Policy and Operations Officer

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Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH)

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $61,020 CAD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 25/11/2025
  • Location: Canada 
Gender-based violence (GBV)
Organization Profile

The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) is a proud membership of more than 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, and health professional associations partnering to improve health outcomes for women and children in more than 1,000 communities worldwide. CanWaCH unites the expertise and commitment of Canadian organizations and individuals to advance the health and rights of women, children and adolescents globally, envisioning a world where women, children and adolescents, in all their diversity, realize their right to thrive in full health. 


Duties and Responsibilities

Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Support quarterly reporting meetings across teams including setting up meetings, preparing spreadsheets, tasking team mates, compiling data and tracking progress against workplan deliverables
  • Contribute to preparing reports to funders including drafting narrative reports, compiling data, and filling in activity and results tables
  • Support in-person and virtual meetings with funders including drafting agendas, taking meeting minutes and tracking action items 
  • Support appropriate record retention and filing of key project data and information
Policy Development

  • Contribute to the review, research and development of internal policies, in conjunction with relevant staff
  • Contribute to enhanced CanWaCH operational efficiency by undertaking research on best practices and supporting the translation of policy into procedure
Board and Committee Meetings

  • Support scheduling of Board of Director and related committee meetings including drafting doodle polls and gathering research and quotes on venues,  hotels  and catering options
  • Ensure that minutes of meetings are efficiently and effectively recorded, and are available in a timely manner
  • Assist with coordination of Board orientations including updating orientation materials, December board gathering, Board workshops and trainings, and Board buddies
Team Operations Support

  • Support coordinating in-person team meetings including gathering research and quotes on locations and catering, drafting agendas, preparing and printing meeting packages and materials 
  • Support the coordination of cross-team communication, including help with CanWaCH’s shared Google Drive and shared online office platform
  • Help coordinate team lunch and learns, workshops, and trainings
General Support 

  • Support coordination and delivery of virtual and in-person events, as required 
  • Provide administrative support to the CEO, senior management team and board, as required
Skills/ Abilities

As the successful candidate, you will have:

  • A bachelor’s degree in international development, public health, or related field
  • Minimum 3 years of experience at a professional level in international development administration, finance or administrative services.
  • Bilingualism in French and English preferred.
  • Advanced research and writing skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills with attention to detail.
  • Computer proficiency in: Microsoft Office, Google Drive.
  • Ability to prioritize work with competing deadlines.
  • Advanced customer service, interpersonal, and communications skills.
  • Demonstrate continuous effort to update knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  • Experience in international development and non-profit organizations 
  • An acceptable equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

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