Employment Opportunity: Director of Community Development

The West Central Women’s Resource Centre (WCWRC) provides services and programming to women and gender-diverse people and their families in the West Central neighbourhood of Winnipeg. WCWRC is person-centered and practices empowerment, inclusion, harm reduction, multi-level, and community economic development philosophies to support women experiencing poverty, homelessness, mental illness, violence, substance use, or participating in sex-trade work.

The West Central Women’s Resource Centre is committed to inclusion and equity and strives to ensure that our staff team reflects the diversity of the community we serve. Indigenous peoples, Black people and other people of colour, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and persons with relevant lived experience are encouraged to apply and will be prioritized. We are committed to removing barriers to employment that are faced by groups that have been historically, persistently, and systemically marginalized and encourage (but do not require) members of these groups to self-identify as such in their cover letters.

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms, or other accommodation), please contact us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Position Summary: 

Reporting to the Associate Executive Director, the Director of Community Development provides leadership to the Centre using a person-centred approach while practicing empowerment, inclusion, and harm reduction philosophies. The director will oversee, support and develop the three core community development programs: Employment Support, Settlement Services and Volunteer and Mentorship programming.

Strong preference will be given to applicants who have lived experience coming to Canada as an immigrant or refugee.

Salary Range:$32-34/hour, 6% vacation pay, plus a benefits package and matched RSP after 3 months

Time requirement: 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: February 11, 2025

Duties and Responsibilities

Supervise and Support Staff

  • Act as direct supervisor for the Employment and Childminding Coordinator, Settlement Workers, and the Newcomer Gender-Based Violence Case Worker

  • Ensure that all department staff have work plans, professional development plans, and mental health and wellness plans in place

  • Provide regular feedback to staff to support skill development and performance management

  • Oversee program hiring as required including developing job postings, screening applicants, and conducting interviews

  • Review and submit bi-weekly timecards for staff under their supervision

  • Develop and maintain a respectful, positive work environment

  • Ensure programs operate within the confines of their budgets and WCWRC policies

  • Ensure staff are meeting all the requirements of their program and that programming reflects WCWRC philosophies

  • Support staff to resolve participant conflicts in the Centre according to our guiding values, policies, and procedures

Programming  

  • Work with program staff to develop and implement programming that builds capacity and creates connection for participants

  • Provide ongoing review of program curriculum

Community Partnerships and Advocacy 

  • Build and maintain community connections and partnerships with relevant external agencies
  • Actively participate in community networks relevant to their work
  • Develop information on policy-related issues for educational, public, or organizational use (including the education of government staff and representatives)
  • Advocate for systems change so that community needs are better met

Fund Development

  • Develop grant proposals and reports in collaboration with Executive Director keeping with WCWRC proposal/reporting guidelines
  • Develop and maintain annual program budget in collaboration with Executive Director and Director of Finance

Management

  •  Develop grant proposals and reports in collaboration with Executive Director keeping with WCWRC proposal/reporting guidelines
  • Develop and maintain annual program budget in collaboration with Executive Director and Director of Finance

Evaluation and Reporting

  • Ensure strong, useful program evaluation is occurring for all aspects of Community Development programs as per funding and WCWRC requirements (using evaluation plans/tracking); Monitor program targets to ensure funder requirements are met
  • Maintain accurate records of programs and ensure statistics are entered into WCWRC database
  • Ensure all program areas operate within the confines of their budgets and WCWRC policies
  • Ensure Executive Director and Director of Programs are kept aware of all trends, priority issues, concerns and opportunities and assist with problem solving issue raised
  • Track reporting dates and write proposals and reports for funding related to relevant programs in collaboration with Executive Director

Other

  • Actively participate in WCWRC staff retreats, trainings and meetings
  • In conjunction with other WCWRC staff, provide on-going informal support, referral and direction to community women using the Centre

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Post-secondary education in social work, inner city studies, human ecology or similar fields. A combination of education and experience will be considered

  • Ability to work within anti-racist and anti-oppressive frameworks and actively engage in ongoing learning about these frameworks

  • Minimum of 2 years of experience supervising, supporting, and mentoring a diverse staff team

  • A strong understanding of gender-based violence and available resources

  • Ability to practice participant-centred work and to work from a trauma-informed approach

  • Strong understanding of and ability to practice harm reduction

  • Experience in program planning, implementation and evaluation

  • Superior problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills

  • Strong understanding of empowerment and harm reduction philosophies

  • Demonstrated ability to work within an inclusion framework

  • Strong advocacy skills

  • Experience developing and managing a budget and writing proposals and reports

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Presentation and facilitation skills

  • Professional and responsible with sensitive and confidential issues

  • Strong administrative skills, including a strong attention to detail

Please submit resume and cover letter to the attention of the Personnel Committee with the title of the position in the subject line. Cover letter should expressly indicate how your experience meets the job requirements.

Please submit resume and cover letter to the attention of Lorie (she/her):
By email: [email protected]
By mail/drop off: West Central Women’s Resource Centre
640 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3G 0A7 

We thank all applicants but only candidates being considered will be contacted.  

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