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.

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!

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.

Jack.org is on a mission to empower young individuals with community, knowledge, and tools to champion mental well-being. It stands poised and empowered for this crucial task, fortified by dedicated donors, a robust financial reserve, visionary leadership, and a high-performing team eager to drive change. Focused on addressing the prevalent issue of mental health distress among youth, particularly those systematically excluded from mental health dialogue and action, it creates and adapts programming to cater to diverse youth demographics and communities across Canada. Its approach centres on upstream prevention of mental distress and the promotion of mental well-being. Jack.org was created in memory of Jack Windeler, a first-year student at Queen’s University who died by suicide at 18 years old. Jack’s parents, Eric Windeler and Sandra Hanington, co-founded Jack.org to provide young people with mental health education and to ensure that those struggling can access the support they deserve.
It is within this context that Jack.org welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its President & Chief Executive Officer commencing January 2025, or soon after.
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the President & Chief Executive Officer (“President & CEO”) will shape and implement Jack.org’s long-term strategic and annual plans, which are designed to enhance current activities, outline an approach to advocacy that leverages the “youth voice,” and build upon existing organizational strengths in programming and national representation. Working with a dedicated staff and Executive Leadership team, the President & CEO oversees the activities and operations of Jack.org, including program design and delivery; revenue generation; public advocacy activities; government and partner relations and finance and risk management as well as providing support to the Board of Directors. The President & CEO is actively engaged in Jack.org’s revenue generation activities, including through maintaining a pipeline of active major donors, and by ensuring new and consistent sources of ongoing funding from external partners including government ministries, corporations and family foundations.
As the ideal candidate, you are a highly regarded and respected leader who has held progressively senior leadership roles from an organization of similar size and complexity. Experience gained at the CEO level and from a non-profit organization or a registered charity with a focus on youth mental health are both considered assets. Your career provides you with knowledge and an understanding of financial management, donor activation and stewardship, community and government relations, change management, organizational strategy and governance activities. As a leader, you empower high performance, mission-driven, and results-oriented teams, and have the required skill to build a culture that embraces innovation and trust as core principles. You have experience in nurturing young talent and understand how to motivate the next generation of leaders. Your communications skills are excellent, and you are at ease with public speaking. As a national organization, proficiency in English is required, and bilingualism in French and English is highly desirable. Your executive skills are well developed and include financial and budgetary expertise, knowledge of governance best practices, experience in a transformative yet holistic change, and conflict resolution skills. You have helped organizations navigate change and have dealt with complex challenges. A depth of knowledge and appreciation of the youth mental health landscape is required. As the lead spokesperson for the organization, the President & CEO must be an engaging individual who can builder, foster and support a culture of trust and credibility both inside the organization with the leadership team, staff, and the board, and externally with the youth network, donors, funding and community partners, and its youth ambassadors across Canada. The President & CEO must actively champion and embed equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and reconciliation and indigenization into all aspects of the organization and support a culture that encourages strong and respectful collaboration across a multi-generational and diverse community, workforce, and volunteer network.
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with Jack.org, 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).
All applications must be received before Wednesday November 13, 2024 at 5p.m. ET.
Jack.org 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.
Jack.org 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.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Jack.org, une organisation nationale d’avant-garde dans le domaine de la santé mentale des jeunes, a pour mission d’autonomiser les jeunes en leur fournissant les ressources, la communauté et les outils nécessaires pour devenir des leaders dans la promotion du bien-être mental. Forte du soutien de donateur.rice.s fidèles, d’une réserve financière solide, d’un leadership visionnaire et d’une équipe hautement performante, Jack.org est idéalement placée pour répondre aux défis critiques de la santé mentale des jeunes à travers le Canada. L’organisation se distingue par son approche innovante de la prévention en amont de la détresse mentale et par ses programmes adaptés à des communautés et des groupes de jeunes diversifiés, notamment ceux systématiquement exclus du dialogue et des initiatives en matière de santé mentale. Fondée en mémoire de Jack Windeler, un étudiant de première année à l’Université Queen’s décédé par suicide à l’âge de 18 ans, Jack.org a été créée par ses parents, Eric Windeler et Sandra Hanington. Leur vision était d’offrir aux jeunes une éducation en santé mentale et de garantir que ceux.celles qui en ont besoin puissent accéder au soutien nécessaire. Aujourd’hui, Jack.org est reconnue pour son rôle central dans l’éducation des jeunes sur ces enjeux et pour ses efforts en faveur d’un dialogue inclusif et national.

Dans cette perspective, Jack.org lance un appel à candidatures et nominations pour le poste de Président.e-Directeur.rice Général.e (Président.e & PDG), avec une prise de fonction prévue en janvier 2025 ou peu après.

Sous la direction du Conseil d’administration, le.la Président.e-Directeur.rice Général.e (Président.e & PDG) jouera un rôle déterminant dans l’élaboration, la mise en œuvre et l’exécution des plans stratégiques à long terme et des plans annuels de l’organisation. Ceux-ci visent à renforcer les programmes actuels, à façonner une stratégie de plaidoyer axée sur l’engagement des jeunes et à exploiter les forces organisationnelles existantes afin de consolider la portée nationale et l’impact de Jack.org. En collaboration avec une équipe de direction exécutive et un personnel dévoué, le.la Président.e-Directeur.rice Général.e (Président.e & PDG) supervisera l’ensemble des activités de Jack.org. Cela inclut la conception et la mise en œuvre des programmes, la mobilisation de fonds, les activités de sensibilisation du public, les relations avec les partenaires publics et privés, ainsi que la gestion des finances et des risques, tout en apportant son soutien au Conseil d’administration. Une composante essentielle de ce poste consiste à diriger activement les efforts de mobilisation de fonds de Jack.org. Il s’agit notamment de gérer un portefeuille actif de grand.e.s donateur.rice.s, d’identifier de nouvelles sources de financement durables provenant de partenaires externes (les entités gouvernementales, les entreprises privées et les fondations familiales) et de garantir la constance de ces flux de revenus diversifiés.

Le.la candidate idéal.e est un.e leader reconnu.e, tenu.e en haute estime, respecté.e et expérimenté.e, ayant occupé des postes de direction d’importance croissante dans des organisations de taille et de complexité similaires. Une expérience préalable à un poste de PDG, ainsi qu’une expérience acquise au sein d’une organisation à but non lucratif ou de bienfaisance enregistrée, en particulier dans le domaine de la santé mentale des jeunes, sont des atouts.

Votre parcours professionnel démontre une solide expertise en gestion financière, en acquisition et fidélisation des donateur.rice.s, en relations communautaires et gouvernementales, en gestion du changement, ainsi qu’en gouvernance et stratégie organisationnelle. En tant que dirigeant.e, vous savez mobiliser des équipes performantes, orientées vers la mission et les résultats et vous possédez les compétences nécessaires pour instaurer

une culture qui valorise l’innovation, la transparence et la confiance comme principes fondamentaux. Vous avez démontré des compétences dans l’accompagnement et le développement de jeunes talents, ainsi qu’une capacité à motiver la prochaine génération de leaders. Vos compétences en communication sont excellentes et vous êtes à l’aise avec la prise de parole en public. Dans un contexte d’organisation nationale, la maîtrise de l’anglais est requise et le bilinguisme en français et en anglais est fortement souhaité.

Vos compétences exécutives sont bien développées et incluent une solide maîtrise des finances et des budgets, une bonne compréhension des meilleures pratiques en matière de gouvernance, ainsi qu’une capacité éprouvée à mener des transformations organisationnelles, tout en préservant une approche holistique. Vous avez également des compétences avérées en résolution de conflits et vous avez déjà aidé des organisations à naviguer à travers des périodes de changement et à relever des défis complexes. Une connaissance approfondie des enjeux liés à la santé mentale des jeunes est nécessaire pour ce rôle.
En tant que principal porte-parole de Jack.org, le.la Président.e-Directeur.rice Général.e (Président.e & PDG) doit être une personne engageante, capable de construire et de renforcer une culture de confiance et de crédibilité, tant à l’intérieur de l’organisation — auprès de l’équipe de direction, des employé.e.s et du conseil d’administration — qu’à l’extérieur, avec le réseau de jeunes, les donateur.rice.s, les partenaires financiers et communautaires, ainsi que les ambassadeurs jeunesse à travers le Canada. Le.la Président.e-Directeur.rice Général.e (Président.e & PDG) doit être un.e champion.ne actif.ve de l’équité, de la diversité, de l’inclusion, de l’accessibilité, de la réconciliation et de l’autochtonisation. Ces principes doivent être intégrés dans tous les aspects des activités de l’organisation, en favorisant une culture collaborative et respectueuse au sein d’une communauté multigénérationnelle, diversifiée et inclusive, comprenant tant le personnel que les bénévoles.

Pour en savoir plus sur cette opportunité de leadership et d’impact au sein de Jack.org, nous vous invitons à soumettre votre candidature, comprenant un curriculum vitae détaillé et une lettre de motivation, en toute confidentialité, à Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) ou Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).
Toutes les candidatures doivent être soumises avant le mercredi 13 novembre 2024 à 17h, heure de l’Est.
Jack.org encourage la diversité et l’inclusion dans toutes ses formes et invite donc les candidatures de toutes les personnes qualifiées, y compris, mais sans s’y limiter, les femmes, les personnes autochtones, les personnes racialisées, les personnes en situation de handicap, ainsi que les personnes de toutes orientations sexuelles et identités de genre.
Jack.org et Griffith Group s’engagent à offrir un processus de recrutement inclusif, accessible et accueillant, qui garantit des accommodements raisonnables à tou.te.s les candidat.e.s. Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation dans le cadre du processus de recrutement ou d’évaluation, veuillez contacter Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca).
Bien que toutes les candidatures qualifiées soient encouragées, la préférence sera accordée aux citoyen.ne.s canadien.ne.s et aux résident.e.s permanent.e.s.