Coordinator, Impact & Granting

United Way British Columbia; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 74,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United Way BC in Burnaby, BC, is seeking a data-focused professional to support grant administration and data reporting for Community Impact Initiatives. You will lead data collection, analysis, and reporting to ensure funded programs deliver meaningful impact.

The role requires a strong foundation in social sciences, 3+ years of relevant experience, and the ability to translate data into actionable insights for diverse stakeholders. This is a hybrid role with ongoing collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Three-year post-secondary diploma in Social Sciences or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum three years of experience in information collection, database management, and analysis.
• Experience in grant administration within the non-profit sector.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains standardized granting and reporting for all Community Impact initiatives.
• Oversees the granting cycle including application development and review processes.
• Ensures timely collection and verifies quality of information from partners.
• Creates manuals, guidelines, and protocols for the department.
• Generates accurate reports and identifies trends from program data.

Skills

Accountability reporting

Information management

Statistics

Project management

Communication

Education

Diploma in Social Sciences

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

PM tools

Job description

Healthy Aging Full Time Professional-Tech. Burnaby, BC, CA

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1431

Salary: $82,082.00 Annually

UNITED WAY BC IS PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF CANADA'S TOP 100 EMPLOYERS FOR 2026!

ABOUT US – WHY WE’RE HERE:

Across British Columbia, communities are facing urgent and complex social challenges. United Way BC is committed to delivering lasting, community-driven impact in partnership with diverse populations across the province including Indigenous communities whose territories we live and work on. From Vancouver Island to the Lower Mainland, and across the Thompson Nicola Cariboo, Southern Interior, Trail and District, and East Kootenay regions, we walk alongside communities to create meaningful and equitable change.

Our mission

Our mission is to strengthen vital connections that support people in need in our communities.

Our vision

Our vision is to create a healthy, caring and inclusive community.

How do we deliver on our mission and vision – by delivering resources and support for those who need it most, and by living our values of being collaborative, compassionate, strategic, responsive, accountable, and inspiring.

For a more in-depth to look into our work and programs, please visit: www.uwbc.ca .

ABOUT YOU:

You bring a strong foundation in social sciences with at least three years of hands‑on experience in data collection, analysis, and information management, particularly within the non‑profit or social services sector. Your skills in database systems, project management, and reporting are backed by a solid understanding of statistics and frameworks. You’re detail‑oriented, policy‑savvy, and excel at translating data into meaningful insights to support accountability and impact. Clear communication and collaboration with diverse stakeholders are at the heart of how you work.

ABOUT THIS ROLE:

This role supports United Way BC's commitment to building healthy, connected, and engaged communities across the province. Reporting to the Director, Community Impact & Investment, you will lead grant administration, data management, and reporting processes for Community Impact Initiatives, helping to ensure funding programs are delivered efficiently and achieve meaningful impact for communities.

* This position is scheduled to end March 31, 2030, and it may subject to extension or early conclusion.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops and maintains standardized granting and reporting for all Community Impact initiatives.
• Oversees the granting cycle including application development, planning and hosting information sessions, overseeing and executing the review and selection process for each grant stream.
• Ensures the timely collection of information from community partners
• Verifies the quality and integrity of information collected.
• Creates and maintains manuals, guidelines and departmental protocols.
• Support program sites to meet reporting requirements.
• Generates accurate and effective reports through narrative information, and graphic/visual descriptors
• Identifies trends and patterns through the synthesis of program information.
• Supports department, organization, government, and various community partners with analysis and reports as requested.
• Assists in annual budgeting and forecasting.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience

• Three-year (3) post-secondary diploma in Social Sciences or related discipline. Equivalent experience and expertise may be considered.
• Minimum three (3) years recent, related experience in information collection, database management, and analysis.
• Experience with granting and the non-profit social services sector
• Experience in information management and frameworks

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with accountability reporting requirements and systems within the non-profit social services or related sector.
• Proficiency in the use of information management technologies (databases, spreadsheets, project management tools) at a moderately to highly complex level.
• Ability to implement and apply policies and effective business processes relevant to information management.
• Ability to accurately complete information data mining and analysis activities.
• Solid understanding of statistics and associated automated tools.
• Strong project management skills (e.g., planning, implementation, coordination, risk management, follow‑up, reporting) and the ability to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders in order to ensure successful and timely completion of projects.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Support may be required outside of business hours during system maintenances and when troubleshooting services are required.
• Candidates must live within commuting distance of our office.
• Has access to reliable transportation

CHARACTERISTICS:

For success at UWBC and in this role, certain demonstrable characteristics will be required:

• A commitment to building healthy, caring, and inclusive communities, internally and externally.
• Embodying the organization’s core values to be collaborative, compassionate, strategic, responsive, accountable, and inspiring.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and comfortably operate in it.
• Drive to succeed as an individual and as a team member.

At UWBC, we don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, programs, donors, and the communities we live and work in. At UWBC, we encourage all applicants regardless of age, sex, gender identity, colour, religion, sexual orientation, or any other basis to apply.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, people of colour and indigenous people are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet every qualification. At UWBC, we are dedicated to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, so if you are excited about this role, but your experience and qualifications are not perfectly aligned, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or other roles.

This is a bargaining unit role with CUPE Local 1760. This position is at pay grade 36, which is $82,082.00 annually

Candidates must live within 80 KMs (commuting distance) from our office as this position is currently a hybrid role and office attendance is required.