Job Title: Grants Manager

Department: Strategic Partnerships & Government Relations

Reports To: Director, Government Relations

Salary: $72,300-$83,100

Job Type: Full-time Permanent

Location: Hybrid based out of Toronto office

Closing Date: August 26 11:59PM

Hi there,

We’re so glad you found us.

It is an exciting time at Kids Help Phone. We are on a transformational journey, one that will reshape the landscape of youth mental health in Canada.

In March of last year, we launched Feel Out Loud, a historic, national movement anchored by a fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $300 million by the end of 2024 to reach young people in every corner of Canada with expanded access to e-mental health services.

We’re adding to our innovative fundraising team who will help fuel this mission. If the thought of making a positive impact on the mental health of young people in Canada inspires you, this could be for you.

First, here’s a bit about our story:

Kids Help Phone is Canada's only free, 24/7 service offering professional counselling, information, referrals, and texting support for young people in both English and French. We provide life-changing support to youth millions of times each year

We began in 1989 as a unique telephone counselling service, and for nearly 35 years, we’ve evolved our response and innovated our offerings and technology to stay relevant to youth, recognizing the complexity of issues they face.

Today, Kids Help Phone has become more essential than ever before. So has our goal of transforming to meet the needs of young people in Canada. As a part of our strategic objective of maximizing access, we’re committed now more than ever to reaching more people in every corner of Canada.

Do you want to join our journey and make a meaningful impact?

Unlock your potential. Carve out a career as unique as yourself. Grow with us.

The Opportunity:

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to progress in their public affairs career, who is highly engaged and driven to make a difference in the world. The Grants Manager will work very closely with the Director, Government Relations as a key team member and support. This role will also research, manage, prepare and submit grants proposals and reports for future and current projects. Additionally, the Grants Manager will prepare briefing packages and documentation for Executive Leadership, along with quarterly and annually reporting. This is a very active and growing portfolio, responsible for managing and growing all government relationships federally, provincially (including the territories), and some municipalities, while working closely for Kids Help Phone’s internal teams. This includes working with government stakeholders on both the elected and bureaucratic side. The Grants Manager role will also work across the organization to proactively track, co-ordinate and ensure that all deliverables and reporting requirements are met for our government agreements, and will assist in writing and editing reports, along with future grants. The ability to focus on details, manage several projects, and stay highly organized is a must.

What you’ll do:

Reporting, Financials and Systems Management

• Plan and execute the grant making and reporting process by working with internal teams along with managing documents and deadlines
• Document GR activities (meetings, call notices/reports, emails, funding agreements/contracts, accountability reports, submissions) in Raisers Edge and update pipeline activity
• Works alongside team members to develops budgets for portfolio, projects and operational requirements
• Help lead grant application process and reporting based on program requirements
• Develop best practices and systems overview for grant management cycle
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate tools & data integration across all fundraising portfolios and systems
• Manage ongoing data reporting requirements for government stakeholders
• Project manage reporting requirements including cross-functional coordination and engagement to draft reports
• Draft reports for government stakeholder and external partners

Stakeholder Management & Engagement

• Support relationship management of government stakeholders (elected and bureaucratic) across Canada (including coordination and drafting of reports and tracking progress to deliverables)
• Conduct research to support the development of background notes and issue briefs, briefing notes. reports, papers and submissions
• Support in the securing and coordinating meetings with various government stakeholders across Canada
• Providing pro-active management of government relation activities
• Connect and coordinate activities between government and internal subject matter experts and/or executives
• Keen understanding of provincial & federal government operations and structure, including the civil servant and elected levels
• Able to track regulations, legislation and policy proposals and analyze their potential impact
• Draft communications and key messaging on behalf of Executives and the Director of Government Relations
• Support in the growth of government funding and relationships
• Coordinate government relation activities regarding Kids Help Phone events (national and community based events)
• Support response to RFP development process from identification through to submission and follow-up

Planning

• Plan and execute grant strategy, timelines and deliverables
• Conduct political scans and monitor important government relations activities such as legislation and policy changes, published reports, mental health strategies, funding opportunities, elections and funding announcements and provide these updates to the stakeholders across Kids Help Phone including the office of the CEO
• Support the development and assist in the execution of a GR workplan based in strategy of the particular priorities and needs of governments across Canada
• Partner with other departments such as Donor Relations and Communications team to deliver on an integrated government relations strategy
• Provide general administrative and logistical support to senior leadership (calendar and meeting management, document preparation, research, creating speaking points and briefing materials for internal and external use)

What You’ll Need:

• At least two to five years working in grant/proposal writing and drafting materials such as government submissions.
• Experience in government reporting (i.e., contracts, fiscal or program agreements)
• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset, but not required
• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, accounting, finance, political science or in a relevant subject field
• Strong computer literacy, including effective working skills of Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Able to deal with people sensitively, tactfully, diplomatically and professionally at all times

Nice to have:

• A positive, proactive attitude and a strong desire to learn
• A highly organized individual with good time-management skills
• A basic understanding of and interest in provincial and federal government
• A strong writer, with proven ability to research, gather and analyse information
• A basic understand of the media and what drives news content
• Ability to work in a fast paced and always changing environment
• Self-starting and solutions oriented
• Strong team player
• Experience working with project and database management tools
• An interest in the non-profit sector, and in child and youth mental health

Benefits:

• Accidental Death Insurance
• Hybrid Work Model
• Life Insurance
• Wellness Programs
• Flexitime
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Care
• Dental Care
• Vision Care
• RRSP Matching
• Emergency Travel Assistance
• Hybrid work model

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you may be asked to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role and the overall business objectives of Kids Help Phone.

Don’t meet every single qualification and requirement? Studies have shown that women and racialized people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Kids Help Phone, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles that Kids Help Phone is recruiting for.

Applications for this position will close at 11:59pm on the job posting close date listed above. Submissions received after this time may not be considered.

To learn more about Feel Out Loud: the largest youth mental health movement in Canadian history:

• The Feel Out Loud Campaign Cabinet – a group of extraordinary philanthropic and business leaders who are deeply committed to unlocking hope for all youth across Canada
• What I Wouldn’t Do (North Star Calling) – a star-studded anthem and video created by over 50 Canadian artists who united across the country to form the musical collective Artists for Feel Out Loud, with the sole purpose of amplifying the conversation around mental health and empowering young people to feel out loud.

Join us!

The Small Print:

Accommodation Statement:

Kids Help Phone welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities, as such reasonable accommodations are available upon request from a candidate with a disability, thus ensuring you can take part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. If, as a qualified job applicant, you make an accommodation request, we will consult with you and provide reasonable accommodation according to your accessibility needs. If you wish to make a request, please provide a cover letter when applying for this position.

The successful candidate to this role may be asked to complete a background screen, which may include criminal, credit, employment, educational checks and/or COVID 19 vaccination checks. All offers of employment are conditional on the receipt of satisfactory results of any applicable check.

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