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Job Description / Duties

The goal of this role is to assess the feasibility of campaigns led by the PRC, convene working groups, and work closely with our Community Action Network (CAN) and the Coalition members to launch 1-2 annual PRC-led campaigns on strategic advocacy areas determined by the PRC Team, informed and directed by lived expertise, and in close collaboration with partners and members.
This position involves a mix of strategic communications, community organizing/engagement, facilitation, strategic advocacy, media, campaign strategy, government relations, and organizing coalition and committee work. The position assists in building the Coalition’s profile, reputation, and base/network of supporters. This position also supports the design and implementation of the PRC’s overall campaign strategy in conversation with the board and staff team.

Responsibilities/Duties
Assesses strategic campaign goals and convenes coalition and CAN members to work on specific campaigns that reflect the reality of the current political context, which includes active campaigning, campaign-related lobbying, and communications logistics and strategy.
Coordinates working groups and committees at the Coalition and supports graduates of the CAN network in engaging in ongoing campaign work.
With guidance from the CAN network and Coalition members, creates and maintains PRC campaigns that bring to life our Blueprint for Justice.
Develops relationships and support strategic partnerships with other organizations that are aligned with our work.
Supports partner and member campaigns that are aligned with our work and recruits aligned prospective coalition members.
Attends Coalition meetings and helps support relationships and connections on shared work with our membership base.

Qualifications / Required Skills

Knowledge and Experience
Experience as an organizer and campaign experience.
Experience in consensus building and community group facilitation.
Understanding of poverty and poverty reduction in BC.
Knowledge of provincial policy and the BC political context.
Experience with advocacy and the media.

Communication Skills:
Excellent written, verbal and digital communication skills.
Ability to articulate and, where necessary, defend positions on issues and background research with clarity through written material and presentations.
Ability to communicate campaigns in an accessible form to various audiences (professional, community partners, public, funders and supporters).
Popular/accessible writing skills (ability to write concise and compelling persuasive pieces for newspapers, publications, newsletters, and websites).
Confident public speaker and presenter.
Experience with social media and ability to collaboratively develop social media strategy/campaigns.
Digital Media Skills
Ability to use essential word processing and internet applications, and able to learn new computer skills quickly with minimal support.
Familiarity with google suites, zoom, and Nationbuilder is an asset.

Personal Competencies
Passion for achieving social and economic justice.
Ability to work independently, as well as an appreciation of when to seek direction and support.
Quick learner, committed to self-development.
Judgment and tact to support Coalition’s credibility, integrity and reputation.
Ability to maintain the required balance between attention to detail while keeping the overall strategy in mind, as well as to support capacity and leadership in others.
Relational work - and ability to prioritize relationship building with diverse folks.
An intersectional approach and a deep understanding of systematic change-making.

Additional Information

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume outlining your interest in the position to Rowan (she/they) at rowan@bcpovertyreduction.ca by July 31st, by 5 pm PST.

We strongly encourage folks with living experience and expertise of poverty and those from equity-deserving communities to apply for these roles, regardless of formalized education or training. Centreing lived experience, prioritizing decolonization, and a right-not-rescue approach is key components of our Basis for Unity which lays out a powerful vision for how the Coalition accomplishes its work.

The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition exists on traditional, ancestral and unceded xʷməθkʷiy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, home of the Hul’q’umi’num’ speaking peoples. We acknowledge the historical and present-day practices of colonization and recognize that poverty is interwoven with colonization, oppression and genocide. We strive to stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and communities in asserting Indigenous peoples’ rights, cultural practices, land defence and food harvesting.

Salary: $83,200/annually

Contact Information

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume outlining your interest in the position to Rowan (she/they) at rowan@bcpovertyreduction.ca by July 31st, by 5 pm PST.


More information at https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/hiring.

Employer Profile

The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition is composed of over 80 organizations and community mobilizations that come together to advocate for public policy solutions to end poverty, homelessness and inequality in B.C. We aim to improve the health and well-being of all living in British Columbia. The Coalition advocates for a targeted and comprehensive poverty reduction strategy that prioritizes equity-deserving groups and a whole government, cross-ministry approach to ending poverty. Our work is grounded in the foundation of universal human rights.