Project Manager, Community Grants
4 weeks ago
_**About Community Action Initiative**:_
Community Action Initiative is a nonprofit organization transforming how we address mental health and substance use (MHSU) challenges in B.C. through trust-based granting, community engagement, and capacity building.
We’re driven by the belief that harnessing community wisdom, lived experiences, and diverse perspectives is essential for nurturing better public health outcomes. And that’s how we’re fostering equitable MHSU initiatives across B.C.—through a more collective, community-centred approach that truly serves all.
With a focus on health equity, the aim of all CAI projects is to support the community-based sector to build capacity to achieve improved mental health and substance use outcomes in BC.
- **Position Summary**:_
The Project Manager, Community Grants, will coordinate, manage, and facilitate two mid-sized projects: a province-wide capacity-building grant program and a provincial community of practice for the supportive recovery sector. This portfolio includes the implementation, management, and administration of approximately 4 million in grants/bursaries in addition to supporting training, evaluation, and knowledge exchange activities. With a focus on health equity, the aim of all CAI projects is to support the community-based sector to build capacity to achieve improved mental health and substance use outcomes in BC.
This position reports directly to the CAI Executive Director.
- **Duties and Responsibilities**:_
- Develop and administer grant program training and capacity-building activities.
- Ensure reporting and accountability requirements of grants are met by grantees and troubleshoot any difficulties or issues that arise.
- Coordinate outreach and recruitment efforts to build the virtual community, and develop retention and engagement plans to sustain the community over time.
- Organize monthly online sessions (e.g., webinars, panel discussions, and workshops), identifying topics and speakers based on training needs identified.
- Develop a collaborative online workspace and resource library.
- Support the development of technical materials to enhance learning and practice (e.g., factsheets, manuals, guidance).
- Develop and implement a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting plan to support continuous improvement, community engagement, and impact reporting.
- Develop and manage project budgets and resources to ensure cost-effectiveness and program accountability.
- Support the CAI Manager of Policy, Learning & Evaluation and third-party evaluators by coordinating and compiling project-related qualitative and quantitative data for quality improvement and impact reporting.
- Develop project reports, briefing notes, and status updates.
- Support knowledge translation efforts that promote high quality, evidence-based resources to guide and inform community-led approaches.
- Provide regular updates to the Executive Director and external partners.
- Perform other duties as required.
- **Qualifications and Experience**:_
- A graduate degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Public Health, Public Policy, Public Administration, Social Work, Counselling Psychology), and 3-5 years of project and/or grant management experience. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.
- Experience in working with community grants and an understanding of the principles and practices of contract management.
- Experience with communities of practice, online communities, and/or community organizing with proven capacity to have successfully developed such communities.
- Experience organizing and facilitating participatory events such as workshops, presentations, learning sessions, and webinars.
- Excellent project management skills including project planning to ensure the project achieves its goals and objectives, resource and financial management, and being an effective communicator for successful project delivery.
- Knowledge of risk management, along with resourcefulness and innovation to solve problems.
- Strategic and conceptual thinking and analysis, including ability to adapt project delivery to respond to evaluation results, stakeholder input and opportunity.
- Establishing and maintaining effective relationships and partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
- Familiarity with the mental health and substance use service delivery systems and approaches in BC.
- Knowledge of and/or work experience in mental health and substance use.
- Ability to assess and prioritize multiple tasks and demands.
- Sound knowledge of principles of health equity, mental health and wellness, and social determinants of health.
- Plain language writing and editing, and structural editing.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- **Working conditions**:_
- Flexible working schedule - being available in non-core hours relative to assignments
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