POSITION DETAILS

Manager, Social Action 

Program:

Strategy & Innovation 

Contract: 

Permanent, Full time; 35 hours/week 

Location: 

128A Sterling Road and a home-based office as required 

Salary: 

$76,500 - $102,102 Management 
 Application Deadline:

Open until filled

File Number: 

SA #25-26 with cover letter and resume

E-Mail:

[email protected]

Mail: 

HR, 355 Church Street, Toronto ON M5B 0B2

Web:

familyservicetoronto.org

Grow with us!

Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 100 years, we have worked with individuals, families and communities destabilized by precarious mental health and/or socioeconomic circumstances, to achieve greater resilience, stability, and equity. 

We do this through direct service work of intervention and prevention; research and evaluation; and system-level work through partnerships including social action, advocacy, community-building. FST is grounded in the lived reality of service beneficiaries and diverse communities, and we celebrate justice, equity, and inclusion. 

We’re proud of our people and culture! We are constantly evolving what we do and how we do it. Our work is grounded in the lived experience of the clients and the community. We celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and excellence. We are agile, learning and always willing to try new things. 

FST hosts the National and Ontario Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty in Canada, which are broad coalitions of community organizations committed to community engagement, public education, research and policy change to eradicate poverty in Canada.

FST’s Social Action (SA) department focuses on driving system-level change for more just and supportive communities at the local, provincial and national levels. Our community building, research, public education and advocacy work is focused on influencing the systems and institutions that shape the lives of all community members and we’re looking for a Manager, Social Action to advance innovation and provide strategic guidance in these areas.

The Opportunity! 

Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation/National Director, Campaign 2000, the Manager, Social Action will play a key role in shaping and delivering on the department’s goals. A self-starter with a bias towards innovation and action, the Manager, Social Action will help to solve public policy challenges with respect to social and economic issues that affect individuals, families and communities locally, provincially and nationally. The Manager, Social Action will have a community development ethos and experience inspiring a range of diverse stakeholders to work collaboratively on shared goals. The Manager, Social Action will identify and foster strategic relationships, track trends in policy, provide strategic advice to the senior leadership and coach a small dynamic team of professionals while helping to advancing a culture of social action and advocacy throughout the organization and community social services sector in Toronto and nationally. This is a new position within the organization, and responsibilities may evolve based on organizational needs, performance assessments, and role development.

Responsibilities

Planning 

Public Policy Research and Communications

External Relationships

Internal Relationships

• Work closely with Development Services (DS), Violence Against Women (VAW) Services, and Mental Health Services to help them further the overall goals of FST to drive system-level change within their respective programs for more just and supportive communities.
• Undertake series of presentations within all FST programs about how counsellors, clinicians, and all staff within DS, VAW and Mental Health Services can think about and utilize social action approaches in their day-to-day work.

 Operations 

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 

 

 

Key Qualifications

Interested?

This job posting is for an existing vacancy within our organization. We are actively seeking qualified candidates to fill this current position as soon as possible. If you meet the listed qualifications and are interested in joining our team, we encourage you to apply. 

Please indicate file number SA #25-26 on your application and submit cover letter and resume [email protected].  

Our goal is to attract, develop, and retain highly talented individuals from diverse backgrounds 

allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. 

We actively encourage applicants from all equity seeking groups. First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Black 

and People of Colour, people with disabilities, people of diverse gender expression, and people 

with lived experience of poverty are encouraged to apply. 

In accordance with Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 

2005, and FST’s Equity and Inclusion policy, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the 

hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. 

Family Service Toronto does not use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated tools to screen, assess, or select applicants during the recruitment process. 

We thank all applicants and will contact the individuals selected for an interview.