Senior Project Manager, Leadership Support

About this position

This position stewards executive, leadership and administrative needs for the organization and its head office. Other responsibilities include managing messaging for the Executive Director and Leadership team, creating presentations, and supporting internal and external communication. Overall, this role will be supporting Executive Director affairs and functions, and supporting the leadership team as a whole. This is a part-time, temporary contract with options for extension.

We are looking for an experienced administrator with a talent for relationship building and executive hospitality experience working with a leadership team to support partners, donors, and funders.  

Park People supports and mobilizes community park groups, community organizers, non-profits, park professionals and funders to activate the power of parks to build strong communities, healthy environments, and resilient cities. 

We are actively working to hire, meaningfully engage with, and include guidance and input from, Black, Indigenous and people of colour in ways that centre intersectionality, Indigenous resilience​, and ​anti-racist principles.  We are committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workspaces and programs, and encourage applications from BIPOC candidates. 

As a Senior Project Manager, your role will include:

• Relationship building: stewardship of partners, peer, and donor relationships; some networking and outreach on behalf of the Executive Director and Leadership Team

• Strategic communications support: presentations and messaging

• Support for campaigns and special events

• General event planning and execution

• Administrative support for the Leadership team 

• High level hospitality - board, partners, donors etc.

• Bringing an equity-informed approach to relationship-building

• Other duties as required 

The skills and experience you bring to the role include:

• Written and verbal communication skills for internal and external audiences

• Project management skills  

• People skills - builds trust, establishing relationships and building networks

• Ability to handle sensitive, information and issues with discretion, trust and confidentiality, attention to tone and messaging

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Attention to detail 

• Adaptability - constantly changing and emergent landscape

• Problem solving

Location: This position requires residence in the Greater Toronto Area and regular in-person presence at our 401 Richmond office during business hours and at events as determined.

Hours: This position will be 21 hours per week (approximately 3 days). Flexible working hours are required - especially for event support; including some evenings and or weekend.

Salary Range: $55 000 - 62 000 pro-rated plus vacation pay

Application Deadline: This position will remain open until filled

Anticipated Start Date:  Late January 2024

Park People is a great place to work:

• We offer a generous benefits package for full-time positions including health and dental benefits, generous vacation time, bike share memberships in select cities, annual cost of living increases, and a pension plan

• We have an amazing work culture with smart, engaged colleagues who want to learn and improve while having fun

• We work remotely with colleagues across the country and have a strong culture of collaboration that supports a hybrid in-person and remote workplace

• We value flexibility and work life balance for our team members and offer flexible work hours

• We offer time and funding to support education and training, and to grow professionally with progressive career opportunities as Park People continues to grow

• We provide you the chance to lead change and have an impact in communities across Canada

Please send your resume and cover letter in one electronic file in confidence to hr@parkpeople.ca. This position will remain open until filled.  We are thankful for all applications, and will only be contacting candidates invited for an interview. All candidates who are interviewed will receive a small honorarium in recognition of your time and effort. Questions will be provided a short time in advance of the interview. If you require accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at hr@parkpeople.ca to provide your contact information.