Community Climate Hubs Manager

Who We Are
Founded and chaired by Nobel Laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project is dedicated to catalyzing a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society. The organization has branches in 11 countries, including Canada, and over 31,000 volunteer Climate Reality Leaders. Over 1,400 of those Climate Reality Leaders (CRLs) are located in Canada.

The Canadian organization was established in Montreal in 2007 as a charitable organization, and has its own initiatives tailored to the Canadian context. We believe education is the key to the success of the climate movement. By spreading knowledge pertaining to climate science and by teaching citizens how to be effective communicators on the topic, we are empowering people to become impactful catalysts for change in their communities.

One of our key programs is the Community Climate Hub (CCH) initiative. Our organization builds on the fact that citizens have the power to not only amplify the ambitions of their local governments, but also to hold them accountable for their commitments by demanding concrete and measurable results. Since 2017, Hubs promote sustainability at the municipal level by creating and networking existing citizen-led groups across the country and providing them with the tools and strategic support needed to influence climate policy and reduce GHG emissions. With this initiative, our collective goal is toget local and municipal government to commit to net-zero emissions by mid-century. These commitments need to be rooted in justice and equity, and our organization will support their efforts to reach and exceed their objectives.

What We’re Looking For

The Climate Reality Project Canada is looking for our Community Climate Hub Manager who will provide leadership and guidance for the organization to support citizen-led climate action at the municipal level, anchored in a decentralised, collaborative and ambitious approach to solve the climate crisis through public policy literacy and accountability. This position will play a critical role in advancing climate education and action for our CRLs and Hub members across Canada. The selected candidate will work 28 hours per week, typically over four days but making allowances for flexibility required due to travel, work commitments, or other specific circumstances.

Who You Are

You are passionate about the mission of the Climate Reality Project to empower citizens from all paths of life and grassroots movements through a decentralised engagement model, and you are very familiar with climate science and policy. You enjoy strategic development and hands-on engagement. You are committed to solving the climate crisis through deep citizen engagement, organizing and multi-stakeholder convening. You are committed to diversity and inclusion, have a passion for social and environmental justice and an enthusiasm for operating in an intercultural work environment. You are a compassionate and natural convener, consensus-builder, meticulous problem-solver who loves to co-create, design and operationalize processes to support Hub members in building ambitious campaigns, help embed equity more effectively in our work, and use the team’s resources efficiently to maximize our real-world impact.

As well as being a strategic and systems thinker, the Community Climate Hub Manager will be someone who pays close attention to detail and deadlines and is exceptionally organized in their ability to assess priorities.

Position Description: The Community Climate Hubs Manager oversees the Community Climate Hub (CCH) program and related projects in order to nurture their success and to ensure they benefit each other while aligning with the organization’s strategic plan and overarching objectives. The DNA of this program is to build capacity and facilitate exchange among existing and new citizen-led Hubs, which are focused on coalition-building and public policy literacy to accelerate a just transition and raise ambition at the municipal level.

About the CCH program: Through the CCH program, grassroots campaigns are led by CRLs and citizens of all backgrounds to support rapid decarbonization of their municipalities. CCH drives sustainability at the municipal level by establishing citizen-led groups across the country and providing them with the tools and strategic support necessary to influence climate policy and to reduce their cities’ GHG emissions.

Two objectives steer the endeavor:

1. To move cities two steps forward along Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) 5-step Milestone Framework;

2. To obtain municipal commitments to net zero emissions by mid-century and then ensure the local governments are on track to reaching their target.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage the CCH program

o Coordinate, implement, monitor and manage the CCH project plans in terms of schedule, budget, achievement of goals and objectives to ensure alignment with the strategic objectives of the Climate Reality Project Canada.

o Develop, update, organize and expand the resources gathered in the CCH toolkit, keeping close attention to the best practices in distributed engagement and citizen participation in public policies.

o Develop, update, organize and expand the content of the CCH Handbook to ensure its relevance and complementarity to other citizen engagement tools. This task will require developing potential partnerships with peer organizations or grassroots movements.

o Manage the outreach campaign to recruit new Hub members and expand our CCH community.

o Drafting articles for the Climate Reality Project Canada to promote the CCH program and gain national visibility.

o Creation of presentation materials for the Hub members, supporting municipal policy solutions to solve the climate crisis.

o Represent the CRPC on municipal related questions.

o Support the Community Engagement Manager in engaging Climate Reality Leaders (CRLs) in local climate initiatives and in municipal climate consultations as well as policies.

o In partnership with the Community Engagement Manager, create opportunities of collaboration between Lead Mentors and Regional Organizers.

o Support the Regional Engagement Coordinator’s in the Maritimes, Rural Quebec, the Prairies and Northern Canada.

o Ensure the full provision of the CRPC communications associated with the programs overseen is available in French and English.

Manage the Regional Organizers

o Recruit and engage key Climate Leaders as Regional Organizers (ROs), and sustaining contact with them via email, telephone and conference calls, to ensure they have all the tools necessary to organize their communities and actively support the Hub captains and members.

o Provide support to ROs in the form of fact sheets and templates, to increase the number and quality of the acts of leadership delivered.

o Manage all of the administrative responsibilities associated with the ROs, including recruitment, hiring paperwork and payments.

o Coach the Hub Captains.

o Oversee the development the Hubs’ microsites and support the ROs with respect to associated technical questions.

Cities Caucus

o Represent CRPC on the Cities Caucus of the Climate Action Network Canada.

o Prepare and co-host the monthly calls.

o Rally participants around the tools and resources.

o Map the municipal citizen engagement across Canada to ensure that CRPC is at the forefront of grassroots-led movement at the municipal level.

Support the National Campaign Manager in their mandate and amplify all the CRPC’s National Campaigns amongst the CCH community and network.

Support the Communication & Social Medias Manager in reviewing any content related to the CCH program.

• Assisting with special event organization, including but not limited to the National Climate League and the Climate Leadership Corps trainings.

Assist with the preparation of quarterly reports and any other required documentation.

Education & Experience:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in campaign coordination or a similar outreach, community engagement, network management or relationship building type role for an environmental or community organization.
• Undergraduate degree in Environment, Political Science or related fields preferred.
• Strong volunteers’ coordination and management experience required.
• Having completed a Climate Leadership Corps Training is considered a strong asset.

Skills & Qualifications:

• A passion for, and knowledge of, climate change science and solutions is required.
• Fully bilingual in French and English; strong written and spoken skills in both languages.
• Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Able to communicate professionally and effectively with people from all paths of life.
• Excellent problem-solving ability.
• Results-oriented mindset.
• Very well-organized and detail-oriented.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office, adept at Word processing, use of Excel spreadsheets, Airtable, data management, email software, web browsers.
• Knowledge of Salesforce or similar CRM platforms is considered an asset.

To Apply:

Please send a resume and cover letter before 9:00PM on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 to André-Yanne Parent (she/her), Executive Director. Please note that only the candidates selected will be contacted.

The Climate Reality Project Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or any other category prohibited by local, provincial or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, social and recreational activities and termination.