Associate – Grants Administration

DEPARTMENT: Program Design

COMPANY: Skills for Change

LOCATION: 791 St. Clair Ave West, Toronto ON

REPORTS TO: Supervisor - Grants Administration

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

HOURS: 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday, with occasional evening and/or weekend hours)

START DATE: Immediately

COMPANY:

Located on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, Skills for Change is working towards advancing the Sustainable Development Goals for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Named Charity Village's Best Non-Profit Employer - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and winner of the 2021 Canada Volunteer Awards for innovation, our organization is committed to reducing poverty, improve mental health, eliminating gender-based violence, building community, eradicating systemic racism, and settling and creating sustainable communities for all immigrants, refugees, and underserved communities. Start your career with SfC and join our 40-year history of creating innovative programming to build welcoming and equitable communities.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

Founded in 1982, Skills for Change is a leading non-profit organization serving immigrants and refugees in Canada. Our mission is to build welcoming and equitable communities. Skills for Change is known for pioneering programs that respond to shifting immigration and workplace trends and lead to employment. We create skills development opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community. Our Agency has played a major role in uplifting immigrant and equity-seeking communities for 40 years. As one of the leading holistic service providers in our sector, Skills for Change offers more than 25 programs and services, and annually serves 16,000 people who are newcomers, immigrants, and equity-seeking groups in services around employment, integration, mental health, leadership, entrepreneurship, and more.

PROGRAM NATURE AND SCOPE:

The Associate – Grants Administration will support the management of the lifecycle of the grants process including the day-to-day responsibilities, like tracking funding opportunities, coordinating with program teams, and supporting the program design team in-coordination with the Supervisor. The role includes project management and coordination of activities that entail idea generation, building cost and staffing models, creating, and maintaining core foundational materials for proposal writing, and keeping an overarching view on program objectives and funding opportunities in-coordination with the Supervisor. The Associate – Grants Administration may also support key time-bound projects to support Skills for Change across work streams in collaboration with the Supervisor and Managers to support other Program Managers/Directors leading certain efforts.

The ideal candidate has:

  • Knowledge of the non-profit funding environment – its current challenges, opportunities, and trends – in Ontario and across Canada.

  • Experience in written communication – including editing and creating concise explanations of complex materials.

  • Excellent coordination and project management skills to keep key projects on track and flag any diversions with right people within the organization

  • Ability to work effectively with others at varying levels of an organization and to consistently display a high level of professionalism in all interactions including experience with maintaining confidentiality as needed

  • In-depth computer skills in Google and Microsoft Office Suite.

Specific Accountabilities

  • Support the overall lifecycle of the grants process including supervising the day-to-day activities of the Program Design department – specifically the Master Grants Tracker and the pipeline of all upcoming Grants.

  • Document service levels, support development of reporting frameworks and administrative processes, administer, and monitor assigned budgets and expenditures.

  • In collaboration with the Manager and Supervisors, Program Design, support the design of new program models through coordination of concept papers and proposals that draw from the Skills for Change approach, research, and best practice to meet strategy goals and the needs of partners and community

  • Contribute to the creation of related budget models that meet the needs of new programs with an eye towards sustainability.

  • Project Manage the various program design and research activities of the department in coordination with the Supervisor and various internal and external teams to further the department goals

  • Continually work at building and maintaining smooth communication amongst all the team members

  • Perform research into new opportunities and partners, support landscape analyses and collaborate with key internal and external experts necessary to inform program design with the support of the Managers and Supervisors in the team

  • Coordinate proposal input from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from program managers and finance

  • Ensure successful project design and implementation planning for new partnerships, with an eye towards ensuring a process of broad input and collaborative decision-making

  • Support other associates within the department using tools that achieve departmental goals and strategic outcomes

Requirements and Qualifications:

  • At least two (2) years of experience working in non-profit, philanthropy or in government in a similar role is required

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field is required. Project Management certificate would be considered an asset

  • Familiarity and experience of working with Project Management Tools preferred

  • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

  • A clear vulnerable sector check is required

WORK WITH US AND ENJOY:

  • 100% employer paid comprehensive health, dental & wellness benefit

  • Generous paid sick days and attractive vacation package

  • Employer matched RRSP contributions

  • Professional development workshops, training & development opportunities

  • Companywide wellness initiatives, staff awards and retreats.

PLEASE SEND YOUR APPLICATION TO: hr@skillsforchange.org

Skills for Change provides learning and training opportunities for immigrants, refugees and equity seeking groups to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community to persons with disabilities to newcomers to Canada (including refugees) to Indigenous peoples to members of a visible minority to children or youth to seniors to the LGBTQ2 community. Skills for Change offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities in each stage of the hiring process. If you are contacted regarding a job opportunity, please advise if you require accommodation. This document is available in alternate format on request.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.