Executive Director, Ontario Jobs

Full-Time, Permanent

Ottawa, ON

CNIB invites you to build a career as unique as you! We are currently searching for an Executive Director, Ontario! Reporting to the Vice President, Central Canada, the Executive Director, Ontario is a key role within CNIB with a primary focus of ensuring that individuals with sight loss have timely access to high quality programs throughout the province. The Executive Director, Ontario will successfully achieve this mission by developing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal partners, senior leadership, volunteers, donors, government and other community partners. The Executive Director, Ontario develops and implements the operational area of CNIB’s Strategic Plan and serves as a spokesperson for the region and representative of the organization, its staff, volunteers, program expansion and execution of its mission while modeling and promoting the CNIB’s core values of empowerment, inclusiveness, passion, innovation, collaboration and integrity.

Your impact at CNIB

• Ensures the smooth operation of provincial offices and addresses large property concerns in consultation with the Vice President, Central Canada.
• Formulate and recommend budgetary and short- and long-term Provincial operating objectives.
• Manage relationships with participants/local partners/groups as well as develop and foster community and business networks.
• Recruit and steward Senior Leadership Volunteers while seeking their participation to execute the strategic plan.
• Actively seeks opportunities to expand revenue generation to support existing and new programming, operations and strategic initiatives.
• Lead and coach the provincial programs and operations teams to achieve the objectives in CNIB’s Strategic Plan.
• Lead Senior Leadership Volunteers and develop a workplan to support provincial and national efforts to achieve strategic goals.
• Develop a strategic approach, framework and tactical advocacy plan for the region including leading stakeholder relations activities such as strategic planning, lobbying activities, relationship building, outreach with public and private entities (including consumer groups) and national advocacy representation.

Requirements

Who you are:

• Sound stakeholder relations skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use multiple means of communication to effect change, achieve results and build a team.
• Proven government relations and advocacy skills.
• Sound business acumen including budget, performance management, change management and strategic planning.
• Experience with vision loss or working with individuals with vision loss an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a changing environment.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions and resolve issues showing good judgment in a timely manner.
• Passion for CNIB’s mission and objectives.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Not-for-profit and senior volunteer engagement experience (ideally gained through committee or board oversight).
• Demonstrated success in program development and delivery, stakeholder and community relations, and human resources management.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365 software.
• Leadership capability for creating an empowered team of managers, staff and volunteers who are aligned with organization goals.
• Experience with Customer Relationship Management programs such as Salesforce an asset.
• Proven government relations and philanthropy experience.
• Proven track record in a senior management role.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

Work Environment

• Work Willingness to work flexible and non-regular hours to complete work.
• Professional, fast-paced, high-energy, results-oriented, challenging, dynamic, growing and evolving environment.
• Travel within the Province and occasionally within the Division and Nationally.

Benefits

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CNIB is committed to creating and fostering an inclusive culture and welcomes applications from diverse candidates, including but not limited to the Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) community, persons with disabilities, people who are blind or partially sighted, and those who identify as women, gender diverse, and/or 2SLGBTQ+. We strongly encourage applications from applicants with sight loss. Direct lived experience would be a definite asset. If at any stage you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to support your accessibility needs. We're excited to review your application!

Please note: while we invite applications from all interested and qualified applicants, we are unable to follow-up with every applicant.

Closing date: June 26, 2023

About Us

Life is a beautiful, wonderful, complex thing. Life with sight loss should be no different. At CNIB, we're on a mission to change what it means to be blind, and we're not slowing down. We think big, take risks, embrace change, and ask questions. We're inviting you to be part of the conversation.

Our diversity is our strength – we take pride in our inclusive workplace and are committed to recruiting and selecting in a fair, transparent, and accessible way. CNIB welcomes applications from those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) to join us in expanding our capacity for inclusion in the broadest sense. To this end, we strongly encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including but not limited to Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, people who are blind or partially sighted, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. We enthusiastically invite applications from applicants with sight loss. Direct lived experience is a definite asset. CNIB is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities and will work with applicants requesting accommodations at any stage of the hiring process.

Our team's health and wellness are a priority, which is why we offer comprehensive benefits, competitive compensation, and flexible work schedules developed to help you stay healthy.

At CNIB, we are relentlessly passionate about what we do. We are in our second century of smashing societal barriers and stigmas through innovative programs and powerful advocacy. We are a collaborative, empowered team that drives achievement and equality. If that sounds like your cup of tea, let's talk.