Social Action Coordinator

**Program**:
Strategy and Innovation

**Contract**:
Permanent, Full-Time; 35 hours per week

**Location**:
128A Sterling Rd or from a safe home-based office as required

**Salary**:
$58,976 - $72,640 Grade 8 BU

**Application Deadline**:
July 28, 2025, by 5:00 PM

**File Num**ber**:
SA #25-25 with cover letter and resume

**E-Mail**:
**Mail**:
HR, 355 Church Street, Toronto ON M5B 0B2

**Web**:
familyservicetoronto.org; campaign2000.ca; ontariocampaign2000.ca

**Grow with us**:
Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 100 years, we have worked with individuals, families and communities destabilized by precarious mental health and/or socioeconomic circumstances to achieve greater resilience, stability and equity.

We achieve this through our understanding of poverty and the harmful effects of marginalization, discrimination and oppression. We direct our energies to support individuals and families in our core service areas - community counselling and mental health, gender-based violence and developmental disabilities. At the same time, we work to influence policy, build knowledge, strengthen communities and advocate for system change.

We’re proud of our people and culture We are constantly evolving what we do and how we do it. Our work is grounded in the lived experience of the clients and the community. We celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and excellence. We are agile, learning and always willing to try new things.

FST hosts the Ontario and National Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty in Canada, which are broad coalitions of community organizations committed to community engagement, public education, research and policy change to eradicate poverty in Canada.

FST’s Social Action (SA) department focuses on driving system-level change for more just and supportive communities at the local, provincial and national levels. Our community building, research, public education and advocacy work is focused on influencing the systems and institutions that shape the lives of all community members and we’re looking for a Coordinator, Social Action to provide leadership in these key areas with a focus on Ontario policy.

**The Opportunity**:
**What’s in it for you?**:

- Hone your skills and learn from a diverse, highly skilled team
- Thrive in trust-based culture and have fun, working with an amazing, diverse group of driven, talented people.
- Get on-the-job training and development.
- Make a significant impact on our clients and community.
- This full-time permanent position offers flexibility, generous paid leave and comes with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provides leadership on all aspects of Ontario Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty, including developing, implementing and evaluating the campaign’s provincial engagement strategy through intersectional analysis and community development ethos.
- Supports campaigns and initiatives at the national and municipal levels related to poverty and intersecting social and economic issues
- Develops and maintains strong community partnerships, fosters collaboration and engagement in all activities
- Coordinates the provincial and Toronto report cards on child and family poverty and assists with the national report card
- Coordinates research, policy analysis and writing reports on identified Social Action and issues, including child and family poverty in Ontario, Toronto and/or Canada
- Coordinates database maintenance and provide advice on how to use databases effectively for engagement and organizing goals
- Develops a communication and a government relations strategy for Social Action projects
- Develops, coordinates and provides leadership to partners on campaigns and timely actions related to identified social issues
- Develops and delivers professional presentations to organizations, groups and individuals interested in learning more about child and family and other social issues on the Social Action agenda
- Organizes and coordinates community forums, meetings and events and distributes educational materials to promote public education about child and family poverty and other identified social and economic issues, including but not limited to poverty, immigration and settlement, income security and employment, health and housing

**Qualifications**:

- Post-Graduate Degree in Public Policy, Social Work, Adult Education, Political Science, Women’s / Gender Studies or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Foreign credentials and relevant experience will be considered
- Minimum 3 years relevant experience conducting research, coordinating coalitions and campaigns, and developing communications and advocacy strategies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing high quality reports, dynamic presentation skills and designing workshops for a wide range of audiences
- Demonstrated understanding o