Manager of Regional Development

**full-time Manager of Regional Development.**

**The Regional Development Network (RDN) is a provincial non-profit**
**organization dedicated to enhancing the socio-economic development of**
**English-speaking communities across the province of Québec. Supported by a**
**network of regional English-language organizations, RDN collaborates with**
**federal, provincial, and local governments as a way to represent needs and**
**challenges and create projects and partnerships. RDN is funded by the**
**Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise.**

Job description:
Primary

**Responsibilities**:

- In collaboration with the executive director, develop a knowledge base of programs within different ministries of the provincial and federal government that are pertinent to the needs of RDN’s member organizations.
- In collaboration with the executive director, research potential provincial and federal programs that could benefit RDN and its member organizations.
- Research, identify, and make requests for specific statistics.
- Analyze statistics and develop profiles as needed.
- Design and present presentations to members and government agencies.
- Communicate regularly with RDN’s management team with program/project updates.
- Supervise employees related to specific projects, if required.
- Assist local member and non-member organizations when required.
- In collaboration with the executive director, assist with community development plans.
- Facilitate focus groups and compile information including that which is gathered from surveys and needs assessments, as necessary.
- Represent RDN at meetings and conferences when required.
- Proofread documents for internal and external use.
- Complete funding requests with federal and provincial governments.
- Support member organizations with strategic planning when needed.

**Information related to the job evaluation for pay equity purposes**

**Education, knowledge, experience (Level 5)**
- Strong writing abilities.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with great attention to detail.
- Knowledge of current community challenges and opportunities relating to the mission of the organization.
- Fluent in written and spoken French and English.
- University degree or post-secondary qualifications and/or relevant work experience.

**Interpersonal skills (Level 5)**
- Very good interpersonal skills.
- Work well with people, the general public, professional organizations, partners and staff.
- Very persuasive, good at counseling and/or negotiation, handles very difficult matters.
- Constant communication and contacts in-out of the corporation.
- Provide detailed and complex explanations, write complex reports
- Requires sensitivity to situations

**Problem solving and judgment (Level 5)**
- Deals with complex and non-standard problems.
- Formulates recommendations.
- Interpret and analyze possible solutions.

**Mental effort (Level 5)**
- High state of concentration and attentiveness required.
- Mental activities are intense for 2-4 hours a day.

**Physical effort (Level 3)**
- Physical activities are moderate all day long. Long hours on keyboard.

**Dealing with partners and the community (Level 5)**
- Extensive responsibility interacting with the partners and funders.
- Very important responsibility for gaining and retaining programs.

**Information resources (Level 6)**
- Ultimate responsibility for the information systems, accountability reports.
- Consequence and cost of errors is very important and could lead to loss of programs and income.

**Financial resources (Level 4)**
- Formulates budgetary needs for the programs and submits for approval, has input in accounting practices and statistics management; significant positive or negative impact on organization.

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Strong writing abilities.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with great attention to detail.
- Knowledge of current community challenges and opportunities relating to the mission of the organization.
- Fluent in French and English (written and verbal communication).
- University degree or post-secondary qualifications and/or relevant work experience.

**Key Competencies**
- Open-minded, adaptable, and cooperative.
- Willing to work independently and as part of a team.
- Problem solving abilities.
- Effective verbal and listening skills.
- Time management skills.
- Honest and trustworthy.
- Respectful and responsible.
- Flexible.
- Demonstrates exemplary work ethics.

**Working Conditions**
- The Manager of Regional Development is paid a yearly salary based on a 35-hour work week and may be requested to work evenings and weekends depending on the workload of RDN
- The manager of Regional Development may be required to travel outside of the region for work related duties, workshops, training sessions, seminars and meetings with funding agency representa