Our salaries generally range from $56,500 - $63,000, and are based on qualifications and experience

At GMF, we empower our people to create change where it has the most impact – municipalities. GMF is a $1.6 billion permanent endowment from the Government of Canada, managed at arm's length, making it nimble and available for higher-risk, higher-impact initiatives. A further $530M investment into GMF to support the National Adaptation Strategy was announced in November 2022.  Our team is committed to helping local governments switch to sustainable practices faster. GMF is the cornerstone program of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).

Our unique mix of funding, resources, and training gives municipalities the tools they need to build resiliency — and create better lives for Canadians. Through GMF, municipalities have reduced carbon emissions; built better transportation assets; constructed efficient and resilient buildings; diverted waste from landfill; made previously unusable land available for development; and improved soil and water quality.

You in this role

What you’ll be doing

• Leads organization lifecycle projects (design, coordination, and implementation) with the direction of their leader.
• Supports their unit in designing and delivering inter-departmental and cross-departmental projects related to organizational risk management, internal communications, audit and evaluation, corporate climate reporting and organizational effectiveness.
• Supports the development and monitoring of their unit’s annual performance and develops reports in Power BI.
• Analyses and develops evaluation reports of specific Unit initiatives (as needed). 
• Documents standardized operating processes and develops training materials, and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation of new processes, workflows and systems. The incumbent works with their peers in other units to validate the processes gaining buy-in and support for implementation.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with third parties/vendors overseeing contract implementation. 
• Coordinates team activities (scheduling of weekly/quarterly team meetings, planning retreats, coordination of team building activities, booking of rooms/venues, maintaining rolling agenda, note taking, file management, software subscriptions, etc.). 
• Provides administrative support to meet operational needs of the teams (oversees the development and amendments of contracts and verifies, codes, and processes invoices and expense claims, ensuring FCM financial guidelines and any terms of contracts are respected). 
• Coordinates all travel, meeting, and conference logistics. Prepares relevant materials and tracks expenditures in relation to travel and meeting logistics. 
• Verifies, codes, and processes invoices, Visa statements, and expense claims. Ensures financial guidelines and any terms of contracts are respected. Supports Senior Leader in Unit with budget entries and tracking of expense claims and other budget items. 
• Provides back-up support to the other GMF Administrative Teams[LM2] [LM3]  as required. 
• Works with the GMF Administrative Team to ensure appropriate integration, cohesion, efficiency and compliance with FCM’s or GMF’s administrative policies and procedures. 
• Represents their Unit in various FCM working groups and committees related to the respective mandates. 
• May be called upon to undertake projects or other administrative duties as needed. 

Your skills make us better 

You bring:   

We prioritize work-life balance with our flexible model:

• When we say flexible work model, we mean that in collaboration with your manager and based on what your team needs, you have the flexibility to determine when you work so that you can enjoy a healthy balance between work and personal demands.
• While you do need to live in Canada for this role, you can primarily work from home. Travel may be required to Head Office in Ottawa periodically.  The majority of the GMF team operates from the National Capital Region.
• We do like to visit the areas we are impacting and it allows us to see unique and wonderful parts of our country. You may find yourself traveling nationally 10-15% of the time. 

We don’t just talk about employee wellness, we live it:

• Summer hours between July 1 and Labour Day:
  • 7-hour workdays rather than 7.5
  • Every Friday off in the summer
• Flexible work arrangements to support productivity and well-being
• Commitment to employee development
• Competitive range of employee benefits and services
• Office facilities located in the Byward Market and Ottawa’s downtown core

We’re committed to fostering an organizational culture that embraces equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, where individuals from diverse racial and ethnic identities, nationalities, social economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and physical and mental abilities can thrive and be fully engaged at their best level.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.