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

Data Coordinator, Strategic Grants

Department

G&D - GMF - GCCC

Classification

Level 3

Salary

Our salaries generally range from $58,495 to $65,224, and are based on qualifications and experience

Languages

Bilingual English and French required

Term

Permanent Full-Time - Replacement

Location

Hybrid (Ottawa)

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

Reporting to the Manager, Impact and Performance, the Data Coordinator, Strategic Grants, is responsible for the data collection and management of strategic grants and ensuring data integrity and accuracy in the preparation of reports for the program’s funding agency. Key duties include, developing new data collection tools, implementing existing data collection tools, reviewing incoming data for completeness and accuracy, securely storing, aggregating and analysing the incoming data. The Data Coordinator will work in close collaboration with the Data Steward Officer, the Governance and Reporting Coordinator and the Data Coordinator, Planting Grants, to ensure that program results are updated and included in the various reports and dashboards.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and implement a clear process for data collection to ensure data quality/integrity.
• Manage and update business processes related to the strategic grants database.
• Develop, implement, update and maintain data collection tools to collect valuable qualitative and quantitative data from strategic grants.
• Ensure that the results database contain accurate, complete, and up to-date information. Work closely with Funding team members to ensure a high standard of quality control and identifying data inconsistencies or errors for all reporting.
• Respond to data requests, including complex and multi-layered requests requiring deeper analysis and develop corresponding visual graphic representation to better display information. Supports the development of internal and external-facing presentations and reports.
• Contributes suggestions and written content to support process improvements for data collection and reporting workflows, documentations, tools, tables, procedures as needed.
• Using PowerBI, design and develop a dashboard showcasing strategic grant results.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative data analysis of data coming from strategic grants.
• Build capacity amongst internal program teams and applicants to collect and provide high quality and complete results through the existing data collection tools.
• Assist the Manager, Impact and Performance in miscellaneous projects and tasks, as required.

Your skills make us better

Need to have:

• A combination of professional and lived experience and/or post-secondary education in a related field (public or business administration, economics, statistics, data science, project management, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of business support processes and tools, particularly advanced data manipulation and visualization skills using Microsoft Excel and PowerBI, computer business applications (MS Office suite, including Microsoft PowerPoint), customer-relationship management (CRM) software and database management
• Experience collecting and analysing large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data and information.
• Experience conducting data collection for environmental sustainability or urban forestry initiatives is an asset.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Spark) for scalable machine learning.
• Proficiency with programming frameworks and languages such as SQL, Python, TextBlob, scikit-learn., DAX is an asset
• Demonstrated experience with strong storytelling and visualization techniques using multiple tools including Excel, PowerBI, Microsoft CRM, etc. is required.
• Exceptional organization and problem-solving skills, ability to work independently with good initiative and judgement, ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks, and work towards deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Effective communication skills including verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Strong knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean is an 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 10-15% 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 is May 17th, 2026, or until the position is filled.

The future of work here includes a hybrid work model; therefore, this role will be a combination of virtual and on-site work.

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/