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 Lead, Insurance and Procurement Systems
Remote working opportunity
About This Opportunity
Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Risk, the Lead, Insurance & Procurement Systems strengthens Girl Guides of Canada’s risk resilience by managing and optimizing GGC’s national insurance portfolio (placements, renewals, claims coordination, certificates, and coverage adequacy), and building policies, controls, training, and oversight systems that support consistent, transparent, and compliant procurement and contract management across the organization. This role partners closely with Finance, Programs, Property/Facilities (as applicable), IT, People & Culture, and volunteer leadership to design practical tools and processes that protect GGC’s people, assets, reputation, and mission.
Position Specifics
Insurance Portfolio Management (Primary Focus)
- Lead the annual insurance renewal cycle: compile underwriting data, coordinate submissions, manage timelines, and prepare renewal recommendations.
- Maintain strong broker and insurer relationships, ensuring service standards, responsiveness, and cost-effective solutions aligned with GGC’s risk appetite.
- Assess coverage adequacy across lines (e.g., general liability, D&O, accident, property, crime/fidelity, event coverage, cyber where applicable) and recommend adjustments based on exposure changes and emerging risks.
- Coordinate claims support: intake and triage, documentation collection, liaison with broker/insurer, status tracking, and trend analysis to inform prevention efforts.
- Support incident reporting and risk controls by translating claims trends into practical prevention guidance and policy updates.
- Ensure policies and processes are clear and practical from the end-user (volunteer and staff) perspective.
- Be the point person for receiving, triaging and responding to insurance questions from Guiders.
Procurement System (Primary Focus)
- Develop and maintain a Procurement System that includes:
- Develop core policies to provide guidance to staff and volunteers vetting, negotiating, and contracting vendors, suppliers and rental companies
- Provide initial vetting of medium and large contracts (ranges to be determined)
- Create standard operating procedures, templates and checklists for procurements including event facility rental and RFPs
- Evaluate and modernize tools (forms, workflows, shared drives, or system enhancements) that strengthen transparency and reduce administrative burden.
- Ensure that systems are fit-for-purpose from the perspectives of both staff and volunteers
Broader ERM Support (Secondary Focus)
- Contribute to risk identification and assessment activities (risk register updates, control mapping, mitigation planning) with emphasis on insurance and financial stewardship risks.
- Prepare concise leadership-ready materials (briefings, decision notes, risk summaries) and support committee reporting as required.
- Participate in business continuity and incident response planning where insurance/financial controls are implicated.
- Other duties as assigned. This job will evolve and take on new responsibilities within the ERM department as systems are created and new risks emerge.
General:
- Adheres to all relevant policies, procedures, and practices.
- Apply organizational policies regarding diversity, inclusivity and equity to content, member communication, and customer service – fostering a safe, inclusive, and engaging camp environment.
- Embody and uphold GGC’s values, Code of Conduct, and mission.
- Other duties as assigned.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent(s) of this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and activities required of the position.
Requirements:
- Post-secondary education in Risk Management, Insurance, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Public Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in risk management, insurance administration/brokerage, compliance, internal controls, or financial oversight.
- Demonstrated experience managing insurance renewals, claims processes, and coverage analysis (directly or in close partnership with brokers).
- Experience designing and implementing policies, procedures, training, and monitoring/oversight processes—ideally in a distributed/field, non-profit, membership, or volunteer-based environment.
- Comfort working with sensitive matters (incidents, claims, fraud allegations) with professionalism and discretion.
- Ethical and trustworthy
- Insurance & contracting knowledge: ability to interpret policies, identify coverage gaps, and translate insurance concepts into plain language.
- Policy development & change management: can build clear policies and drive adoption through training, tools, and stakeholder engagement.
- Analytical & systems thinking comfortable with data, trends, dashboards, and designing scalable oversight mechanisms.
- Communication & relationship skills: able to build trust with staff, volunteers, brokers, and insurers; strong writing and facilitation skills.
- Values alignment: commitment to GGC’s mission and ability to work respectfully with diverse communities and volunteers.
- Enjoys solving puzzles.
- Very strong attention to detail.
- High levels of responsibility.
Assets:
- Relevant designations are an asset (e.g., CRM, CIP, ARM, CIA, CFE, or similar)
- Guider experience: a strong asset
- Remote and hybrid work experience is an asset.
Benefits:
- What’s in it for you?
- We offer generous health benefits (Health, dental, vision, Health Service Spending Account).
- Paid time off.
- Collaborative remote work environment.
- Fun and friendly work environment and work-life balance.
Hiring Range: $65,100-$86,000/Annual
Application Deadline: July 10, 2026
Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered. Please note that GGC accepts all genders for job applications.
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.
