Executive Director

Hiring: Executive Director
Organization: Neighbours United
Location: Flexible, in Canada (can be based remotely but 9-12 weeks of travel on average is required annually)

Closing date: February 28, 2025
Start date: Flexible, March 15 - April 1, 2025 range preferred
Compensation: $100,000-$120,000, commensurate with experience, plus benefits including paid vacation and sick leaves.

Summary:

Neighbours United is a community-driven charity that brings people together in rural, small, and suburban areas to support policies that help people & nature. Through strategic campaigns that use engagement organizing, deep canvassing, and communications, we are moving the needle in places often left out of progressive solutions. We aim to drive systemic change by engaging with broader audiences—including those who don’t already identify as environmentalists — to build widespread public support for lasting policies.

We’re seeking an experienced, energetic, and organized Executive Director to lead the organization’s current campaigns and operations, while developing new opportunities for expansion. 

The ideal candidate is deeply experienced in organizing and campaigning using inclusive, distributed-leadership models, and has a successful track record of management, collaboration, fundraising, and program design.

About the position:

Reporting to the board of directors, you’ll be responsible for providing overall strategic and practical direction, as well as management for the organization. You’ll be starting from a stable position with current programming and funding; your strong leadership will be needed to maintain this trajectory and expand organizing programs and campaigns as opportunities emerge in 2025 and beyond. Neighbours United has offices, staff and campaigns in the BC interior, BC Lower Mainland, and in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Our mix of in-person and remote strategies means you’ll likely need to travel between 9 and 12 weeks a year to meet with teams and with funders, depending on where you live. And, of course, occasional evening and weekend work will be required. As part of leading and inspiring the senior management team, you’ll oversee and may deliver leadership and organizing training and coaching to all staff. You will extend your knowledge and strategic thinking throughout the organization to ensure campaigns follow best practices and are relevant to current contexts. We expect your time will be split approximately as follows: 40% fundraising, 50% running campaigns, 10% on operations.

More specifically, we expect you will:

• Develop, implement, evaluate, and adapt campaigns which implement the organization’s strategic plan
• Assist the board of directors in periodically evaluating and adapting the strategic plan
• Hire, train, evaluate and supervise staff as needed
• Promote the organization’s campaigns as an ambassador and spokesperson
• Deliver timely and accurate financial and operational reports to the board of directors
• Build relationships, research, write and submit funding proposals and reports
• Develop and implement communications strategies to increase visibility and credibility
• Oversee and implement as needed donor stewardship programs
• Work with staff and board of directors to develop and periodically review annual work plans and budgets

Neighbours United practices employment equity and is dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our community. We welcome applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black People, People of Colour, women, people with disabilities, youth, members of the LGBTQ2SAI+ communities, new immigrants, refugees, or members of other equity-seeking groups. Neighbours United is committed to a supportive and as-safe-as-possible work and volunteer space for everyone. All new staff are required to complete anti-oppression training upon starting with Neighbours United if they have not previously completed similar training in the past two years.

Neighbours United is a Living Wage Employer. Employment benefits include:

• Six weeks of paid time off, including four weeks vacation (prorated for 2025), and paid time off during August and January office closures. Vacation leave will be scheduled in coordination with all staff.
• Extended health benefits package
• Neighbours United-supplied laptop and other technology
• 10 paid sick days annually
• Paid Statutory holidays including Boxing Day and Easter Monday, and additional consideration for days of cultural or religious significance
• Flexible work hours/work-life integration
• Paid time for leadership and organizer training
• Paid time for organizational justice, equity, diversity and inclusion training
• Annual raises for the cost of living and performance

Is this you?

If you have experience leading a charitable organization similar in size and complexity, ideally with an environmental purpose or that involves face-to-face campaigning, and want to join an organization on the frontlines of making a measurable difference, we'd love to hear from you!

How to apply

Send your CV / resume and a cover letter that outlines your vision for Neighbours United and describes how your skills and experience would enable you to successfully lead the organization. Candidates are encouraged to identify in their applications if they are Indigenous Peoples, Black People, People of Colour, women, youth, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ2SAI+ communities, new immigrants, refugees, and/or are members of other equity-seeking groups.

Submission deadline: February 28, 2025,
Submission Address: jobs@neighboursunited.org

Details: Please submit your documents in PDF format, with the subject line “Executive Director - (your first and last name) Application.” (eg. Executive Director - Montana Burgess Application) Your document should be easily identifiable with your first and last names in the file name. (eg. “Burgess Montana – Resume”)

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We thank all who apply. A member of our board will read each submission, and we will respond to all (serious) candidates and advise them as to their status.