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Compensation: $68,000 salaried, 4-day work week
Professional development opportunities available;
three weeks of holidays to start; some evenings, weekends, and remote work options.

The Manager will help with regular operations and administrative systems for a mid-sized non-profit active in the landback and conservation space. The Wild Bird Trust of BC has co-managers sharing different leadership roles in the organisation as we work for decolonizing conservation and place-based redress at Maplewood Flats at Tsleil-Waututh Nation. You will be joining one of the first non-profits in BC that has transferred governance to local First Nations, and completed a significant period of growth from 2017-2024. As the manager responsible for internal systems, you will help focus the management team and sustain the charitable organization.

The Wild Bird Trust of BC is a dynamic and progressive non-profit conservation organization working to protect bird habitat and advance reconciliation and redress with Tsleil-Waututh Nation at the only wildlife sanctuary in the Vancouver harbour. The Operations & Administration Manager carries the responsibility of sustaining core functions, fundraising and human resources. You will play the manager role for day-to-day systems, help sustain nature house programs and services, coordinate communications staff, and co-work to produce timely reports and planning documents to support the organization. You will support organizational priorities established by the Board of Directors, and you are primarily responsible for ensuring the financial stability and sustainability of the Trust, HR systems, supervising contractors, social enterprise room rentals and programs. You will be mentored to provide leadership in the transition away from colonial administrative models towards First Nations governance models.

Core tasks

Administration: 20%

• Coordinates research and development of policies and procedures manual (emphasizing decolonization principles) for use by the organization in perpetuity.
• Direct the administration of social enterprise and revenue systems.
• Engage contractors as required.
• Engage with finance systems as supported by the Finance Manager.
• Provides support for the board and committees as requested, and supervises the Organizer, Communications Coordinator, Board Clerk, and contractors.

Fundraising: 30%

• Leads on writing narratives for annual and project grants, and directs and leverages staff and committees’ contributions towards successful grant applications.
• Collaborates with the Finance Manager to review and analyze donor & membership systems and manages and recommends areas for development and improvement.
• Supervises archiving and CRM volunteers and interns
• Promotes and builds relationships with funders towards grant submissions and reports, including Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Canada, various BC ministries, BC Gaming, Metro Vancouver and municipalities, United Way, Real Estate Foundation of BC, EcoCanada, and others.

Operations: 25%

• Human Resources: Staff liaison to Human Resources Committee. Drafts job descriptions and postings; drafts HR Policy Manual with HR Committee for board approval; onboard, supervise, train and offboard staff; manages contracts. (Estimated at 10% of duties.)
• Direct and supervise staff and volunteer systems for the purpose of delivering robust public education programming.
• Oversee Nature House facilities, maintenance staff, and operations including rental program, security, maintenance and supplies. (Outside site operations are managed by the Restoration & Site Manager.)
• Communications: Manage communications staff who carry the responsibility to maintain and improve communications systems and protocols (including social media, audience engagement, website, Wingspan, etc).

Programs & Services: 15%

• Supervises the delivery of programs, including land-based education, exhibits and displays, and ensures Coast Salish pedagogical approaches and systems are enacted and sustained.
• Manage existing staff, and proposed new and contract staff roles, as well as volunteers and committees and working groups, for delivering programs and services as required.

Relationships: 10%

• Ensure the right policies that comply with regulatory requirements are enacted and sustained, including insurance requirements.
• Explore and liaise with prospective partnership opportunities as mandated or directed by Board
• Direct suppliers and contractors as required.
• Maintain external relations as directed by the Board with Tsleil-Waututh Nation departments; CAP; Steering Committee (TWN, Port, DNV, ECCC); and public outreach

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES & QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of environmental issues in Canada, with an interest in Indigenous Knowledge and Two-Eyed Seeing.
• Experience working with, supporting, and motivating a volunteer board of directors, including diverse backgrounds, personalities and levels of skill and knowledge.
• A minimum 2-5 years non-profit management experience.
• Demonstrated management and administrative skills in a not-for-profit setting, including budgeting.
• Skilled in research and strategic planning, and in creative problem-solving.
• Ability to identify challenges and opportunities, create effective plans, and deliver results.
• Proven ability to develop and manage projects.
• A high level of personal and professional integrity.
• Effective manager of people, providing leadership and mentorship to staff, within a respectful workplace setting.
• Effective in establishing and maintaining strong partnerships and relationships.
• Experience in fundraising within a non-profit setting.
• Successful track record and extensive experience with grant writing.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to facilitate discussions, make presentations, and to synthesize and edit documents of varying technical detail.
• Self-directed person with exceptional time management skills, and the ability to work autonomously.
• Relevant post-secondary education is preferred, though consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Application process: Submit your resume and cover letter (PDF or Word) by filling out this form on, or before Thursday, October 10th, or until filled. We strongly encourage applications by Coast Salish People.

Are you passionate about decolonization and communications?

Details: $7000 contract fee for 6 months. Wild Bird Trust of BC is a living wage employer. Must be 30 years or younger for grant funding eligibility. Starting ASAP.
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

The Editor will support writing and editing functions for Wingspan, our semi-annual webpress printed publication which is circulated to the conservation and reconciliation communities across BC. We highly recommend reviewing back issues available for reference at Wingspan Magazine.

Eligibility: be between 19 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment; be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.

Part-time (20hrs/wk), 14 weeks, June 7 to September 5, 2021

Are you a digital media wizard with a keen interest in decolonization? The Digital Production Coordinator will manage all aspects of producing and archiving with Zoom with  simulcast to Facebook, Youtube and Instagram, including WordPress website integration. With approximately 80 educational activities annually based at the Maplewood Flats Nature House, the Digital Production Coordinator will facilitate the delivery of a juried online roster of programs and events. Working closely with the senior staff team, programs staff and Programs Committee to plan and schedule programs and presentations, the Digital Production Coordinator will deliver a robust online experience to the general public.

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The Wild Bird Trust of BC (WBT) is seeking a volunteer Records and Archives Intern who is responsible for reviewing, researching, evaluating, cataloging, and (where necessary) digitizing the paper archives of Wild Bird Trust of BC.

As an organization with a 28+year history, we have a substantial archive in need of an inquisitive and capable archivist who has successfully completed the Core Courses in the Master of Archival Studies program. If you have a particular interest in conservation, wild birds, habitat restoration, and/or local Indigenous sovereignty, reconciliation, and redress efforts, this will add to the experience (see related historical info, below).

The Archives Intern will assist with updating our draft Records Management policy and procedures, and develop and implement an archival strategy for WBT’s current operational and historical records that is sustainable for the organization to maintain and accessible for staff, board, researchers, and the public. 

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WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES at Maplewood Flats for people with disabilities. 

12 weeks; part-time; $300 weekly top-up stipend to regular benefits plus we will provide skills development and supports.

WBT is pleased to offer FIVE 12 week positions through the Work Experience Opportunities grant. Participants will work 16 hours/week from April 19—June 11, 2021 or May 17—August 8, 2021. We will accept and review applications on a rolling basis until positions are filled.

We invite applications from people interested in getting involved in work experience at Maplewood Flats nature house (welcoming the public, exhibition interpretation) and social enterprise nursery (on-site retail plant sales, propagation, and wholesale operations). Participants will be selected to support these two distinct programs. 

April 19 – June 11, 2021:

1. Nursery Sales Clerk: Conduct customer service, with some retail experience required, and be interested in public engagement. Completing and preparing plant orders, manually process sales using a sales tablet and may assist with tracking plant inventory. 
2. Nursery Operations Assistant: Help with nursery plant stock and operations by organizing plants, signage, shade structures, watering, building planter boxes to sell as packaged items. Pending available time may work with other crew to assist with native plant propagation and habitat restoration.

May 17 to August 8, 2021: 

1. Nature House Host: welcome public and provide intro to the Chief Dan George ‘Homecoming’ Exhibition, represent the Wild Bird Trust, distribute Wingspan Magazine, opening/closing building, 

We will pay you $300/week ($3600 over 12 wks) top-up to your existing govt cheque, (so you keep your regular and this is a top-up stipend) plus we will provide skills development and support.

If you are interested and believe you are eligible, the first action is to email your basic resume and/or a basic letter of interest to ed@wildbirdtrust.org. 

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