Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as public policy, social sciences, or international relations., Experience in project management, particularly in a municipal or governmental context., Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills., Knowledge of issues related to hate, extremism, and social polarization..

Key responsabilities:

Lead project delivery and stakeholder management with municipal governments and local organizations.

Develop and update training modules for mayors and local officials on preventing hate and extremism.

Conduct research on municipal-level policies and programs related to the project.

Represent the Strong Cities Network in engagements with government and civil society stakeholders.

Job description

ISD is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to safeguarding human rights and reversing the rising tide of polarisation, extremism and disinformation worldwide.

About the Strong Cities Network

Launched at the United Nations in 2015, Strong Cities is an independent global network of more than 250 cities and other local governments dedicated to addressing all forms of hate, extremism and polarisation at a local level. The Network fills a critical gap in efforts that have traditionally overlooked the unique roles that sub-national governments can play in preventing and responding to these threats, complementing both existing security-led measures and grassroots efforts led by civil society stakeholders.

Why work for Strong Cities at ISD?

This opportunity will be specific to supporting the y in developing a crisis response guide and establishing their crisis management capacity as part of its efforts to institutionalise crisis management and response capabilities and systems at the municipal level.

The Strong Cities Network is hosted by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). Recruitment for this role will be managed by, and the successful candidate contracted by, ISD. For more information on ISD’s recruitment policies and processes, visit the ISD website.

Salary

CAD: 92,500 - 121,000 (Subject to funding)

Location

Based in Canada, remote working available. Unfortunately, we cannot provide Visa sponsorship for this vacancy at this time.

Hours

Full time / 40 hours per week / Fixed term for 24 months. (Subject to funding)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

ISD is committed to promoting diversity throughout its workforce and aims for its team to be truly representative of all sections of society. We make a concerted effort to ensure our workplace, employment policies and organisational culture creates an inclusive, positive and progressive environment in which all members of our team are treated with dignity and respect. For further information about this policy or our recruitment practices, please email vacancies@isdglobal.org.

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, carers, and people from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.

The role

The Program Manager will work as part of the Strong Cities Management Unit to deliver project activities with a range of municipality-level stakeholders in Canada, as part of a newly funded program and partnership with the Canadian Center for Safer Communities and the Foundation for a Path Forward focusing on mayors and other local elected leaders and local governments across Canada. The role will also support Strong Cities programming and partnership opportunities across Canada as part of its North America Hub.

Key responsibilities include:

Project management and delivery (60%)

Lead on project delivery, including stakeholder management and planning with municipal government, subject-matter experts (SMEs), civil society organizations (CSOs), youth, and other local stakeholders as required.
Lead on the updating of existing and, coordinating efforts (with the SMEs and relevant Strong Cities Management Unit team members) to develop training modules related to the upskilling of mayors and other local elected leaders and municipal officials on the prevention of hate, extremism and social polarization.
Maintain and build relations with project stakeholders (donors, external leadership partners, subject matter expert consultants, city governments and their local partners, etc.)

Research and communications (10%)

Conduct research into municipal-level approaches, policies, and programs.
Undertake analysis of and communicate research content, including across Strong Cities membership.

Stakeholder engagement, external representation and program development (10%)

Represent Strong Cities Network’s work in Canada and, where appropriate, other Strong Cities’ efforts, with government and civil society stakeholders in North America.

Institutional support (10%)