Manager, People, Culture, and Engagement

About this position

Manager, People, Culture and Engagement

Full-Time Permanent

Remote or Hybrid Eligible

Vancouver Foundation acknowledges that we carry out our work on the lands of Indigenous nations throughout colonial British Columbia. Our office is located on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

About Us

Vancouver Foundation is a community foundation that serves Vancouver and all of BC. We bring together the generosity of donors with the ideas and energy of people and communities across the province. Every year we fund a diverse mix of grants, both large and small, that help to build healthy, vibrant, equitable, and inclusive communities. Considered a leader in responsive grantmaking and systems change, Vancouver Foundation is the most significant funder of charities in BC outside of government.

As a community foundation, we’re committed to ensuring everyone has a place in our mission. We are on a journey to actively align all aspects of our work — both internally and externally — to our commitment to equity, inclusion, and a more just society.

For a view into our world, please visit: www.vancouverfoundation.ca

About You

You are a highly motivated and experienced people, culture, and engagement professional who is passionate about justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (JEDI). You are committed to advancing JEDI within your work and are eager to contribute to an organization that shares these values. You have a strong track record of success in managing recruitment processes, engaging employees in program design, and developing policies and programs to support equity-seeking groups.

As the Manager, People, Culture and Engagement, you have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and are adept at building relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You are comfortable working collaboratively in a team environment to achieve shared goals. You are a strategic thinker who can identify areas for improvement and developing and implementing effective solutions.

You are a natural problem-solver and are willing to challenge conventional methods to achieve your goals. You have a keen eye for detail and are committed to ensuring that all processes and initiatives are implemented with a high degree of excellence.

If you are excited about the opportunity to lend your people and culture talents at Vancouver Foundation and to contribute to an organization that is dedicated to creating a more equitable and just society, we encourage you to apply for this role.

About the Position

The Manager, People, Culture and Engagement at Vancouver Foundation is a critical role responsible for leading the organization's people and culture initiatives. Reporting to the Director, People, Culture, and Engagement, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing recruitment and development programs. You will assist in the design and delivery of employee engagement initiatives centered around wellbeing and developing programs to support equity-seeking groups.

The role requires a balance of specialist and generalist skills to support other work across the organization. The main deliverables will include recruitment, development and engagement programs.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the recruitment and selection process for new hires, ensuring that the organization is attracting and retaining top talent, including candidates from equity-seeking groups.
• Assist in the design and implementation of programs and initiatives to support employee engagement, retention, and development, such as performance management, professional development, and recognition programs.
• Provide support to employees on people-related matters, including conflict resolution, communication, and change management. 
• Monitor and analyze workforce data to identify data trends and develop strategies to address areas of improvement.

Desired Experience/Education/Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a human resources role, with a focus on two or more of the following recruitment, employee engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion, development and wellbeing.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Strong project management skills with a track record of successful program implementation.
• Demonstrated commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and work independently with little supervision.
• Excellent organizational and workload prioritization skills.
• Experience working with and for the charitable sector is an asset.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, CPHR designation or CPHR candidate is an asset.

Core Competencies

Advances Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

• Familiarity with anti-oppression, decolonization, anti-racism, feminist theory, rights-based frameworks, etc.

Adaptability

• Understands that there can be many ways to dal with situations and adapts as needed to arrive at effect solutions. 
• Deals with unexpected changes in work, deadlines or strategy in a positive manner. 

Communication

• Communicates clearly, concisely, and candidly with people at all levels of the organization; avoids vagueness, ambiguity, and mixed messages.

Service Focus

• Convergence of service awareness, attitude, efficiency, and problem-solving in a way that adds value to the team, role or organization. Satisfies expectations and requirements from both internal and external stakeholders. Identifies customer needs and is able to provide solutions or answers to problems.

Dependability

• Demonstrates a high level of reliability in all aspects of the job.
• Fulfills all commitments made to both internal and external stakeholders. This includes showing consistency and follow through in one's work.

Responsibility/Learning Orientation

• Accepts responsibility for decisions, actions, and results. Understands and demonstrates that accepting responsibility for mistakes, errors and problems is an essential part of learning and development.

Self-awareness

• Cognizant of their role in the organization and how their behavior may impact their colleagues or the results of the organization.

Use of technology

• Comfortable using technology to accomplish tasks including adapting to new technology to optimize performance.

Planning and Judgement

• Assists in forming long and short-term strategies by actively participating in planning or providing input to projects.
• Analyzes before acting and comes to insightful conclusions given the data and information.
• Evaluates situations effectively and is able to assess the actions, time and resources needed.

Decision Making

• Able to understand the root cause of issues and actively work through them to find the best possible solutions.
• Generates and evaluates alternatives and balances risk.
• Encourages input as required, is results oriented and has a strong sense of urgency to solve problems and complete work. 

Accountability

Reports to Director, People, Culture and Engagement.

Salary

$82,800 annually plus a pension plan and a generous and comprehensive benefits package.

Hours of Work

This position is a full-time position (35 hours per week).

Location

Our head office is located in downtown Vancouver. Through our remote working policy there is an opportunity to work from home across BC.

Accessibility

Vancouver Foundation’s office is located on the second and third floors of the building with an elevator for access to the office, and an accessible, gender-neutral washroom. Vancouver Foundation has instituted a hybrid working model, with both work from home and in-office options available to staff. These options are position dependent.

We are committed to the principles and practices of an inclusive and equitable employment process. Our goal is to be representative of the communities we work with, and we encourage applicants from communities which are structurally marginalized based on race, colour, religion, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression. We welcome applicants from all communities.

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, we welcome a brief cover letter and resume in one document by April 3, 2023. 

We kindly ask for no phone calls please. Applicants will receive an emailed response confirming receipt of their resume submission. Due to the high number of applications Vancouver Foundation receives, only candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted. Periodic updates regarding recent postings are published on our career page after the application deadline has expired. We thank all applicants for their interest in the Vancouver Foundation.