Our salaries generally range from $124,845 - $142,100, and are based on qualifications and experience

At the Green Municipal Fund (GMF), we create change where it matters most—in Canada’s municipalities. As the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ flagship program and backed by a $2.4 billion endowment from the Government of Canada, GMF helps Canadian municipalities, big and small, invest in their future by supporting homegrown sustainability and resilience projects that work for Canadians by creating jobs, lowering costs, and strengthening local economies. Through our unique mix of funding, resources and training, GMF is enhancing the quality of life for people in Canada by accelerating a transformation to sustainable and resilient communities. Since 2000, GMF has invested over $1.6 billion in local projects helping communities avoid 2.9 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, while also contributing $1.24 billion to the national GDP and creating more than 13,000 person-years of national employment.

You in this role

Integrated Results Framework and Evaluation Roadmap:  

Responsible for the co-creation, design and continuous improvement of a comprehensive and integrated results framework (IRF) for the Fund, ensuring that:

• GMF provides accurate, compliant and strategically-relevant data and results to the Ministers required under the Funding Agreement, FCM’s Board of Directors and GMF Council. 
• Such data is reliable and accurate in the analysis and reporting of GMF results to the Government of Canada and the public writ large.   
  GMF captures the right data to support Management decision-making and oversight of GMF’s results and performance in accordance with the GMF Funding Agreement and GMF’s Strategic Plan, over the short- and long-term, understanding that our ability to capture all the data that we would like to collect will always be in tension with the need to minimize burden on GMF’s beneficiaries.  
• The methodologies used to assess common performance indicators are standardized across GMF, working collaboratively across the Programs to ensure alignment and high-quality data,
• Where appropriate, GMF uses other accepted data sources (i.e., Statistics Canada data) to supplement our data to enhance impact analysis and benefits quantification.  
• GMF has the methodologies and data to assess cost-benefit and report on the economic benefits of the Fund, starting with the economic benefits accrued to the project Recipients and their communities,followed by the economic benefits of the GMF portfolio and eventually, the Fund (including operations) 
  Strategic risks to GMF’s achievement of the strategic results are articulated, monitored and reported on, noting that the risk response (i.e., mitigation or other actions) may be the responsibility of GMF
• Programs or the Client and Funding Services team.  
• Working strategically with leaders across FCM to develop and report on appropriate environment, social and governance (ESG) indicators in the IRF to report on GMF’s corporate commitments.
• Providing strategic planning support to the Programs Leadership Team (PLT) in quarterly retreats, All-Staff meetings, and attending PLT meetings as needed based on subjectmatter relevance.  
• Responsible for ensuring that GMF’s project verification processes are based on international best practice but also optimized and aligned to the needs of GMF’s internal and external clients resulting in reliable data that can be used to validate project, program and Fund-level performance.
• Responsible for ensuring that the Impact and Verification team maintain quantification methodologies that align with Canadian and International best practices and for sharing our methodologies publicly enhancing GMF’s credibility and commitment to accuracy and transparency.  

Expertise, knowledge, learning, data quality and management: 

• The incumbent is responsible for leading high-performing teams with the subject-matter expertise and knowledge to repeatably and reliably apply the methodologies and accurately report on our results, in accordance with all FCM and any regulatory data management requirements – paying particular attention to the protection of any demographic data or information subject to privacy legislation.  
• The incumbent stays apprised of Canadian and global best practices in endowment and public policy monitoring and evaluation and builds these practices into a GMF Evaluation Framework (future objective), readying GMF for all audits or evaluations to which the Fund is subject to.
• Works proactively and strategically with GMF Communications, Programs and Client Funding Services (CFS) teams to identify and promote best-in-class projects accompanied by evidence-based reporting.
• Works collaboratively with senior leaders across FCM (particularly, the Information Technology, Programs and Client and Funding Services teams) to ensure GMF results data is maintained, protected, and accurate and where necessary, influence FCM policy, ensuring that data access controls are appropriate to safeguard data while enabling GMF teams to view and use the data as appropriate.    
• Provide senior leadership and strategic direction to a working group of cross-functional Program Directors and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) managers and staff, meeting at a regular cadence to share lessons, refine indicators, monitor/manage risks, improve quantification methodologies and data quality and adhere to the established quarterly and annual reporting cycle.  
• Promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement through evidence-based decision-making, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to align M&E activities with organizational goals and regulatory or compliance requirements.

Compliance, Performance and Risk Reporting:  

• Oversee the production of high-quality reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership (including PLT), Council and FCM’s Board of Directors and auditors/evaluators.  
• Ensure that GMF’s results data is always ready for an evaluation by Canada’s Office of the Auditor General, as required by the Funding Agreement. This requires a highly collaborative approach with peers across all GMF business units.  
• The incumbent leads an efficient and collaborative process to guide GMF’s leadership team, producing and delivering GMF’s Strategic and Annual plans and reports.  
• The incumbent provides strategic direction and structure to GMF’s business planning process ensuring alignment and integration of expected annual outcomes and deliverables. Ensures horizontal coordination within the department and that effective working relationships are established and preserved.
• Responsible for submitting the Annual Statement of Plans and Objectives (ASPO) and the Annual Report to the appropriate Federal Ministers, within the established timelines outlined in the Funding Agreement. 
• Responsible for overseeing the mandated five-year cyclical compliance audits and evaluations required by the GMF Funding Agreement – or as required by the Government of Canada. The incumbent is responsible for working with collaboratively with senior leaders across FCM/GMF to ensure that any recommendations resulting from audits or evaluations are addressed – but not necessarily implementing solutions to the recommendations themselves which will be assigned to the appropriate business unit.  

People Leadership :

• Responsible for leading and managing a highly specialized and high-performing team of 3 managers and an additional 10 indirect reports, in a matrixed and highly collaborative environment, including providing work direction and planning, coaching, and performance management.
• This role requires an individual that is strategic, highly collaborative, extremely organized and a strong communicator to skillfully engage internal and external clients, senior leaders and peers to obtain buy-in and timely cooperation. The incumbent needs to model these behaviours continuously to their team and clients demonstrating the benefits of consensus-based decision-making in a matrixed environment.
• The incumbent must be comfortable presenting results and facilitating strategic discussions with Council and FCM’s Board of Directors while also being technically competent in rationalizing the methodologies backing up the data.  
• Prioritizes and allocates resources ensuring that GMF can address any emerging, strategic initiatives along with ad hoc requests for information (media, Government of Canada, etc…).  
• Applying skills in inclusive leadership and seeking out opportunities to remove barriers or advance FCM’s commitment to Reconciliation and Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion by applying FCM’s Equity Lens to major initiatives.  

Your skills make us better 

Must-haves: 

• Advanced degree in Applied Economics, Statistics or Data Science, Economic or International Development, or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience leading monitoring and evaluation programs, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Demonstrated expertise in data-driven, results-based management and public policy monitoring and evaluation.  
• Exceptional people and project management skills with experience in consensus-based decision-making.
• Experience managing diplomatic relationships with widely varying stakeholder groups  
• Strong knowledge of economic evaluation methods, including cost-benefit analysis and impact assessment.
• Proficiency in climate impact quantification and data analysis methods is required  
• Experience with internal control systems and development of standards or methodologies is required. 
• Fluency in written and oral English is a requirement.  

Nice-to-haves: 

• Familiarity with the OECD Framework for Regulatory Policy Evaluation is a strong asset.
• Experience with purpose-built monitoring & evaluation and project management software is an asset.
• Intermediate French language ability (oral, at minimum)  
• French language capabilities (oral and written) are an asset. 

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 no more than 10% 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.