We respectfully acknowledge the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵw ̱xwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, on which the SFU Vancouver campus and the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue building are located.

Admin & Engagement Coordinator, Wildfire Networks

CLOSING DATE: February 4, 2025  

START DATE:             
ASAP

END DATE:             
March 31, 2026 

EMPLOYMENT DURATION: 
Temporary Full Time

SALARY:
$69,102 to $82,420 annually

LOCATION: 
Vancouver (Hybrid)

HOURS: 
72 Biweekly

UNION/AFFILIATION:
Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)

POSITION GRADE:
7

# OF OPENINGS:
1

About Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

The Centre uses dialogue and engagement to facilitate transformative conversations and create real-world impact for society’s most pressing challenges.

We strengthen Canadian democracy by promoting democratic values and innovation, spread best practices by providing dialogue training and tools, and help governments to engage citizens and stakeholders through our consulting services.

As a bridge between the university and community, we enable student success through the Semester in Dialogue and other experiential learning opportunities and provide a home to select initiatives run by our Dialogue Fellows and Associates.

Mission: To foster shared understanding and positive action through dialogue and engagement.

About Simon Fraser University

  • We are Canada’s engaged university, defined by our dynamic integration of innovative education, cutting-edge research, and far-reaching community engagement
  • We are unconventional, fearless, compassionate, approachable and ready
  • We celebrate the diversity of people, ideas and cultures

About the Role

Position Summary

The state of wildfire in BC is at a critical tipping point, posing a threat to the continued health, viability, and vibrance of our communities and ecosystems at the same time as offering strong inroads for action and collaboration. Your organizational prowess, budget management, event planning, grant writing, stakeholder mapping, and engagement skills will enable the use of dialogue to support shaping a new relationship with fire across BC– one in which we learn to steward and coexist with fire. Backed by the internationally recognized Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at SFU, Canada's engaged university, you will join a vibrant, growing, and supportive team addressing this key issue.

Do you want to help shift the paradigm around wildfire in BC? Are you passionate about combatting climate change, upholding Indigenous Rights and Title, protecting biodiversity, bringing together diverse perspectives, and building consensus through dialogue? Do you recognize how strong foundations in financial and organizational management are foundational to the success of programming? Are you excited for the opportunity to work for a globally recognized convener of dialogue, and to put your skills to work to be a part of building solutions? If your answer to these questions is yes, then please apply now to the role of Coordinator, Admin & Engagement with the Mitigating Wildfire team.

Full Job Description

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Arts, Business, Communications, Social Sciences or another relevant discipline, and three years of relevant experience in consulting, public policy, planning, project management, financial administration, communications, public engagement or similar fields – or an alternative, but equivalent combination of education, training, professional certifications and experience.

  • Excellent financial, budget management, accounting, and administrative skills. Ability to manage budgets, track expenditures, meet reporting and reconciling deadlines.
  • Experience in grant writing and fundraising, including developing proposals, managing donor relationships, and tracking and meeting financial reporting deadlines. 
  • Good skills in dialogue, public engagement, facilitation, or other relevant subject areas.
  • Good skills creating effective and accessible English communications (written and verbal) for diverse audiences and in different formats (reports, proposals etc.).
  • Strong community engagement skills and experience working with Indigenous communities and equity seeking groups.

Don't meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply if you have a strong interest in this position and feel that you would be a good fit.

Additional Information

The assignment end date is March 31, 2026.

Please include answers to the following in your cover letter:
1) Why would you like to join the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue; 
2) How can dialogue advance solutions to wildfire in BC?

The Coordinator, Admin & Engagement will be a key member of the Centre for Dialogue's Mitigating Wildfire program team, contributing to the program's success in reducing the impact of wildfires on communities and ecosystems. Recently launched, we anticipate that this project will grow and offer opportunities for the candidate to grow along with it. Option for remote work available for candidates in high wildfire impacted areas.

Please include your cover letter and resume in one attachment.

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from qualified people of all gender expressions and identities, sexual orientations, visible minorities, Indigenous persons and persons with disabilities. Should you require accommodations throughout the application process, please be in touch.