Director, Equity, Innovation

6 days ago

Newmarket, Canada YORK REGION CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY Full time

February 6, 2024

Job Posting #1069

**Permanent Full-Time**

**Director, Equity, Innovation and Community Engagement**

The York Region Children’s Aid Society (YRCAS) is a non-profit community organization legally mandated to ensure the well-being, best interests and protection of children and youth from abuse and neglect. As a leader within the child welfare sector, we partner with parents, caregivers, and community to provide a safe environment for children and youth, through equitable, culturally aligned services.

Comprised of interdisciplinary teams of diverse professionals who push boundaries in support of family centered care, we engage with children and families for a stronger, healthier community within the York Region.

YRCAS is fully committed to a culture of belonging and an inclusive environment that encourages every team member to lead within their role, generate innovative ideas that reinforce our mission and goal to create a healthy workplace and community where children youth and family well-being is prioritized.

To support us on our journey, YRCAS is seeking a person with strong leadership skills to join our management team. This new position will guide the strategic vision of the newly created **Department of Equity, Innovation and Community Engagement **in order to strengthen our agency’s community partnerships and advocacy efforts related to the child welfare mandate.

We are seeking a visionary leader with a track-record of managing high performing teams in the fields of advocacy, communications, community relations, reconciliation and equity. The successful incumbent’s empowering leadership and mentorship skills will motivate a team to achieve results while also fostering collaboration and innovation.

**Why Work for Us?**
- Hybrid working model (working virtual and in person)
- Casual dress code
- Employer paid Group Insurance and Health & Dental Benefit
- Four (4) Weeks of Vacation accrued per calendar year
- Five (5) float days per calendar year
- One day off every three (3) weeks during Winter months
- Shortened Summer hours
- OMERS Pension, with employer and employee sharing premiums equally
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Enhanced Wellness Initiatives with Virtual Fitness Classes

**SUMMARY OF DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the successful incumbent will assume leadership of a newly formed team of interdisciplinary professionals skilled in Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Reconciliation, Communications and Marketing as well as Community Relations and Advocacy initiatives. This visionary leader will be responsible to integrate and unify the functions that make up this team, while seeking to strategically redesign and sustain innovative ways of working with other internal departments within the agency as well as external stakeholders.

The **Director, Equity, Innovation and Community Engagement **will lead the strategy, design, and implementation of strategic agency initiatives, including but not limited to equity integration in child welfare practice, strategies that support reconciliation, equity, advocacy and strategic partnership initiatives. Additionally, the Director is responsibility for engagement with our children, youth and families as well as identified stakeholders, with our Francophone and First Nation, Inuit, and Métis communities as well as equitable populations within York Region such as Black and Indigenous populations. To do this work, the successful incumbent will lead this team to build authentic, transparent, and reciprocal relationships with community partners.

**NATURE OF POSITION**:
**Communications & Advocacy**:
Provide** **strategic direction to the Communications & Advocacy team, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to excel. Specifically, provide leadership and support to the team as they work to:

- Facilitate clear communication within the agency through a variety of internal communications channels and support of internal engagement initiatives.
- Amplify the agency’s mission externally, managing media and engaging external stakeholders.
- Identify advocacy issues and developing partnerships and alliances with like-minded organizations and individuals to amplify the impact of advocacy efforts on behalf of children, youth and families.

**Community Relations**:
Lead efforts to expand the circle of care for children, youth, and families served by the agency. Specifically, provide leadership and support to the team as they work to:

- Create opportunities for strategic partnerships that support service innovation and enhance the agency's impact.
- Develop and implement a clear process for the management, tracking, and communication of community partnerships to foster innovation and service improvements.
- Collaborate across the agency to develop and implement innovative solutions that address community needs.

**Equity**:
Provide strategic direction to the Equity team, ensuring they have t

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