In this exciting position with United Way Alberta Capital Region’s Social Impact team you are responsible for managing initiatives supporting children and youth including but not limited to; the ‘All in For Youth’ (AIFY) initiative by facilitating stakeholder-created, collaborative solutions to implement the initiative and bringing together programs and services to help socially vulnerable students achieve their best. You will play a key role in relationship building, leading, and connecting, and ensuring collaboration between multiple initiative stakeholders. This position reports to the Director, Strategic Initiatives. This is a parental leave coverage position, starting in October 2025 and continuing through May 2027.

The Day to Day:

• Leads initiatives by facilitating stakeholder-created and collaborative solutions to bring together programs and services to help socially vulnerable students achieve their best.
• Chairs committees, ensuring committee effectiveness by developing agendas, facilitating meetings, taking minutes, following up on action items, managing group dynamics, facilitating problem solving and decision making, and ensuring information is shared between teams and committees.
• Attends meetings with school principals and agency managers.
• Supports coordinated fundraising and communication activities including conducting school tours with potential and current funders, presenting to stakeholders, responding to requests for information, supporting the development of funding proposals, and writing follow up reports for funders.
• Understands the Education Ecosystem and makes connections to our work for meaningful impact.
• Manages progress of programs by ensuring the coordination of work to meet scheduled timelines; disseminating new information such as evaluation reports, community trends, changing environments to stakeholders; and developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Develops, allocates, and monitors the budget for the initiative.
• Participates as an active member of the Out of School Time Steering Committee, Fundraising Committee, and Gathering in support of summer and after-school programming.
• Attends meetings, collaborates with partners, reviews and approves applications for funding, and completes end-of-program reporting as needed.

About you:

You are eager to apply your facilitating, leadership, collaborative, interpersonal and relationship management skills to our Social Impact team to help ensure no one in our community is left behind.

You have solid knowledge and experience in areas of program management and evaluation; stakeholder relations; and educational support programs, agencies/organizations, and networks in the community.

You are highly organized with the ability to set priorities and create action plans to complete work and the ability to build engaging relationships with internal and external stakeholders through trust, teamwork, and direct communications.

You have a can-do attitude, are outcomes driven, and approach situations with empathy and collaboration. Thinking creatively, developing innovative ideas, and juggling multiple tasks and priorities is how you thrive. You love operating in a digital environment and are proficient with MS Office (we use Office 365 - MS Teams, SharePoint) and enjoy learning and using new technology.

You have an undergraduate degree in Business, Social Sciences, Humanities or related field plus a minimum of four to six years of relevant experience. A combination of education and experience will be considered.

The successful candidate for this position will be someone who shares our purpose to ensure no one in our community is left behind, is a difference maker in our community, and wants to connect to a bigger purpose.

You align with and integrate our core values throughout all organizational and business practices, and you consistently act with personal, professional, and behavioural integrity.

You see yourself in our Values. We value and operate with a commitment to:

Creating solutions.

Continuous learning.

Being courageous in our work.

Capturing our customers’ hearts and minds.

Being insights driven and utilizing real data.

Applying a lens of equity and inclusion to all that we do.

Why work with us?

We are people who love what we do and are passionate about our work. We offer rewarding work, a positive workplace culture, and a total rewards package. Our work environment is a hybrid - with time spent both collaborating in the office as well as remotely.

United Way looks at the big picture in order to deliver a coordinated network of services and programs to address a range of needs for children and families who are struggling. By bringing together partners and strategies, we work to ensure that no one in our community is left behind.

At United Way of the Alberta Capital Region, we value the contributions our employees make in supporting and advancing our purpose and values and have a workplace culture where actions are aligned and focused on achieving our envisioned future. We believe that a balanced Total Rewards Program helps foster a culture and workplace experience where our colleagues will flourish to the benefit of those served through our United Way.

Fundamental to this is our commitment to pay equity and a living wage. As part of our Total Rewards Program, this position is also eligible for:

• 4 Day Work Week Program (January – August)

• Flexible hours (Hybrid work environment)

• Professional Coaching

• LinkedIn Learning

• Extended Health & Dental

• Employee & Family Assistance Program

• People Connect (virtual psychological support)

• 12 days of Personal Illness and Family Responsibility Leave

• 4 weeks’ vacation

• The starting salary range for this role is $62,880 – $69,168

• (Starting salary based on experience and budgetary considerations)

All Benefits are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

United Way of the Alberta Capital Region is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that reflects our diverse community that we serve. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and those who may need accommodation to apply to join our team. By incorporating a variety of experiences and perspectives, we create opportunities for innovative solutions and maximize the impact of our work.

To learn more about United Way of the Alberta Capital Region, please visit myunitedway.ca