• Job Description

  Req#: JR124241

  What you'll do

  The Manager, Program Design & Partnerships will play a key part in Jumpstart’s commitment to strengthening community sport across Canada, and in ensuring all kids have an opportunity to realize the benefits of participating in sport and play. Specifically, the role will support the development and delivery of Jumpstart programs and partnerships designed to meet the emerging needs of equity-serving grassroots sport and recreation organizations, as well as shape the future of our inclusive play and gender-equity initiatives.

  • Manage the program design process for existing and emerging areas of targeted focus for Jumpstart programs.

  • Manage the design and management of Jumpstart’s gender equity programs.

  • Manage the implementation and evolution of Jumpstart’s inclusive play programs.

  • Manage strategic partnerships and sector engagement in relation to gender equity, inclusive play, and program design.

  What you bring

  • Undergraduate degree in a related discipline

  • 5+ years working in community sport and recreation programming, with a focus on children and youth.

  • 5+ years experience in program design, execution, and evaluation, ideally within the community sport and recreation sector

  • Demonstrated professional knowledge of inclusion of equity deserving groups in community sport, with specific expertise in gender equity and accessibility.

  • Proven track record of effective stakeholder engagement

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to pro-actively identify and build value added analytics/reporting.

  • Excellent communication skills

  • High degree of customer service and focus

  • Bilingual (French) an asset

  Hybrid

  We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

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  About Us

  Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities is a national charity committed to helping kids of all abilities in communities across Canada thrive through sport, recreation and play. At Jumpstart, we understand that for kids, the opportunity to play is about much more than getting active. Sport and being part of a team help foster self-esteem and teach valuable life skills like courage, confidence, and teamwork. Through the unwavering support of Canadian Tire Corporation, its Associate Dealers, employees and vendors, and through the generosity of a growing number of Canadians, Jumpstart continues to support kids and the community organizations that serve them. Join us, where there's a place for you here.

  Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

  We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

  Accommodations

  We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.

• About the company

  Canadian Tire Corporation Limited is a Canadian retail company which operates in the automotive, hardware, sports, leisure and housewares sectors.

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