Social Development Project Manager-nourishing

**Job Offer**

**Social Development Project manager**
**Nourishing Community Development Plan**
**(NCDP)**

**Setting the context**:
The Table de Quartier du Nord de l'Ouest-de-l'Île de Montréal (TQNOIM) is an inter-sectoral and multi-networked consultation body whose mission is to promote social development, improve the quality of life of the population and fight against poverty and social exclusion on its territory.

The North of the West Island of Montreal (Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Île-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève, Dollard-des
- Ormeaux) is a vast and cosmopolitan territory, covering a diversity of neighbourhoods where various communities cohabit, evolving in distinct cultural and socio-economic landscapes. The TQNOIM works by and for the community by creating a space for exchange and collective ownership of social development issues by citizens, community, institutional, collective and private partners, as well as elected officials of the territory.

The objectives of the TQNOIM are:
1. To ensure the development of a common vision of the priority issues in social development within the membership of the table, by reflecting collectively and by creating spaces for dialogue.

2. To document and promote the needs, issues and trends in social development on the territory, notably by producing a portrait and a diagnosis.

3. Find solutions to the issues raised collectively, notably by developing and coordinating the implementation of a concerted action plan.

4. Encourage citizen participation and promote the voice of citizens, particularly those in vulnerable situations.

5. Monitor and share information on social development issues and opportunities in the territory.

This position is linked to the Nourishing Community Development Plan, which aims to diagnose the local food system, maintain a dialogue with food system stakeholders and propose new solutions for land use planning, for the development of a food community, in order to ensure greater food self -sufficiency and better resilience with regard to many issues, such as climate change.

**Main responsibilities**

Under the supervision of the TQNOIM's Executive Director, and in collaboration with other TQNOIM employees, the Project Manager's main mandate is to coordinate the implementation of the Nurturing Community
Development Plan.

In particular, the Project Manager will:

- Plan, implement the work steps necessary to carry out the project;
- Design, plan and facilitate events and activities included in the action plan;
- Draw up a portrait of the food system;
- Carry out a portrait-diagnosis of the food community;
- Develop strategies for mobilizing and consulting local stakeholders, with the mobilization and communication agent;
- Draft of the food community's action plan;
- Ensure collaboration with other local projects aimed at food security, notably the thematic committees of
Social Development of the TQNOIM and the TQSOI;
- Support with the budgetary follow-up of the project;
- Ensure the evaluation of the project;
- Ensure accountability in relation to the implementation of the project.

**Requirements**:
**Diploma and**:

- Have training and/or experience in project management, social sciences, food
**experience **security or any other related field
**Knowledge**:

- Good knowledge of the community, food security and vulnerability contexts;
**and skills**:

- Ability to mobilize;
- Ability to write in French and English;
- Ability to work in a team, in concertation and in collective mode;
- Sense of organization and responsibility;
- Ability to work in a team environment, in a collaborative and collective mode; Sense of organization and responsibility; Ability to meet tight deadlines;
- Ability to manage several very different files;
- Mastery of the following software and platforms is an asset: Office Suite;
- Knowledge of the West Island is an asset;
**Personal**:

- Resourcefulness, autonomy and initiative

**qualities**:

- Interpersonal skills
- Ability to adapt to changes
- Versatility

**Conditions de travail**

**Hours per week **21 hours per week, on a daytime schedule, Monday through Friday and occasional evenings and weekends.

**Hourly wage **25$/hour

**Other benefits **According to the policy in force, including: 4 weeks of vacation annually, personal leave, paid vacations at the end of the year, etc.

**Starting date **As soon as possible

**Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.**

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 21 per week

**Salary**: From $25.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Paid time off

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Education**:

- DCS / DEC (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Project management: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Roxboro, QC

Application deadline: 2023-02-10
Expected start date: 2023-02-13