Project Management Lead

Girl Guides of Canada–Guides du Canada (GGC), a national membership-based organization, empowers every girl in Guiding to discover herself and be everything she wants to be. Our mission is to be a catalyst for girls empowering girls. Together, we’re building our vision of A better world, by girls.

Girl Guides of Canada is actively seeking a Project Management Lead - Finance 

Remote working arrangement

About This Opportunity

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Project Management Lead - Finance will support the Chief Financial Officer and the Finance Department management team more broadly.  The Finance Department is a team approximately 40 individuals responsible for the financial accounting and reporting of multiple organizations within Girl Guides Canada, including the national operations, provincial councils and thousands of smaller components across Canada.

In this role you will:

• The development of tools to plan, monitor and report on multiple finance projects
• Delivery of training and ongoing coaching to finance management team and broader finance team to improve the skillset of the team in project management plan development, execution and monitoring
• Key support person for two finance related governance committees – Audit & Finance Committee of the Board of Directors and the Provincial Treasurers Committee 
• Various aspects of senior level administrative support including managing flow of communications, document preparation (presentation materials, memos), meetings management (scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, tracking tasks, preparing minutes), proactively managing communications and inquiries, and records management.  
• Coordination with various stakeholder groups including volunteer operational and governance committees 
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to solve issues and develop ideas for process improvement, with a focus on using technology to improve efficiency
• Responsible for special projects from time to time as they arise.

General

• Adheres to all relevant policies, procedures, and practices.
• Provide general, ongoing support to members/volunteers, responding to/directing inquiries and consulting with the appropriate groups and individuals to support the mission and vision of GGC.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements: 

• Post-secondary education in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field
• Project Management Professional certification or equivalent
• 6+ years of experience, including supporting a senior leader 
• 3+ years of experience in project management, including development project plans, monitoring progress, risks and costs and preparing dashboards 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with strong listening and interpersonal skills, resourcefulness, critical thinking and attention to detail.
• Excellent management and organization skills including demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks or projects.
• Self-starter with experience working under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Advanced proficiency with Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook) and a quick learner of new technology platforms.

Assets include: 

• Experience working within the non-profit or charitable sector.
• Understanding of finance department related activities
• Knowledge of/experience with Guiding.

Logistics

Occasional evening and weekend work is required, based on timing of periodic stakeholder meetings 

Hiring Range: $65,100 to $76,830 / Annually

This position will remain open until filled. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.
 Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered. Please note that GGC accepts all genders for job applications. We encourage all candidates to apply, even if they do not meet all the job requirements.

GGC is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.   We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free, and we encourage applications from people who are racialized, Indigenous, people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and other equity seeking groups. GGC welcomes girls and women – cisgender and transgender – as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that focus on and are driven by the experience of girls.

Upon request, Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada will make available accommodations during the recruitment process. Please note we do not require applicants to identify as a person with disability, or to disclose their disability, to request or access accommodation. Accommodation requests should be made in advance to People & Culture at HR@girlguides.ca.   

We thank all candidates for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.