POSITION TYPE: 1 year position. Full-time, 37.5hrs/week
REPORTS TO: ACGC Executive Director
LOCATION: Edmonton preferred. Successful applicants may be approved to work remotely from locations across Canada.
ANTICIPATED TRAVEL: 20% travel required within Canada.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 24, 2024
START DATE: July 2, 2024
OTHER: ACGC is open to a 1 year secondment with another Canadian international cooperation organization to provide opportunity to an emerging leader and encourage greater sector collaboration.
The Inter-Council Network (ICN) is a coalition of the eight Provincial and Regional Councils for International Cooperation. The independent Councils are committed to global sustainable development, social justice and social change. They are rooted in communities across Canada and represent 300+ diverse civil society organizations (CSOs) from across Canada. Council membership varies from locally based cultural community civil society organizations to highly recognizable international organizations.
As part of the ICN, the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) aims to mobilize Albertans to become global citizens engaged in sustainable development. We do this by building the capacity of network organizations, representing members’ interests with government and others, and increasing the awareness, knowledge, and connections of Albertans in global issues and sustainable development.
ACGC, on behalf of the Inter-Council Network, implements a capacity building initiative entitled Spur Change: Capacity-Building & Knowledge Sharing for SMOs, to enhance the contribution of Canadian Small and Medium Organizations (SMOs) to Canada’s international development efforts towards achieving gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, poverty reduction, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Reporting to the Executive Director of ACGC, the Director, Programs will be responsible for managing a team to develop and implement program activities, including Spur Change activities, in accordance with Global Affairs Canada standards.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
The selected candidate will:
Other preferred qualifications:
Position Details:
This position will report directly to the Executive Director and is preferred to be based at the ACGC office in Edmonton or in any region of Canada for the right candidate. ACGC is open to secondment with another organization in the sector to provide opportunity to an emerging leader and greater sector collaboration.
ACGC is strongly committed to anti-racism and diversity within its community, and especially welcomes applications that may contribute to the further diversification of ideas in the workplace, including visible minority group members, Indigenous persons, persons living with disabilities, newcomers to Canada with credentials from non-Canadian universities, and members of under-represented gender and sexual orientation groups.
The candidate must provide a clean criminal record-check with a vulnerable sector check upon hire with explicit questions asked to references for safeguarding and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.
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