CanAdapt Community Lead

Climate Risk Institute; Canada; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Climate Risk Institute as a CanAdapt Community Lead to shape and grow a national initiative focused on climate adaptation. In this remote full-time role, you'll provide strategic leadership, manage a dedicated team, and engage with a network of climate practitioners to enhance resilience across Canada.

Benefits

Flexible, remote work environment

Opportunities for creativity and leadership

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in climate change adaptation and low-carbon resilience.
• Strong background in community management and network facilitation.
• Excellent communicator with a demonstrated ability to engage diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ongoing development of the community team and practitioner networks.
• Manage a team of 4-6 direct reports, focusing on coaching and performance.
• Engage stakeholders to align platform offerings with practitioner needs.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Community management

Data interpretation

Education

Graduate degree or equivalent experience

Job description

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CanAdapt Community Lead

• Remote – Canada-based
• Full-Time | Term Employment (June 15, 2025 - July 1, 2026) with potential for renewal or conversion to permanent status
• Salary Range: $85-100k

CanAdapt: An initiative of the Climate Risk Institute

About CanAdapt

CanAdapt (www.canadapt.network) is an initiative of the Climate Risk Institute and Resilience by Design Lab, Royal Roads University, designed to connect, support, and empower Canada’s climate adaptation and resilience community toward achieving Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy target of workforce capacity building. Through our Practitioner Networks, News Service, and Course Portal, we foster knowledge exchange, capacity building, and collaborative action among practitioners, researchers, and decision-makers across sectors. Through CanAdapt’s National Advisory Committee and its expanding set of Expert Advisory Groups, we’re receiving guidance and direction from those we aim to serve: the ever-growing community of climate and low-carbon resiliency practitioners in Canada and beyond.

We’re building something new — and we’re looking for a strategic, passionate, and community-driven Community Lead to help shape and grow this national initiative.

About the Climate Risk Institute

The Climate Risk Institute is a non-profit, academically affiliated organization whose mission is to build capacity, advance practice, and deliver services for climate change risk assessment and resiliency planning in Canada and abroad.

We support all levels of government, Indigenous communities, sector and professional associations, and private sector companies to enhance the consideration of climate change in various planning and management processes, including enterprise risk management, disaster risk management, hazard identification and risk assessment, corporate planning, infrastructure planning and renewal, and policy and program development and implementation.

The Opportunity

As CanAdapt Community Lead, you’ll be the guiding force behind the Practitioner Networks and Course Portal, and play a vital role in teeing up, engaging, and ensuring CanAdapt is responsive to the input and direction provided by the high-calibre members of our National Advisory Committee and expert steering groups. You’ll play a central role in shaping our strategic direction, managing our network facilitators, building relationships across the adaptation landscape, and ensuring our services (Practitioner Networks, Course Portal, News Service) evolve to meet user and stakeholder needs. This is a leadership role for someone who thrives on delivering real-world impact by leveraging their deep understanding of the climate adaptation and low-carbon resiliency space,their prowess in stakeholder engagement, a strong ability to garner direction from key experts, and a penchant for systems thinking.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Ensure adherence to the strategic goals and process standards set by executive leadership.
• Help set the strategic direction for the Practitioner Network Hub and ensure it aligns with CanAdapt’s goals.
• Lead the ongoing development of the community team and practitioner networks.
• Participate in CRI corporate planning initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and client service delivery.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives aimed at whole-organization improvements.
• Provide regular updates to the Director regarding performance, client feedback, and operational challenges including participating in management meetings.
• Manage a team of approximately 4-6 direct reports including coaching team members to develop skills and drive performance.
• Lead, with the support of the Director, on staffing needs, performance management, and career development plans.
• Provide oversight and mentorship to Network Facilitators.
• Monitor network engagement and success; provide feedback and support.

Course Portal

• Curate and Aggregate Content: Lead your team to research, identify, and vet relevant courses from academic institutions, training providers, and industry experts, then aggregate them into the portal.
• Quality Assurance: Regularly review course content for accuracy, currency, and alignment with CanAdapt’s standards, flagging outdated or low-quality offerings for removal or update.
• Provider & Partner Engagement: Liaise with course providers, instructors, and expert steering groups to secure new content, negotiate partnerships, and ensure timely updates.
• User Feedback & Analytics: Monitor portal analytics and solicit user feedback to understand usage patterns, identify gaps, and inform ongoing improvements to the course offering.
• Promotion & Communication: Work with the Communications Specialist to highlight new, popular, or thematic course bundles through newsletters, social media, and in-portal messaging.

Use Data to Drive Decisions

• Analyze user analytics and platform metrics to identify trends, opportunities, and pain points.
• Use insights to enhance platform design, engagement strategies, and community growth.
• Monitor and optimize resource allocation and workflow processes including participating in team meetings.

Grow New Networks

• Support onboarding of new practitioner networks.
• Recruit and support facilitators and managers to ensure successful launches.
• Prepare and deliver compelling proposals and presentations to potential Practitioner Network clients in alignment with the business strategy.

Collaborate on Communications

• Work closely with our Communications Specialist to coordinate messaging, campaigns, and community updates.
• Ensure outreach efforts align with network and platform goals.

Stakeholder & External Engagement

• Engage with stakeholders across sectors to gather feedback and align platform offerings with practitioner needs.
• Represent CanAdapt in external networks to attract content, opportunities, and new members.

Knowledge Sharing

• Drive content development and dissemination across networks, integrating the latest research, funding opportunities, and policy developments.
• Help ensure CanAdapt remains a living, evolving knowledge hub.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in climate change adaptation and low-carbon resilience.
• A graduate degree (Master’s or equivalent experience) or commensurate experience in a relevant field.
• Deep understanding of stakeholder and decision-support needs across sectors, for climate and low-carbon resiliency.
• Strong background in community management, network facilitation, or community strategy.
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of initiating or scaling new projects, networks, or organizations—you thrive in ambiguity, seek opportunities to improve systems, and are energized by building something meaningful from the ground up.
• Strategic thinker and systems-oriented leader with a bias for action and a commitment to collaboration and social impact.
• Strong background in designing and using governance and stakeholder/expert-driven processes to deliver results and build movements.
• Excellent communicator with demonstrated ability to engage, manage, and mobilize diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborative, self-directed, and committed to climate resilience and social impact.
• Data-savvy: can interpret analytics and apply insights to improve user experience.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of an ambitious national initiative at the forefront of climate adaptation.
• Shape an evolving array of services that will directly support the people building Canada’s resilient future.
• Collaborate with a team of passionate, multidisciplinary professionals.
• Flexible, remote work environment with opportunities for creativity and leadership.

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