Manager, Shareholder Advocacy

**Title**:Manager, Shareholder Advocacy**
**Status**: Full-time, Permanent, Unionized
**Reports to**: Associate Director, Shareholder Advocacy
**Location**: Vancouver, BC or Toronto, ON (hybrid work arrangements)

**Salary**: $85,272.00 per annum, _with annual increases as per our collective bargaining agreement_

**MAKE AN IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, RECONCILIATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES**

In this role, you will:

- Be at the heart of SHARE’s industry-leading ESG engagement program. You will craft and execute strategies to create transformative change in Canadian capital markets and support SHARE’s mission to build a sustainable, inclusive and productive economy;
- You will use your advocacy prowess to drive change and lead collaborative initiatives with allied investors and advance good stewardship practices;
- Lead a small staff team, working within a high-impact, mission-driven organization.

**ABOUT SHARE**

SHARE is an award-winning Canadian non-profit dedicated to mobilizing investor leadership to build a sustainable, inclusive, and productive economy. We combine a deep passion for real change with sound strategy, analysis and skills. Our team leads shareholder engagement, education and training, policy advocacy, and practical research with a growing network of values-led investors who are driving meaningful changes within global businesses, governments and regulators. SHARE is the only non-profit, unionized, living-wage-certified shareholder advocacy organization in Canada.By bringing together diverse stakeholders, we address pressing challenges and cultivate shared solutions that advance Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation, promote workers’ rights, and benefit communities while restoring and conserving this irreplaceable planet.

**GOOD WORK**

At SHARE, you will:

- Work with a nimble team of values-driven professionals that punch above our weight, in a collaborative and supportive environment;
- Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including
- Employer-paid pharmaceutical, dental, optical, paramedical health benefits, and basic life insurance;
- An annual fitness allowance
- An annual professional development allowance and employer-paid education days.
- Financial support to set up a home-office workspace
- Generous time off provisions, including 3 weeks vacation, an office closure from December 24-January 2, and flex days.
- A hybrid in-office/work-from-home environment, offering the flexibility to work from home and the benefits of having office space with colleagues.
- Retirement security with employer-matched contributions to a defined benefit pension plan through DbPlus.
- The protection of union representation and a collective agreement with the United Steelworkers.

**THE OPPORTUNITY: MANAGER, SHAREHOLDER ADVOCACY**
You will be a pivotal figure in SHARE’s corporate engagement program. Some of your primary responsibilities will include:

- Coordinating work, training and technical assistance for the Decent Work & Human Rights engagement team to maximize the effectiveness of SHARE’s program;
- Supervising day-to-day work of a small project team;
- Recommending company, sector and theme-specific strategies, targets, outcomes, timing, focus and activities for engagements related to Indigenous rights and reconciliation and broader human rights initiatives;
- Planning and facilitating project team meetings and discussions;
- Maintaining ongoing, constructive engagement relationships with company personnel, government and regulatory officials;
- Leading collaborative work with allied investors, including developing common agendas and shared priorities;
- Cultivating and maintain relationships with and monitoring developments from engagement partners, allied investors, funders, and relevant stakeholder groups, and experts in relevant fields;
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of emerging issues and trends related to SHARE’s thematic areas;
- Designing and overseeing project-related research frameworks, methodology and project instructions for analysts;
- Working collaboratively with the engagement research team to propose a research program to support new and emerging engagement objectives;
- Ensuring that project activity is properly documented and electronic records maintained.

**YOU MAY BE THE BEST PERSON FOR THE ROLE IF YOU**:

- Have experience working collaboratively with rights-holders, and particularly with Indigenous people in the Canadian context;
- Are an action-oriented risk taker, who enjoys working on different projects at the same time
- Thrive working independently on a variety of tasks and contributing as part of a team;
- Are an experienced advocate, with a track-record of interest-based negotiation success;
- Possess excellent analytical skills, political savvy, and sound judgement;
- Have flawless verbal and written communication skills, with a knack for delivering captivating and engaging presentations to a range of audiences;
- Have a flexible, positi