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

• Supports the development and delivery of small group peer-to-peer learning and broad reach learning activities within GMF’s Local Leadership in Climate Adaptation initiative. 
• Supports municipal peer learning programming: both learning activities (e.g. in-person and online trainings) and membership management (inquiries, recruiting and on-boarding new members, etc.).  
• Supports the development and delivery of knowledge tools, training materials and information resources (e.g. guidebooks, case studies, training materials).  
• Provides comprehensive and efficient project management support, including monitoring of project management platform (Asana). 
• Extracts and analyzes internal database information to inform knowledge programming and supports the development and monitoring of their unit’s annual performance and develops reports in Power BI. 
• Establishes and maintains relationships with third parties/vendors supporting contract implementation.  
• Coordinates and supports meeting and event logistics, including creating calendar invites, booking Zoom, taking meeting minutes, recording external stakeholder engagement in central database, coordinating logistics for staff and external stakeholder meetings/retreats. 
• 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. 
• 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.).  
• Reviews and analyzes Adaptation in Action-funded initiatives to identify best practices and lessons learned for knowledge sharing and capacity building, and conducts interviews as needed.  
• May be called upon to undertake projects or other 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.