Living Systems Project Coordinator

Nanaimo Prosperity Corporation; Nanaimo; Hybrid; CAD 42,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Nanaimo Prosperity Corporation is seeking a part-time Living Systems Coordinator to support innovation and collaboration in Nanaimo. This role is ideal for early-career professionals with skills in organization, communication, and systems thinking. The coordinator will help foster cross-sector efforts, create compelling content, and assist in strategic initiatives aimed at sustainability and equity.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or early-career professional.
• Experience in community innovation or relevant coursework.
• Ability to contribute to cross-sector collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-sector collaboration efforts.
• Contribute to design and delivery of systems-based strategy.
• Lead storytelling and knowledge exchange.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Systems thinking

Digital fluency

Strategic mindset

Education

Degree in public policy, urban planning, environmental studies, or related field

Tools

Google Workspace

Miro

Airtable

Notion

Job description

Living Systems Coordinator

Location: Nanaimo-based, with flexible work-from-home options

Term: 0.8 FTE contract for one year with potential to scale to full-time and transition to permanent role

Compensation: $42,500 - $47,500

About the Role

Nanaimo Prosperity Corporation (NPC) is hiring a part-time Living Systems Coordinator to support a new generation of place-based innovation grounded in systems thinking, community co-creation, and the principles of Doughnut Economics.

This is a unique opportunity for a purpose-driven early-career professional to help shape how we approach development, investment, and collaboration - connecting local ambition to global movements for sustainability, equity, and regenerative practice. The work is emergent, networked, and full of possibility.

This role combines coordination, communication, and creativity. You'll help knit together cross-sector efforts already underway in Nanaimo, support strategic experimentation, and tell the story of how one city is learning to move as a system.

Key Responsibilities

1. Coordinate cross-sector collaboration

• Help organize and document working sessions, co-creation labs, and stakeholder engagements.
• Support relationships across institutions, sectors, and disciplines to encourage strategic alignment and trust.
• Track emerging ideas, connections, and patterns that point to system-level opportunities.

2. Contribute to design and delivery

• Assist consultants and advisors working on systems-based strategy and project development.
• Maintain tools like stakeholder maps, working drafts, knowledge repositories, and shared calendars.
• Ensure coherence and continuity across meetings, documents, and deliverables.

3. Lead storytelling and knowledge exchange

• Develop compelling, plain-language content (blogs, briefs, case summaries) that explain the work in accessible and inspiring ways.
• Help promote local innovations to regional, national, and global audiences—positioning Nanaimo as a learning community and living lab.
• Monitor global communities of practice (e.g. Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Circular Economy networks) and surface relevant insights or partnerships.

4. Support internal learning and organizational adaptability

Capture lessons, feedback, and signals from the work in motion.

Contribute to an internal culture of reflection, creativity, and systems awareness.

Skills & Attributes

We don’t expect every candidate to have every skill - what matters most is that you bring a collaborative spirit, a systems lens, and a desire to grow into the role.

• Strong organizational and coordination skills: Comfortable managing details in complex, evolving environments.
• Clear, compelling communicator: Able to synthesize big ideas into simple, actionable language for diverse audiences.
• Curious systems thinker: Interested in how change happens at the intersection of sectors, institutions, and communities.
• Digitally fluent: Familiar with tools like Google Workspace, Miro, Airtable, or Notion; able to quickly learn new platforms.
• Strategic yet hands-on: Equally comfortable drafting a briefing note or setting up a stakeholder meeting.
• Values-aligned: Drawn to work that embraces sustainability, inclusion, regeneration, and shared prosperity.

Who This Is For

This role is ideal for a recent graduate or early-career professional looking to apply systems thinking and community innovation in a real-world setting. You may have studied public policy, urban planning, environmental studies, design strategy, communications, or any number of adjacent fields - or you may simply be someone who sees connections others miss and wants to put that to good use.

We especially welcome applicants who:

• Balance professional ambition with caregiving or school responsibilities.
• Are excited by complexity, emergence, and working at the edges of new practice.
• Want to help shape a field, not just take a job.

Why It Matters

This is a formative moment for Nanaimo and for cities everywhere. How we align our choices with our values - economically, socially, ecologically - will define what comes next.

You’ll be part of a small, committed team working to ensure this city evolves with care, creativity, and courage. You’ll help move from theory to action, and from scattered efforts to shared momentum. And you'll be part of a growing network of people around the world reimagining what local prosperity can look like.

Ready to Join Us?

Send your cover letter and resume - highlighting the skills and experience that make you a great fit - to [e-mail] by 12:00pm on Friday, June 20th. We’ll be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage early submissions. We look forward to hearing from you.