Director – Community and Client Events

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Oversee Foundant’s strategy for client community engagement.

• Develop opportunities for clients to connect, learn, share their expertise, and foster relationships.

• Facilitate connections between clients and sector leaders through major events, peer learning sessions, smaller gatherings, advisory groups, and online communities.

• Establish and activate the network of client advocates.

• Create avenues for clients to mentor, share their experiences, provide references and referrals, advise Foundant, and contribute to product development.

• Integrate community across the client experience, including events, education, digital forums, communications, and in-product interactions.

• Influence Foundant’s positioning within the sector and define community strategy and standards for conferences, sponsorships, partnerships, and industry events.

• Direct client communication strategies and align cross-functional teams around a unified approach and timeline.

• Assess and enhance community impact by utilizing client insights and data.

• Carry out additional responsibilities as needed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in philanthropy, nonprofits, associations, community development, or the broader social impact sector.

• Strong comprehension of the people and issues influencing the social good landscape.

• Proven history of building communities, networks, events, or engagement strategies that deliver measurable value.

• Excellent relationship-building and facilitation abilities.

• Capacity to engage practitioners, partners, clients, and senior leaders effectively.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to transform ideas into tangible experiences, programs, and outcomes.

• Collaborative leadership approach.

• Capability to influence across teams and organizations.

• Curiosity and strong listening capabilities.

• Proficiency in leveraging client insights and data to assess impact and inform decisions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Tuition reimbursement options.

• Lifestyle reimbursement programs.

• Tailored mindfulness initiatives.

• Customized fitness initiatives.

• Flexible paid time off policy.

• Support for professional and personal development.

• Opportunities for cross-team collaboration and exposure to diverse ideas, expertise, and projects.

• Career advancement opportunities and internal mobility.

• Autonomy and responsibility in your role.

• Employee recognition initiatives.

• Accommodations available for the interview and employment process upon request.