Regional Engagement Coordinator: Northern Canada

• Sift through existing tools and resources in order to evaluate their appropriateness given the regional culture and context, and make suggestions for improvements on existing tools or in the creation of new ones. • Contact schools, businesses and organizations in order to promote CRPC presentations and the CCH initiative. • Develop partnerships with these organizations in order to help place CRPC as Canada’s leading peer to peer education supplier. • Promote and help recruit participants for Leadership Corps Trainings. • Help build bridges between the region’s Regional Organizers (of the CCH program) and Lead Mentors (of the Leadership Corps program) in order to foster better collaboration between these two initiatives. • Work closely with the Youth Engagement Coordinator to help organize CRPC presentations in post-secondary campuses in order to help grow and bolster the Campus Corps program. • Help increase citizen participation in the data collection process of the National Climate League, an annual exercise in participative democracy that results in the publishing of a Standings Report on cities’ performance relative to 30 indicators of quality of life. • Collaborate closely with the Community Engagement and Program Development Manager to implement existing programs, to adapt them to better suit the region’s context, and to create new ones so as to foster more significant engagement in the region. • Make recommendations to improve the recruitment, engagement and retainment of CRLs.

The Climate Reality Project Canada is looking to enhance its community engagement programming in 4 key regions: Eastern Canada, Northern Canada, the Prairies, and Québec (outside of Montreal). To achieve this, 4 new Regional Engagement Coordinators will ensure an on-the-grounds presence in each of these regions, in order to offer their expertise and support to Lead Mentors & Climate Reality Leaders, as well as our Regional Organizers and the Hub members. Thanks to these 4 regional representatives who are intimately familiar with the local context and are connected to a regional network of stakeholders in community and climate advocacy, CRPC hopes to build meaningful, long-lasting relationships and partnerships with key partners in each region, recruit more participants to Leadership Corps trainings, continuously support CRLs in performing and reporting AOLs, as well as empowering local advocacy through our CCH program. Importantly, the Regional Engagement Coordinators will ensure effective collaboration between the various programs of CRPC, notably the Leadership Corps, Campus Corps and Community Climate Hub initiatives, and will also build bridges between these programs and relevant organizations and programs in the region. You are passionate about the mission of the Climate Reality Project to empower citizens from all paths of life and grassroots movements through a distributed engagement model, and you are very familiar with climate science and community engagement. You enjoy strategic development and hands-on advocacy. You are well rooted in the regional network of climate and community advocates. 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 CRLs and Lead Mentors in performing and reporting Acts of Leadership. Collaboration is your middle name, and you are sensitive to the realities of working with volunteers. You are eager to use the team’s resources efficiently to maximize our real-world impact. In addition to being strategic and systems thinkers, the Regional Engagement Coordinators are people who pay close attention to detail and deadlines, love

Position Title: Regional Engagement Coordinator: Northern Canada Reporting to: Climate Reality Project Canada’s Community Engagement and Program Development Manager Workplace: Remote work. The candidate must be located in Northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut) for the foreseeable future. Start date: as soon as possible Contract length: Until March 31st, 2022, renewable on an annual basis. Schedule: 15 hours work per week (Monday – Thursday), generally between 9:00 and 18:00, though additional flexibility may be required for communications with stakeholders in different time zones. Remuneration: Salary commensurate with experience. Deadline to apply: April 30th, 2021 What We’re Looking For The Climate Reality Project Canada is looking to enhance its community engagement programming in 4 key regions: Eastern Canada, Northern Canada, the Prairies, and Québec (outside of Montreal). To achieve this, 4 new Regional Engagement Coordinators will ensure an on-the-grounds presence in each of these regions, in order to offer their expertise and support to Lead Mentors & Climate Reality Leaders, as well as our Regional Organizers and the Hub members. Thanks to these 4 regional representatives who are intimately familiar with the local context and are connected to a regional network of stakeholders in community and climate advocacy, CRPC hopes to build meaningful, long-lasting relationships and partnerships with key partners in each region, recruit more participants to Leadership Corps trainings, continuously support CRLs in performing and reporting AOLs, as well as empowering local advocacy through our CCH program. Importantly, the Regional Engagement Coordinators will ensure effective collaboration between the various programs of CRPC, notably the Leadership Corps, Campus Corps and Community Climate Hub initiatives, and will also build bridges between these programs and relevant organizations and programs in the region. 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 distributed engagement model, and you are very familiar with climate science and community engagement. You enjoy strategic development and hands-on advocacy. You are well rooted in the regional network of climate and community advocates. 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 CRLs and Lead Mentors in performing and reporting Acts of Leadership. Collaboration is your middle name, and you are sensitive to the realities of working with volunteers. You are eager to use the team’s resources efficiently to maximize our real-world impact. In addition to being strategic and systems thinkers, the Regional Engagement Coordinators are people who pay close attention to detail and deadlines, love to tackle challenges, and are enthusiastic about implementing programs and contributing to the creation of new ones. POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Regional Engagement Coordinator is a champion of networking and of building bridges. This person will act as the main channel between CRP’s Canadian branch office and Lead Mentors / CRLs and Regional Organizers / CCH members in their region, and will also have their tentacles in a variety of internal and external programs in order to enhance collaboration, build partnerships, stimulate the creation of engagement opportunities for CRLS, and help grow the Leadership Corps both in terms of size and of impact. This person will be involved in developing compelling programming for CRLs, and will lead the implementation of existing and new programs in their region. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Sift through existing tools and resources in order to evaluate their appropriateness given the regional culture and context, and make suggestions for improvements on existing tools or in the creation of new ones. • Contact schools, businesses and organizations in order to promote CRPC presentations and the CCH initiative. • Develop partnerships with these organizations in order to help place CRPC as Canada’s leading peer to peer education supplier. • Promote and help recruit participants for Leadership Corps Trainings. • Help build bridges between the region’s Regional Organizers (of the CCH program) and Lead Mentors (of the Leadership Corps program) in order to foster better collaboration between these two initiatives. • Work closely with the Youth Engagement Coordinator to help organize CRPC presentations in post-secondary campuses in order to help grow and bolster the Campus Corps program. • Help increase citizen participation in the data collection process of the National Climate League, an annual exercise in participative democracy that results in the publishing of a Standings Report on cities’ performance relative to 30 indicators of quality of life. • Collaborate closely with the Community Engagement and Program Development Manager to implement existing programs, to adapt them to better suit the region’s context, and to create new ones so as to foster more significant engagement in the region. • Make recommendations to improve the recruitment, engagement and retainment of CRLs. REQUIREMENTS: 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, sociology, political science or related fields preferred. • Strong volunteers’ coordination, advocacy or campaigning, and m