Director, Programs – Community Development

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

📋 Description

• Oversee Digital Moment’s array of programs and initiatives encompassing planning, execution, quality assurance, and ongoing enhancement.

• Manage and mentor Program Managers, ensuring clear delineation of responsibilities, execution, and accountability.

• Sustain agile and adaptable models for program delivery.

• Represent current programs, including their research, frameworks, and impacts to partners, funders, and external stakeholders.

• Enhance existing programs and design new, innovative, and inclusive learning opportunities in digital skills, AI literacy, advocacy, and youth workforce preparedness.

• Supervise program performance, participant experience, implementation quality, and recommendations for improvement.

• Lead community development and foster ecosystem engagement with school boards, educators, volunteers, industry experts, youth-serving organizations, and strategic allies.

• Create scalable approaches for volunteer and expert engagement.

• Manage project execution across funded initiatives, including timelines, deliverables, resource allocation, budgets, and expectations from funders.

• Ensure compliance, reporting, evaluation, and impact assessment.

• Drive transformation and growth within the Programs and Project Management team, including identifying new roles, skills gaps, and capacity enhancement.

• Mentor and develop Program Managers and Senior Project Managers.

• Establish communication, planning, accountability frameworks, tools, processes, and operational rhythms.

• Collaborate with the CEO and other cross-functional leaders.

• Support governance, safeguarding, privacy, risk management, KPIs, and overall organizational performance practices.

• Align programs and initiatives with the organization’s funding strategy and assist in proposal development with the Director of Growth and External Affairs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience leading programs in education, youth development, community service, or a similar sector.

• More than 3 years of experience in team management.

• Proven experience overseeing a portfolio of funded programs, including managing budgets, timelines, deliverables, and reporting to funders.

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with school boards, educators, community organizations, volunteers, and industry partners.

• Experience in designing or scaling models for volunteer or expert engagement.

• A data-driven approach to program quality, evaluation, and impact measurement.

• Experience leading teams through transitions, including restructuring roles and fostering professional development.

• Knowledge of safeguarding, privacy, and risk management practices, particularly in youth-focused environments.

• Exceptional communication skills, capable of engaging a diverse audience from youth to funders.

• Familiarity with the Quebec and Canadian education systems is a plus.

• Experience in digital skills, AI literacy, or technology education is advantageous.

• Background in a growing nonprofit or social enterprise is beneficial.

• Proficiency in French is a nice to have.

🏝️ Benefits

• 20 days of annual vacation, including 5 days off in December during office closure.

• Group benefits package that includes RRSP, parental top-up, and medical and dental coverage.

• Option to work from home.

• Flexible 35-hour work week.

• 10 wellness days each year.

• Opportunities for continuous learning and development.

• A collaborative, innovative, and diverse team environment.