Community Partnerships & Funding Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Establish and nurture relationships with Indigenous Nations, Housing Managers, leadership, staff, and community partners.

• Comprehend the goals and priorities of Nations and pinpoint effective ways for Community Power to assist them.

• Sustain relationships beyond specific projects to foster trust, knowledge, and momentum.

• Develop connections with government, utility, and other funding and program representatives.

• Keep track of current funding opportunities, requirements, deadlines, and emerging programs.

• Align Nation priorities and project needs with funding pathways, assisting in applications through inquiries, revisions, and funding decisions.

• Discover new and recurring project opportunities through relationships, initiatives, funding programs, outreach, and strategic partnerships.

• Transform initial discussions into well-defined opportunities with clear needs, next steps, responsibilities, and necessary support.

• Take charge of project momentum, explore barriers, create options, engage stakeholders, and ensure closure on tasks.

• Represent Kambo’s Community Power division with Nations, funders, utilities, partners, and industry organizations at conferences, workshops, and public forums.

• Collaborate with Operations teams to create scopes of work, funding strategies, and implementation plans.

• Carry relationships, context, and commitments through to ensure delivery excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in building and maintaining robust external relationships.

• Experience working with Indigenous Nations, organizations, or communities.

• Experience in coordinating complex projects, opportunities, or stakeholder groups.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in representing an organization externally.

• Familiarity with funding programs, applications, and government or utility programs is highly sought after.

• Background in partnerships, client development, or business development is beneficial.

• Strong digital proficiency and willingness to learn new tools, systems, and processes.

• Capability to establish relationships with diverse individuals and organizations.

• Ability to keep complex work organized while maintaining momentum and follow-through.

• Good judgment and the capacity to act independently or involve others when necessary.

• Quick learner with the ability to ask insightful questions and navigate ambiguity.

• Drive to enhance knowledge, capacity, and responsibility.

🏝️ Benefits

• Genuine ownership and autonomy.

• Significant work with a direct impact on Indigenous Nations, families, and communities.

• A supportive and experienced team.

• Excellent opportunities for learning and assuming greater responsibility.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Health and wellness benefits.

• Unlimited vacation.