salary bands. The salary range for this full time, permanent position is $83,760 – $99,465 per year. Associated benefits are:
● 15 paid vacation per year.
● 10 paid flex days per year.
● Dental coverage.
● Health coverage (including gender-affirming care and paramedical).
● Health Spending Account ($500/ year).
● Professional Development Fund ($2,500/ year).
● GRSP Employer Contribution ($3,000/ year) and option for non-matching employee contribution.
Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada is a virtual first (anywhere in Canada) workplace and Toronto staff have the opportunity to work out of the office if they wish.
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada, please submit a resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca) and/ or Noshina Choudhary (noshina@griffithgroup.ca ), or visit INSERT GG WEBSITE HYPERLINK
Accessibility
Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada welcomes and encourages applications from disabled people, and people with disabilities. Pride at Work Canada/ Fierté au travail Canada and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. We encourage requests to make the hiring process as accessible as possible, some examples may be:
● captions during the interview;
● having a support person or support animal;
● video or audio resume or cover letters;
● sending follow-up responses in case there is anything you feel you missed during your interview.
Disclosure is not required, just what would make the process as welcoming and accessible to you. Please advise Sam Walton at any point (sam@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in any aspect of the recruitment/ assessment process, and we will work with you to meet your needs.
All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Associate Vice President Enrolment Services and Registrar

The University of British Columbia (UBC), one of the world’s most dynamic universities, is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities globally. A large part of what makes UBC unique is the community of engaged students, faculty and staff who are collectively committed to shaping a better world. UBC’s vision is to create an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada, and the world. With campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan, UBC have more than 70,000 students and offers both intellectual riches and an unrivalled quality of life.

It is within this context that UBC invites applications and nominations for the position of AVP Enrolment Services and Registrar (AVP & Registrar) commencing fall 2022.

The AVP & Registrar reports to the Provost and Vice-President, Academic at UBC Vancouver, and UBC Okanagan. The AVP ES & Registrar is responsible for the management and leadership of Enrolment Services for all of UBC, and for carrying out the duties of the Registrar as defined in the University Act including overseeing appropriate secretariat support to the UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Senates and the Council of Senates. The AVP ES & Registrar develops and ensures the plans for achieving the Enrolment Services goals and objectives within the context of the UBC’s Next Century Strategic Plan, as well as the Inclusion Action Plan, Indigenous Strategic Plan, among others, and the Senate-approved enrolment plans for each campus, are achieved.

The AVP ES & Registrar has a leadership role in the strategic enrolment management process to ensure that students are attracted to and retained at UBC. This includes overseeing student financial assistance to support recruitment and retention goals. The AVP ES & Registrar is responsible for ensuring that Enrolment Services is an inclusive and diverse workplace which is free from harassment and discrimination and that all staff provide service and support to students that is based on and fully reflects a philosophy of inclusiveness and respect for diversity. In collaboration with the AVP & Chief Information Officer and UBC IT, which oversees the technical management of the Student Information Systems, the AVP ES & Registrar provides strategic leadership and direction to ensure effective operational management, quality and performance of the Student Information System, and transition to Workday Student, and for the accuracy and security of all student records.

Success of these, and other goals, is achieved at UBC through consultation and collaboration with stakeholders, the introduction of innovative policies and procedures, accurate and useful data analysis, reporting and monitoring, – effective business process design, and the effective use of technology.

The Associate Registrars & Directors of the following functional areas in Enrolment Services report to the AVP ES & Registrar: Undergraduate Admissions & Domestic Student Recruitment; Student Support & Advising, Strategic Indigenous Enrolment Initiatives; Student Scheduling, Record, Systems Management; Student Financial Management; Senate Secretariat and the Okanagan Campus Enrolment Services unit. The AVP ES & Registrar also chairs the Enrolment Management Committee, is an active member of Executive Enrolment Committee (Vancouver), Strategic Enrolment Management Committee (Okanagan), and Integrated Service Centre and the Integrated Renewal Program – Student. Key partners include the International Student Initiative, and the Vice-President, Students portfolio in Vancouver (UBC-V), the Associate Vice-President, Students in the Okanagan (UBC-O), UBCIT, Finance & Operational Excellence, the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (UBC-V), and the College of Graduate Studies (UBC-O).

As the ideal candidate, you bring a tenure of success in Enrolment Services/Registrar roles from a complex and research intensive post-secondary environment. You hold a deep commitment to the well-being and development of students and to the evolution of education. You have a strong understanding, gained through experience, of how to support and advise governance bodies. You understand how to make data-informed decisions and have participated in large scale IT transformative implementations. Your communication style and presentation skills are excellent, and you are at ease presenting to large and small groups across a variety of academic and non-academic topics including student supports. Your leadership and intercultural skills are inclusive which allows you to collaborate with a diverse range of partners across campus and in the UBC communities. You are a strong leader with a commitment to mentoring staff, and the desire to support a culture that embraces growth and innovation. You have experience managing complex budgets that have competing priorities and limited resources. Candidates must have a deep and proven commitment to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion; experience in supporting the participation of Indigenous students, related lived and personal experience is considered an asset. Candidates must hold a graduate degree from a recognized university, or a combination of an undergraduate degree and experience.

This role is based on the Vancouver Campus of UBC, with frequent travel required to the Okanagan campus.

To apply or explore this exceptional leadership opportunity with the University of British Columbia, please submit a curriculum vitae along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and Sam Walton (sam@griffithgroup.ca).

For more information about UBC, visit www.ubc.ca.

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence.  An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. UBC encourages applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.  All applicants will be asked to complete a confidential equity survey.

Candidates who require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact Jane Griffith at jane@griffithgroup.ca .

Vice President, Community Engagement

Long before Canada was formed, the Stó:lō (people of the river) occupied the land on which the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is located. They lived in the Fraser Valley and lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia and they spoke Halq’eméylem, also known as the upriver dialect. The university is steadfastly committed to Indigenization and the honouring of Indigenous knowledge at all touchpoints of learning. Learn more about Stó:lō territory by watching the video: Beautiful Land of the River

UFV is a fully accredited, public university that enrolls approximately 15,000 students per year. Founded in 1974 as Fraser Valley College, UFV achieved university status in 2008 and from its inception has been a student-centred institution and dedicated partner in the Fraser Valley’s social, cultural, economic, and sustainable development. It has campuses and locations in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, and Hope, and a presence in Chandigarh, India. UFV is large enough to offer variety, and yet small class sizes allow students to get to know instructors and learn in a supportive and enriching environment with an abundance of opportunities for practical experience. UFV offers more than 100 programs, including three master’s degrees, 21 bachelor’s degrees with majors, minors, and extended minors in more than 35 subject areas, four graduate certificates, and more than a dozen trades and technology programs. UFV has nearly 46,000 alumni, 15,000 current students, and 1,300 employees. To learn more about working at UFV, please watch the following video: Why Not Both.

As one of BC’s top employers for the past eight consecutive years, UFV is in one of the most vibrant and diverse communities in British Columbia and is driving distance to the beautiful city of Vancouver. In 2021, UFV launched a new integrated strategic plan titled IYAQAWTWX (House of Transformation). Grounded in UFV’s core values of integrity, inclusivity, community, and excellence, the plan defines the strategic goals and imperatives UFV will integrate into all activities to transform its work and carry out its mission of engaging learners, transforming lives, and building community.

It is within this context that UFV welcomes nominations and applications for the position of Vice President, Community Engagement (“Vice President”).

Reporting to the President and working closely with other members of UFV’s senior executive team, the Vice President provides vision and leadership to internal and external constituents to advance UFV’s vision, mission, and integrated strategic plan. The role holds primary responsibility for planning and programming related to marketing, communications, university advancement, alumni engagement, community engagement, and ceremonies and events. Strongly connected to diverse internal and external communities, the Vice President is responsive to those communities through relationship‐building, strategic communications, and partnerships. In all, the Vice President is focused on UFV’s commitment to excellence in postsecondary education by identifying ways to maintain and enhance the university’s reputation and partnerships locally, provincially, and beyond.

As the ideal candidate, you have significant strategic leadership experience and business acumen gained through related experiences in your career. Your progressive career path includes senior management accountabilities, preferably in a unionized public sector environment. As a high-integrity leader, you build a team culture that is collaborative, agile, responsive, empowering, and supportive of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, and supporting Indigenous peoples through the TRC’s Calls to Actions to decolonize academic institutions. You bring a depth of experience in major gift fundraising, stewardship and relationship building through public and private philanthropic activities, and developing and implementing organizational marketing and communications strategies. You demonstrate a proven record of forging strong relationships with cross‐functional teams and external stakeholders, with building internal and external support for strategic goals and objectives, and with developing and executing strategic plans. Applicants for this position will hold a Master’s degree; however an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

To explore this opportunity please contact Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and Denny Young (denny@griffithgroup.ca).

UFV 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 and UFV 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