Operations & Engagement Manager

USA The Nature Conservancy; Canada; Vor Ort; CAD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nature United is seeking an Operations & Engagement Manager to lead organizational effectiveness, employee experience, and internal communications across the organization. Reporting to the Deputy Director, you will coordinate priorities, planning cycles, and major internal activities to keep staff informed, engaged, and supported.

You will work with Leadership, HR, Finance, IT and other partners to translate priorities into action, manage budgets and programs, and build alignment across

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, including at least 2 years leading or coordinating organization-wide programs, processes, or initiatives.

Aufgaben

• Lead portfolio of organizational effectiveness, employee experience, and internal communications.
• Coordinate annual and quarterly planning, workforce and financial planning, governance activities.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, Legal, Risk Management and partners to translate priorities into action.
• Design and coordinate all-staff meetings, surveys, and forums for staff input.

Kenntnisse

Strong written and verbalcommunication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Jobbeschreibung

What We Can Achieve Together:

The Operations & Engagement Manager leads a portfolio of organizational effectiveness, employee experience, internal communications through organization-wide coordination. Reporting to the Deputy Director, you will help ensure staff are informed, engaged, connected, and supported to do their best work, while ensuring organizational priorities, planning cycles, and major internal activities are coordinated effectively.

Working closely with the Leadership Team, managers, staff, and enterprise partners, the Operations & Engagement Manager will translate organizational priorities into coordinated action and strengthen how Nature United works together. The portfolio will include:

The portfolio will include:

• Leading the integrated organizational calendar and planning rhythm, connecting annual and quarterly reviews, objective setting, workforce and financial planning, governance activities, and recurring organizational forums.
• Leading employee experience initiatives, including engagement, organizational onboarding, recognition, learning, retreats, staff events, and connection, in partnership with HR, Events, and other functional leads.
• Coordinating cross-organizational initiatives and planning processes, clarifying ownership, dependencies, sequencing, and follow-through.
• Leading internal communications so staff have timely, relevant, and accessible information about organizational priorities, decisions, changes, and opportunities for engagement.
• Designing and coordinating all-staff meetings, surveys, organizational conversations, and other forums for staff connection and input.
• Managing the Operations team budget and coordinating organization-level workplace operations, facilities, sustainability, safety, administrative support, and related needs with those responsible for day-to-day implementation.
• Acting as a key liaison with Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Risk Management, Culture & Engagement, and other enterprise partners to coordinate priorities and ensure Nature United's needs are understood and addressed.
• Supporting responsible adoption of new workplace practices and technologies, including generative AI, through organizational learning, engagement, guidance, change adoption, and continuous improvement.

The Manager will lead these functions with organizational partners, vendors, and enterprise teams, managing multiple projects, budgets, contracts, and recurring activities. They will exercise independent judgment, lead improvements within their portfolio, maintain confidentiality, and make operational decisions within delegated authority, escalating strategic, financial, legal, governance, and policy matters as appropriate. They may act on behalf of the Deputy Director within established parameters. Travel up to 20% and flexible hours are required to support organizational priorities, meetings, retreats, and events.

We're Looking for You:

Are you looking for work you can believe in? Nature United is a workplace where we care about each other and know that what we do matters. We have a vacancy for an Operations & Engagement Manager who can connect organizational priorities with the practical coordination, communication, and employee experience that help people do their best work.

You see how teams, activities, and decisions connect, and can turn competing demands into clear plans and coordinated action. You bring sound judgment, strong communication skills, and a practical approach to improving how an organization works. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, building alignment across functions, and following through from planning to implementation.

This is an opportunity to strengthen the culture, connection, and organizational effectiveness that support Nature United's conservation mission.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, including at least 2 years leading or coordinating organization-wide programs, processes, or initiatives.
• Experience working in a virtual, geographically dispersed organization and coordinating work across teams or locations.
• Experience improving organizational processes, practices, or ways of working to strengthen coordination and effectiveness.
• Experience translating organizational priorities and decisions into practical plans and coordinated action.
• Experience working with senior leaders, managers, and functional partners on planning, decision-making, and implementation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, solve problems, and exercise sound judgment.
• Experience handling confidential or sensitive information with discretion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing organizational communications, guidance, reports, presentations, or similar materials.
• Experience designing and facilitating meetings, workshops, or collaborative processes.
• Proficiency with workplace and collaboration technologi