Director, Natural Capital Lab

About this position

The Natural Step Canada is a non-profit organization that helps individuals, communities, and organizations understand and take meaningful steps toward sustainability. Our head office is in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and we have regional hubs across the country. For more information on The Natural Step Canada, please refer to our website: www.naturalstep.ca.

At The Natural Step Canada, we pride ourselves on our collaborative culture and mission-focused work. We are a dynamic, energetic, and entrepreneurial organization. We seek team members who are: 

• Able to collaborate and work independently
• Committed to producing the highest quality products and services
• Creative problem-solvers, focused on solutions
• Effective time managers who are able to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities

The Natural Step Canada is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. We actively seek to recruit people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives reflecting the full diversity of Canadian society.

 Responsibilities:

The Natural Capital Lab is an exciting new initiative, focused on a critically important sustainability issue. An overview of the lab is available here. This unique position provides the opportunity to contribute to the realization of a new, more sustainable society in Canada.

The Director, Natural Capital Lab is the Design and Development lead for this program. The key responsibilities of the Lab Director will be to deliver on the lab's purpose and objectives by the following:

• Understand & be committed to the goals of the lab, and work to communicate these broadly
• Ensure high engagement of funders, partners, advisors and participants
• Recruit additional strategic partnerships to the lab
• Attract interest and investment to the development of the lab
• Nurture and develop collaborative partnerships
• Develop and provide thought leadership on natural capital
• Design lab activities to ensure the goals of the lab are met with high impact and support implementation, and create transformative learning experiences
• Articulate the design constraints and experiments against the Sustainability Transition Lab model
• Design and recruit a technical and advisory committee to support the lab
• Design and recruit participants for the lab

Lead the development of networks to build awareness of the lab among key influencers

• Support project management of the lab to ensure resources are used effectively and activities achieve intended impact
• Develop reports, presentations and materials for workshops, presentations and events
• Support the tracking and sharing of results generated by the lab
• Contribute to building a high performing Natural Capital Lab team at TNS

The Director, Natural Capital Lab position provides the unique opportunity to work along side thought leaders at the intersection of the economy and the environment on a critical sustainability issue in Canada. The individual required for this position must have:

• Strong knowledge and experience in the area of sustainability and ideally subject matter expertise in natural capital
• Demonstrated experience leading large scale, multi-stakeholder collaborations
• Excellent relationship management skills, partnership brokering skills, and the ability to engage internal and external audiences
• Demonstrated experience with design and development of complex, change oriented initiatives
• Ability to communicate effectively internally, externally, with one on one, small and large group audiences
• Exceptional project management skills and demonstrated experience with launching and leading projects to achieve high-impact results
• Ability to build a team and excellent people management skills including the ability to form relationships, understand needs, build support, and work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Exceptional communication skills including the ability to write proposals, reports and presentations
• Strong research skills including the ability to conduct interviews, analyze information and synthesize data
• Excellent team skills and the ability to contribute in both a lead and support role
• Effective work practices including self motivation, reliability and results orientation
• Adaptability and comfort of working in a dynamic and complex environment, including the willingness to evolve the role as the project moves ahead

Qualifications:

Education: Masters Degree in Business OR Masters Degree in environmental or sustainability with business background, or equivalent work experience preferred.
Experience: 5 years experience in a similar role.
Language: English

Skills:

Relationship Management, Communication, Knowledge of Natural Capital,  Project Management, Sustainability, Reports, Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships, Design and development, Creative, Problem Solver 

Additional Information:

The preferred location for this position is Toronto, however flexibility is available for the right candidate. This position reports to the Senior Director Design & Development, located in Ottawa.

About us

The Natural Step Canada is accelerating the transition to a sustainable society by inspiring and enabling commitment and action on important sustainability issues. For over fifteen years in Canada and 25 years internationally, we’ve helped organizations, communities, and individuals understand and make meaningful progress towards sustainability. We are a dynamic, energetic, and entrepreneurial organization priding ourselves on high impact results, mission-focused work, and a collaborative culture.

We are in the midst of a period of significant growth. Having adopted a new strategic plan in 2013 focused on enabling collaboration and building sustainability literacy, our programs have reached a new level of scale, complexity and relevance. Programs like the Energy Futures Lab, Natural Capital Lab and IMPACT! Sustainability Champions all showcase The Natural Step’s impact and growing network of partners. To help realize the potential and manage the growth, we’re seeking a highly organized leader who understands and appreciates the vital role that organizational systems play in driving transformative experiences, collaborations, and breakthrough results. Our ideal candidate has the leadership and technical skills required to implement functional processes that enable project teams to thrive.

The Natural Step Canada (TNS) is a not-for-profit organization, registered charity and equal opportunity employer. We seek to recruit like-minded team members with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives reflective of Canadian society. Our main office is in Ottawa, Ontario, and we have staff and associates located across Canada. For more information on The Natural Step Canada, please refer to our website: www.naturalstep.ca.

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