The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) is seeking a Campaigns Director. This is a full-time, permanent position. The Campaigns Director reports to TEA’s Executive Director.

Who We Are:

TEA is a non-profit organization founded in 1988. We envision Toronto as a green, healthy, and equitable city with economic activity that sustains our environment. We inspire, innovate and advocate to build a greener Toronto for all.

TEA is recognized Canada-wide for our municipal work on climate change, waste and toxics reduction, and other issues we believe are critical to the health and well-being of Toronto residents. To promote a greener Toronto, TEA works with concerned individuals, workers, grassroots organizations, businesses, professional associations, and elected officials. TEA is a non-partisan organization.

The Position:

TEA is looking for a Campaigns Director who is passionate about environmental justice and engaging the public in environmental policy. We wish to hire a non-profit leader who understands how change happens politically and socially, and has extensive experience with designing, developing and running campaigns and initiatives that will make a real difference to communities.

We are seeking an experienced manager and exceptional multi-tasker, who has deep technical knowledge in TEA’s issue areas and a strong commitment to working in an intersectional way. The ideal candidate for this position is someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, and has enthusiasm for both supervising staff and directly delivering campaigns and project work.

The Campaigns Director will lead and build an innovative portfolio of campaign initiatives and community projects, oversee TEA’s institutional and foundations grants, and play a key role in organizational fundraising. They will manage a small team of campaigns and project staff and play a lead role in government relations and partnership development. The Campaigns Director will maintain and build on TEA’s excellent reputation at Toronto City Hall, and its relationship with supporters, community collaborators, donors and funders.

TEA is in an exciting and critical phase of developing a strategic plan to guide our work over the next three years. We are seeking someone who will seize this unique opportunity to shape and implement the future directions of TEA’s work.

As part of the Management Team, the Campaigns Director will contribute to overall organizational management and policy implementation, and ensure strategic alignment between TEA’s advocacy activities, community projects and fundraising.

Responsibilities:

• Manage three to four campaigns/project staff, providing supervision and overseeing the implementation of HR policies and procedures with direct reports.
• Lead the collaborative design and implementation of campaigns and project initiatives, ensuring alignment with TEA’s strategic directions.
• Develop and maintain workflows, project management and decision-making processes that guide the work of the campaigns and projects team.
• Develop and execute specific campaigns and project deliverables including policy analysis, research, briefs and reports.
• Oversee campaigns-related communications, working with communications staff to develop media messaging. Act as a media spokesperson.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with decision-makers, allies, partners and funders.
• Lead annual planning processes for campaigns and projects, and develop and manage an annual campaigns budget.
• Oversee the implementation of grants-funded projects, ensuring effective delivery of work-plans, managing project budgets and reporting to project funders.  
• Develop and execute an annual fundraising strategy to secure funds from foundations and government/institutional funders.
• Support to the development team to ensure strong synergy between campaigns goals and individual giving, events and sponsorships and digital fundraising strategies.
• Work collaboratively across campaigns, communications and development teams to develop strategies and tactics to escalate supporter and public engagement with TEA’s work.
• As part of TEA’s senior leadership team, contribute to strategic decision-making, policy development and implementation, and organizational management and administration. 
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience leading the development and execution issue-based campaigns focused on policy change. Municipal and grassroots campaigning are assets.
• Extensive experience in government relations. Work experience in the municipal policy environment is preferred.
• Deep knowledge of policy processes and experience with policy research and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience with managing teams, and coaching, mentoring and supervising staff. 
• Professional expertise in one or more of TEA’s key issue areas: climate change and waste reduction. Expertise in toxics, buildings and energy, green jobs and infrastructure, and transportation, is an asset.
• Experience working on initiatives that have a strong focus on environmental justice, and/or build connections to social, racial and economic justice issues, is strongly preferred.
• Experience developing media relations strategies and acting as a media spokesperson.
• Proven success in proposal-writing for institutional and foundation funders, and managing grant-funded projects.
• An excellent track record in building partnerships with organizations, community partners, and across sectors.
• Strong multi-tasking and project management skills and the ability to work under pressure, managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• A high level of accountability and drive to set and achieve ambitious goals.
• Leadership / management experience at a non-profit or charity is strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Experience in digital campaigning is a strong asset.
• Experience in maintaining a respectful and supportive workplace, including a commitment to anti-oppressive workplace practices and policies.
• Post-secondary degree in environmental studies, public policy or another relevant academic program, or equivalency of combined education and experience.

Terms of employment:

This is a full-time, permanent position. The salary range is $70,000-$77,000. Salary will be commensurate with experience. TEA offers health benefits and generous vacation provisions.

The Campaigns Director works out of TEA’s downtown Toronto office. Due to COVID-19, the TEA team is currently working remotely and will only return to working in the office when it is deemed safe to do so by the organization, in accordance with public health guidance and direction, and provincial orders.

Application Procedure:

Please submit a letter of interest and a detailed resume by Monday, April 26, 2021 to [email protected] with the subject line “Campaigns Director”. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

TEA is committed to employment equity and encourages members of equity-seeking groups to apply. Indigenous people, racialized people, people with Disabilities / Disabled people, people who identify as LGBTQ2S, and women, are encouraged to apply for this position and self-identify.

Interviews will be connected over Zoom. TEA is committed to providing accommodation for applicants at any stage of the recruitment process upon request by contacting [email protected].

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.