Partnerships Manager – Settlement Service Agencies & Community Organizations

Partnerships Manager – Settlement Service Agencies & Community Organizations

Status: Full-time, permanent

Location: Remote within Canada however candidates within Toronto, ON, Calgary AB or Montreal QC will be given preference

Reports to: Director, Partnerships

Salary Range: $75,500 – 80,000 plus a 10% bilingualism premium if you are bilingual in English and French.

About the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC)

Canada’s future relies on immigrants not just coming here but staying here and becoming active, engaged citizens. The ICC’s goal is to unlock Canada for newcomers.

Our programs include:

• The Canoo Access Pass, which welcomes hundreds of thousands of newcomers to Canada by providing free access, via its app, to our national partner network of over 1,400 parks, museums, galleries, science centres and other sports and cultural attractions
• The Newcomer Career Accelerator, which supports newcomer youth in developing Canadian work experience through high-value volunteer service work
• Ideas and Insights, our research and advocacy arm.
• Building Citizenship, which sees the ICC host 60 enhanced citizenship ceremonies each year nationwide.

The ICC office is in downtown Toronto, with some team members working remotely in different locations across Canada.Learn more about our purpose, programs, culture, process and perks here.

About This Role

In this role, you will have the opportunity to grown and deepen the ICC’s relationship with settlement service agencies and other immigrant-serving community organizations across Canada through forging and enhancing formal and informal partnerships.

Reporting to the Director, Partnerships, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that through our partnerships, every newcomer to Canada knows about, and has access to, the Canoo Access Program, the Newcomer Career Accelerator Program and other related programs.

What you’ll do:

• Work with the ICC team to create special programs and opportunities so we can better support settlement agencies in their work
• Liaise between ICC’s different departments and settlement agencies where required, for example, to facilitate joint research initiatives or funding proposals
• Provide recommendations to ICC leadership on forging high-quality, supportive relationships with settlement agencies
• Provide presentations to settlement agencies, and represent the ICC in relevant meetings and events (virtual and in-person)
• Grow and strengthen the ICC’s relationships with settlement agencies across Canada
• Work with settlement agencies to support our flagship Canoo program within and with their networks
• Coordinate the distribution of ICC’s digital and physical collateral with settlement agencies and other community organizations
• Keep agency partners up to date with ICC’s work, research, services and other offerings

What you’ll bring:

• Advocacy experience is an asset
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail with an eye on the big picture.
• Excellent organizational skills coupled with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities in a high-volume and results-oriented environment
• Minimum of 4 years' experience working in the newcomer settlement sector in Canada
• Experience using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce or similar is an asset
• Preference for candidate to reside in Calgary, Toronto, or Montréal metropolitan areas.
• Bilingualism in French is a strong asset
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, and demonstrated success in writing clear and compelling messaging
• High degree of comfort in verbal negotiations and customer service.
• You’re moved by the objective to make the ICC a relevant actor within the immigrant serving organizations across Canada
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: partnerships, public relations, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, community outreach, sales
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with the team and across departments.

Compensation:

• A base salary of $75,000 – 80,000.00, commensurate with experience
• Opportunities for growth and advancement within the team, as well as professional development and training opportunities
• A comprehensive benefits package, including extended health and dental benefits
• Our approach to compensation is a conversation with you. We want to discuss compensation with you to make sure we get it right.
• A 10% salary premium if you are professionally bilingual in English and French

Interested? Great! Please submit your cover letter and CV to [email protected] quoting the job title no later than May 10, 2023.

The hiring process may include the following stages:

• Phone Screening
• Interview with project team members
• Reference checks prior to offer
• Second interview with leadership team member(s)

We thank all candidates for their interest but only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on an on-going basis.

The Institute for Canadian Citizenship is an equal opportunity employer committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, and work environments that support a diverse workforce. If you require accommodation measures during any aspect of the recruitment process, we will work with you to address your needs.