Coordinator, Strategic and Administrative Support

3 months ago

Toronto, Canada World Education Services Full time

**Department**: WES Mariam Assefa Fund

**Reporting to**: Senior Director of the WES Fund

**Salary**:$58,000 - $63,000 CAD

**Description**:
Launched in 2019, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund (the Fund) is a philanthropic initiative aimed at catalyzing economic opportunities for immigrants and refugees and enabling immigrant communities to thrive in the U.S. and Canada. The Fund provides provide grants, investments, and other support to interventions that build more inclusive economies and the advance economic integration of immigrants and refugees. In particular, the Fund is currently focused on supporting organizations and initiatives that aim to: equip immigrants and refugees with the skills and supports to succeed; advance inclusive and equitable employer practices; foster innovation and experimentation in the workforce development and immigrant integration fields; invest in immigrant leaders; and grow the ecosystem of collaborators. Read more about our work **here**.

The Fund is looking for a Coordinator of Administrative and Strategic Support to join the WES Mariam Assefa Fund team. The Coordinator is responsible for assisting with program coordination, general administration, and special projects for the Fund. Areas of focus include administrative and operational support for the department including annual planning and inter
- and intra-departmental coordination and administrative and project support for senior staff.

The Coordinator reports to the Fund’s Senior Director but will work closely and collaboratively with all members of the Fund team in the U.S. and Canada, as well as other Social Impact and WES departments.

**Duties included but not limited to**:
**Direct Support for Senior Director**
- Manage the Senior Director’s calendars and activities, and triage inbound requests from internal and external stakeholders.
- Coordinate travel arrangements and event/conference registration and filing expenses for the Senior Director
- Design and prep for internal and external meetings, including developing backgrounders, coordinating agendas, facilitating, and identifying and ensuring follow up on action items.

**Administrative and Operational Support**
- Provide administrative and logístical support to team for Fund team events (internal - such as the staff retreat, external - such as workshops, newcomer fairs, virtual events) and participation in partner events and conferences, including coordinating and scheduling events, preparing materials, taking notes, managing registrations, organizing evaluation and post-event follow-up, bookings, and reimbursements
- Provide planning, administrative, and logístical support for Fund team meetings, including agenda creation, notetaking and meeting follow-up
- Support Fund staff in administrative tasks such as planning, scheduling, formatting presentations and documents and preparing reports.
- Regularly update and maintain the Fund’s calendars, including internal events, PTO, external/partner events, and relevant holidays or days of awareness
- Assist with maintaining the Fund’s Salesforce CRM and Grants Management System to ensure up-to-date information, compile key metrics for Fund reporting and dashboards, develop analytics and other needs.

**Strategic Initiatives, Planning, and Alignment**
- Build and manage detailed plans and project management tools to support the Fund and teammates in meeting and managing key milestones and goals.
- Manage specific work streams related to the Fund’s strategic planning in close collaboration with other Fund team colleagues and WES’ strategy team, such as defining and assessing strategic choices, conducting scenario planning exercises, and identifying and managing strategic risks.
- Manage the Fund team’s preparation for and involvement in key internal processes, such as quarterly Board meetings, and annual priority and budget-setting processes.
- Manage specific initiatives that support dynamic learning and evaluation for the Fund, as well as contribute critical learnings and insights to the field.
- Support the Senior Director in developing and executing additional strategic and collaborative projects as they arise, which could entail convening, grantmaking, facilitation, and other responsibilities.
- Be excited about WES’ mission, the Fund’s impact goals, and advancing equity, inclusion, and diversity.
- Have a high degree of comfort with rapidly changing, ambiguous contexts and an ability to help craft a clear path forward in these environments.
- Have a demonstrated commitment to empowering immigrants and refugees and elevating their voices and experiences through the Fund’s work.
- Bring both an entrepreneurial mindset to generate new approaches, spot opportunities, and initiate action.
- Have a deep-rooted intellectual curiosity and an openness to diverse ideas and perspectives.
- Thrive an environment that values transparency, collaboration, and a learning orientation.
- Bring a “can-do” at

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