The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is the national voice of municipal governments, representing the interests of cities and communities with the federal government.

Position

Manager, Capacity Development, Financing Adaptation

Department

Green Municipal Fund (GMF) - Growth & Development

Classification

Level 7

Salary

Our salaries generally range from $99,470 - $111,650 and are based on qualifications and experience

Languages

Bilingual English required, French is an asset

Term

Permanent Full-Time (Net-New Position)

Location

Hybrid (Ottawa) or Remote (Canada)

Why GMF is the place for you

At the Green Municipal Fund (GMF), we create change where it matters most—in Canada’s municipalities. As the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ flagship program and backed by a $2.4 billion endowment from the Government of Canada, GMF helps Canadian municipalities, big and small, invest in their future by supporting homegrown sustainability and resilience projects that work for Canadians by creating jobs, lowering costs, and strengthening local economies.

Through our unique mix of funding, resources and training, GMF is enhancing the quality of life for people in Canada by accelerating a transformation to sustainable and resilient communities.

Since 2000, GMF has invested over $1.6 billion in local projects helping communities avoid 2.9 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, while also contributing $1.24 billion to the national GDP and creating more than 13,000 person-years of national employment.

#You in this role

The Manager, Capacity Development, Financing Adaptation leads how the Green Municipal Fund’s Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation (LLCA) program helps municipalities build the capacity to finance infrastructure and projects that reduce climate risk. This is a leadership role in an emerging area of work where municipal climate resilience, sustainable finance and market development meet. The role sets the course for how GMF equips municipalities and their partners to understand financing options, build stronger business cases, navigate investor expectations and advance adaptation projects toward financing readiness.

This work is essential because the scale of municipal adaptation needs far exceeds available public funding, and many municipalities, especially small and mid-sized communities, do not yet have the capacity, partnerships, revenue pathways or transaction experience needed to attract and work with private or institutional capital. GMF’s strategy recognizes that accelerating climate action requires mobilizing capital through leverage, improving the business case for resilient infrastructure, reducing risk for investors, and helping municipalities access financing pathways that go beyond grants alone.

The role focuses on the Financing Adaptation stream of LLCA, which is intended to help municipalities and their partners develop viable pathways to finance climate adaptation projects and attract greater investment into resilient infrastructure. This includes supporting municipalities to better understand investor needs, investment options, repayment mechanisms, risk-return considerations, partnership structures and other factors that shape whether projects are considered.

The Manager leads a team that designs and delivers a spectrum of capacity development supports to meet municipalities where they are and help them move forward. This includes building awareness of what is possible, connecting municipalities with peers, experts and financing partners, deepening knowledge and skills through practical tools and training, and providing technical coaching and guidance that strengthen project readiness, financing models and decision-making. Through webinars, learning cohorts, peer networks, communities of practice, case studies and other knowledge resources, the role helps municipalities move from early ideas to financing readiness, implementation and replication.

The Manager is responsible for shaping strategy and work plans, leading staff, building partnerships, mobilizing lessons learned and improving the impact of the Financing Adaptation capacity development portfolio over time. The role’s responsibilities are focused primarily on the following:

• Capacity development activities and programming that support municipalities in understanding and pursuing financing for climate adaptation and resilient infrastructure projects, including awareness-raising, peer learning, training, relationship-building and technical coaching.
• Capacity development related to private sector financing and capital mobilization, including helping municipalities understand investor expectations, financing structures, risk mitigation tools, partnership models and conditions that can improve project bankability and long-term viability.
• Mobilization of lessons learned from funded studies, pilots and projects so that municipalities across Canada can benefit from emerging practices, tested approaches and repeatable models.
• Development and maintenance of relationships with relevant external organizations, networks, partners, experts and market actors to broaden reach, deepen impact and strengthen program delivery.
• Oversight and continual improvement of impact measurement and reporting for the Financing Adaptation capacity development portfolio.
• People management to foster leadership, collaboration and professional development among team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for capacity development in the Financing Adaptation portfolio, including priorities, learning journeys, delivery approaches and partnership strategies that respond to municipal needs and complement available funding offers.
• Guide and oversee the development of awareness-raising, relationship-building, skills development and capacity development programming related to financing climate adaptation and resilient infrastructure.
• Lead the design, creation and delivery of webinars, workshops, peer-learning cohorts, communities of practice, tools, case studies, guidance materials and other resources that support municipalities and partners at different stages of readiness.
• Design capacity development activities and materials that help municipalities identify financing opportunities, strengthen business cases, understand financing models, assess repayment pathways, build partnerships and improve readiness to pursue resilient infrastructure projects.
• Help municipalities and their partners better understand the needs, constraints and decision-making considerations of private sector and institutional investors, including issues such as risk allocation, revenue certainty, return expectations, due diligence, project scale and replicability.
• Help bridge municipal needs and investor realities by shaping learning supports, convening relationships and identifying opportunities where stronger project design, packaging or partnerships could unlock financing pathways. Help ensure that capacity development activities are strategically designed and implemented to achieve strong results, respond to municipal needs and complement available funding offers and related program areas.
• Report to and ensure alignment with the strategic direction of the Director, Community Efficiency and Leverage Programs on matters related to climate resilience, municipal readiness, private capital mobilization and financing-focused capacity development. Ensure the Director is informed of emerging issues, relationships and opportunities.
• Lead development of annual work plans and longer-term priorities for the portfolio, including reporting on results, identifying opportunities and developing proposals for new or improved activities.
• Identify and analyze client needs, sector trends and emerging opportunities in order to continually improve the overall effectiveness of learning and knowledge services.
• Mobilize lessons learned from funded studies, pilots and projects to support broader uptake, replication and stronger implementation across the municipal sector.
• Liaise and collaborate closely with managers and colleagues across the organization to ensure effective collaboration, alignment and complementarity of priorities and activities.
• Work with internal stakeholders, including communications, funding and impact teams, to ensure a coordinated and effective approach to capacity development initiatives and processes.
• Represent the organization in high-priority meetings, conferences, events and discussions with municipal leaders, sector experts, investors, financial institutions, partners and other stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with external stakeholders and networks to ensure program approaches remain relevant, practical and well connected to developments in the field.

#Your skills make us better

Need to have :

• University degree in finance, economics, public administration, climate policy, environmental studies, program management, adult education or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively senior professional experience in capacity development, program leadership, budget management and people management.
• Demonstrated experience leading the strategy and delivery of learning, knowledge or capacity development portfolios, including the design of supports such as webinars, cohorts, peer learning, guidance materials, tools, technical assistance or partner-delivered activities.
• Leadership, team-building, mentoring and coaching skills, with the ability to lead a collaborative, outcomes-focused team and create the conditions for strong performance, learning and accountability.
• Strong knowledge of climate adaptation and resilience, particularly in the municipal context, including an understanding of the infrastructure and service challenges communities face as climate impacts intensify.
• Strong understanding of how municipalities make planning, infrastructure, financing or implementation decisions, and of the institutional, financial and capacity barriers that can limit readiness to act.
• Knowledge of capacity development approaches, adult learning, facilitation, relationship-building and the transfer of skills and knowledge.
• Ability to identify what municipalities need at different stages of readiness and translate complex technical, financial or policy concepts into practical, accessible supports that help them move forward.
• Good knowledge of program monitoring and evaluation approaches, frameworks and tools, and experience using results, feedback and evidence to improve programming over time.
• Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, negotiation, representation and influencing skills, including the ability to work credibly with municipal leaders, sector partners, experts and market actors.
• Understanding of financing models, capital mobilization, investor engagement, business-case development, blended finance, credit enhancement, public-private partnership approaches or related fields is a strong asset.

Nice to have:

• Experience connected to climate resilience, municipal infrastructure, public policy, community investment or sustainable finance is a strong asset.
• Experience working with or engaging financial institutions, investors, infrastructure advisors, utilities, insurers, public funders or other market actors is a strong asset.
• Experience working in or with municipalities, or within sectors that support municipal governments, is a strong asset.
• Experience building and maintaining productive relationships with external partners, networks, experts or sector organizations is a strong asset.
• Ability to work in a changing environment and willingness to take on new or evolving responsibilities
• Ability to work in both official languages (English and French) is a strong asset

Why working here rocks

We prioritize work-life balance with our flexible model:

• When we say flexible work model, we mean that in collaboration with your manager and based on what your team needs, you have the flexibility to determine when you work so that you can enjoy a healthy balance between work and personal demands.
• While you do need to live in Canada for this role, you can primarily work from home. Travel may be required to Head Office in Ottawa periodically. The majority of the GMF team operates from the National Capital Region.
• We do like to visit the areas we are impacting and it allows us to see unique and wonderful parts of our country. You may find yourself traveling nationally no more than 10% of the time.

We don’t just talk about employee wellness, we live it:

• Summer hours between July 1 and Labour Day:
  • 7-hour workdays rather than 7.5
  • Every Friday off in the summer
• Flexible work arrangements to support productivity and well-being
• Commitment to employee development
• Competitive range of employee benefits and services
• Office facilities located in the Byward Market and Ottawa’s downtown core

We’re committed to fostering an organizational culture that embraces equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, where individuals from diverse racial and ethnic identities, nationalities, social economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and physical and mental abilities can thrive and be fully engaged at their best level.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.

How to apply

If this role speaks to you and the impact you want to make, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today.

The deadline to apply isApril 12th, 2026, or until the position is filled.

The future of work at FCM includes a hybrid work model; therefore, this role will be a combination of virtual and on-site work. The successful candidate is required live within 80kms of downtown Ottawa and be authorized to work in Canada.

For additional information on this posting, or for further information on FCM, access our website at www.fcm.ca. Learn more about the Green Municipal Fund at https://greenmunicipalfund.ca/