Food Secure Canada hiring Communities Convenor
Posted: May 17, 2022
Categories: GoodFoodBites / Opportunities
Food Secure Canada (FSC) is seeking a Communities Convenor to nurture and build relationships. The position is financed for one year (with the possibility of extension if additional financing is secured).
The Convenor will contribute to enhancing a culture of dialogue and shared governance in the organization and the movement. Nurturing relationships, and supporting convening, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building activities led and co-created by and with Indigenous, Black and racialised organizations and leaders, is at the heart of the work.
Responsibilities
- Establish, cultivate and sustain relationships across the food movement, especially with Indigenous, Black and racialized leaders and organizations.
- Coordinate the production of network map(s) of food movement actors and activities, with a focus on the under-represented work of Indigenous Peoples, Black, and racialized communities to foster connection, cross movement learning, collaboration and to mobilized collective action.
- Liaise with the FSC Communications team to design public-facing version(s) of the mapping and supervise the work of a summer intern recruited to support the mapping activity.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of a master work plan to guide project planning and manage project work-flow.
- Collaborate with Black community leaders and organizations towards Black food sovereignty events including: a pan-Canadian meeting; and bilingual gatherings to strengthen Black food sovereignty through social innovation.
- Gather information from stakeholders to inform the writing of an ethical funding guide.
- Coordinate participatory and culturally-informed evaluation processes, and synthesize these learnings.
- Research and recommend culturally appropriate training for staff and Board.
- Coordinate reporting required from FSC by funders.
- Participate in FSC staff meetings and contribute on request to the collective work of the organization.
View the full job posting on the Food Secure Canada website here.
The deadline to apply is Monday, May 30, 2022, at 8 a.m. ET.