Project Coordinator, Smartlife Technology Programs

Full-Time Contract (2-years), Toronto, ON
CNIB invites you to build a career as unique as you! We are currently searching for a Project Coordinator, SmartLife Technology Programs! Reporting to the President, CNIB SmartLife and Open Innovation, the Project Coordinator, SmartLife Technology Programs, will play a key role in changing the lives of Canadians who are blind, partially sighted, or deafblind, through a critical support role to a core team dedicated to the development and implementation of virtual digital curriculum, programming and 1:1 training.
This role will manage the overall administration and scheduling details for SmartLife staff training and development including maintaining the training and development calendar, supporting development and maintenance of Brightspace courses and communication to staff and managers.
Your impact at CNIB

• Support the development and presentation of staff and volunteer educational/training content via CNIB Brightspace, virtual, and in-person delivery.
• Support community engagement through regional learning workshops conducted by SmartLife Coaches, Technology Leads, Apprentices, Come to Work talent pool participants and volunteers.
• Provide support to SmartLife administration and operation.
• In collaboration with the centralized service quality team, and the program service delivery team, ensure appropriate entry and capture of data, and represent that data as required internally, and in all quarterly and annual reporting cycles for the Connecting With Technology program.
• Support consistent team tracking and reporting to enable quantitative and qualitative deliverables and reporting criteria.
• Support marketing strategies that engage and inform clients and attract new participants and volunteers.
• Support the recruitment, onboarding, training, development, and supervision of Connecting with Technology associated Intern position.

Requirements
Who you are:

• Excellent verbal and written communication and superior interpersonal skills.
• Proven time management, planning, coordinating and organization skills; proactive in initiating multiple projects on an ongoing basis.
• Portrays the appropriate professional image.
• Demonstrates mature and sensitive nature when dealing with the needs of persons living with vision loss.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills to work to concurrent and/or conflicting deadlines.
• Professional attitude, results oriented, strategic, and flexible.
• Excellent proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent relationship/team builder and networking skills with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and documentation.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Personal and/or professional experience relating to blindness and vision loss and associated assistive technologies.
• Experience in ensuring appropriate processes for data gathering and compilation for complex quantitative and qualitative reports.
• Demonstrated ability to lead or support projects, coordinate, and manage people respectfully, and use of methods that create accessibility and inclusion.
• At minimum, a working knowledge of Salesforce CRM database.
• Experience in recruitment, onboarding, training and supervision of staff, students and/or volunteers.
• Strong experience in project management, stakeholder relations, cross-sector collaboration, and project communications.
• Personal or professional experience relating to blindness and sight loss is considered an asset.
• Personal or professional experience working with assistive technology and/or accessible environments is considered an asset.
• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field and relevant experience.

Work Environment

• Periodic travel requirements to meet operational objectives and team initiatives.
• This position will have a primary base at one of our CNIB SmartLife Centers but is also inclusive of remote work opportunity.
• Able to lead and work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits
Apply now!
If this sounds like the role for you, we invite you to apply now! Include a resume, cover letter, and a mention how you learned about this position. Please note, that while we welcome applications from all interested and qualified candidates, we are unable to follow-up with every applicant. Only applicants who submit their cover letter and resume in an accessible format—i.e., with alt text, high-contrast colours, etc.—will be considered. This will ensure your content is available to as many people as possible, including those who use assistive technology.
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!
Closing date: May 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.