Project Director

**Job Posting - Projects Director - Rural Routes**

Rural Routes to Climate Solutions (RR2CS) shines a spotlight on the climate solutions that Alberta’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities can benefit from. RR2CS is happy to announce that we are seeking a **Projects Director **to lead our two unique initiatives —the (RAL) and our (SAP)—and join our great team of community organizers, facilitators and communications specialists.

**About Us**:
At RR2CS, we're on a mission to cultivate climate solutions in rural Alberta. Through innovative projects and community collaboration, we're helping pave the way for a more resilient future. From regenerative agriculture to Indigenous-led initiatives, we're dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment and empowering local communities.

As the Projects Director, you'll be at the heart of our efforts. You'll play a pivotal role by steering and guiding our projects, engaging stakeholders, and securing funding and exploring alternative income streams that propel us forward.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Project Management and Team Support:

- Be the guiding light for our project managers, proactively identifying and addressing project challenges and obstacles to ensure their success and smooth project execution. to help them succeed.
- Work hand-in-hand with our teams to design and deliver workshops, webinars, and other interactive events.
- Nurture a culture of collaboration and inclusion that makes RR2CS a great place to work.

Communications, Organization, and Logistics:

- Support the Communications Coordinator in producing compelling communications and identifying unique strategies that bring our projects to life and engage our audience.
- Keep our projects running like a well-oiled machine by coordinating logistics and ensuring everything runs smoothly.
- Dive into grant writing and sponsorship development, identifying funding opportunities and building relationships with sponsors to support our projects.

Stakeholder Engagement:

- Foster meaningful connections with our advisory committees, including Blackfoot Elders and Knowledge Keepers.
- Build bridges with external organizations and partners, forging relationships that benefit our projects and the communities we serve.

Resource Management:

- Keep a close eye on the purse strings, managing budgets and resources with care and precision.
- Rally the troops and recruit participants for our projects, tapping into our partnerships and network.

**Who you are**:
You’re awesome. Some might say you’re a wizard at the three C’s: communication, coordinating, and comfortability. You make people feel welcomed and wanted. The past few years have been hard, but you’ve taken the changes in stride, and can thrive when working **remotely and independently**. You understand the challenges of managing a team that works independently too, so you strive to stay connected and positive. We’re not the type to hover over your shoulder, asking “_Whatcha doing? Whatcha doing?_”, which you’re relieved to hear. At the same time, the rest of the RR2CS team is there to help during times of uncertainty or when clarification is needed, which you greatly appreciate.

You see mistakes as an opportunity for growth. You know how and when to pivot, and when to ask for help. We’re all in this together, after all, and a high tide raises all boats.

You’re a delight to speak with, thoughtful, flexible, and passionate about Mokaksin (traditional Blackfoot knowledge), agriculture, empowering rural communities and food security (or maybe it is all of the above).

If this describes you, we’d love to hear from you

**What we need**:
Full transparency: this may be the strangest Projects Director role you’ve ever come across. It also might be one of the more exciting ones you’ve seen recently, because unique initiatives like RAL and SAP require unique leadership.

Both of our current projects are participant-driven, so the participants ‘lead’ the project by determining its direction and what activities the project should undertake. The Projects Director works alongside the project managers and community coordinators who invite, inform, and connect with participants. Working with these groups, the Projects Director builds out and maintains a bigger picture of the projects at all times.

The Projects Director has to stay up-to-date on key issues and have a good sense of what is happening within each project. Anticipating next steps will also be important in ensuring the projects have the resources it needs to grow and evolve.

Experience in facilitating and hosting groups is a plus; flexibility, strong listening skills, planning and project management are required and; thinking outside of the box is helpful. Afterall, Rural Routes is in the solutions business.

**What is the Regenerative Agriculture Lab?**

RAL is a_**social innovation lab**_ where participants work together through a series of engagements (e.g