Manager -systems Change - Toronto, Canada - Prosper Canada

Prosper Canada

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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MANAGER -SYSTEMS CHANGE

WHO WE ARE

Founded in 1986, Prosper Canada is a national charity dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for Canadians living in poverty through program and policy innovation.

As Canada's leading national champion of financial empowerment, we work with government, business, and community partners to develop and promote financial policies, programs and resources that transform lives and foster the prosperity of all Canadians.

Prosper Canada does not deliver services directly to people living on low incomes.

Instead, we work with public, private and community sector partners to ensure quality financial empowerment (FE) supports (including effective policy and regulation) are available to all people living on a low income in Canada.

At Prosper Canada, we value being collaborative, human-centered, and forward-thinking. We recognize, accept, and celebrate our differences.

We see power in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and believe we can help everyone thrive by being our boldest true selves.

Diversity is at the core of what we do and who we support to build financial health.

Our financial empowerment efforts focus on equity-seeking groups including those living on low incomes, Indigenous Peoples, members of racialized communities, and people living with disabilities.

We strive to create a culture where all feel valued, respected, and a true sense of belonging. We are looking to bring diverse perspectives that represent the lived experience, needs and challenges of equity-seeking groups.

Join us in supporting and empowering everyone in Canada to prosper.

THE OPPORTUNITY
Prosper Canada is seeking a dynamic and motivated manager to advance our system change policy and advocacy efforts.

In this exciting role, you will help inform policymakers of the financial challenges of people with low incomes in Canada and coordinate our efforts to identify and promote policy and regulatory solutions to these challenges, including expanding access to quality community financial help services through government programs and investments.

Our policy efforts are primarily focused on the federal government, but we also work directly with the Government of Ontario and support our regional partners in their provincial/territorial policy and advocacy efforts.

You will report directly to our Director, System Change but also work with our CEO, VP - Strategy and Impact, Research and Evaluation team, Marketing and Communications team, and key stakeholders from our network.

We value collaboration and partnership in everything we do, and the following principles guide our policy and advocacy work:

We collaborate with diverse sectors and all levels of governments to advance financial empowerment efforts nationally
We partner with community organizations that have deep knowledge and understanding of the needs of their communities and help us identify and understand priority issues and shape effective solutions
We work with researchers from all sectors to ensure our advice to governments is grounded in evidence on the needs of people with low incomes and effective solutions
We work with governments to identify common priorities and effective solutions, while not shying away from constructive criticism when appropriate
The policy changes we strive for tend to be bold and ambitious, but we understand change takes time and celebrate incremental gains along the way.

Some of our expected priorities over the short term include:

Closing the current gap in take-up of federal benefits by people with low incomes
Advocating for more government funding of communitydelivered financial help services
Engaging with government and partners on automatic taxfiling
Contributing to the policy, research, and advocacy on the forthcoming Canada Disability Benefit
Finding solutions to close the access gap in affordable, appropriate and trustworthy financial help services for people with low and moderate incomes.

COMPENSATION

Salary
The salary range for this position is $72,000 to $82,000.

Benefits

Statutory benefits (EI & CPP)
Paid vacation days
Extended health and dental benefits
Employer contribution to RRSP

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead a multistakeholder project exploring solutions to fill the gap in affordable, appropriate and trustworthy financial help services for people with low and moderate incomes.
Monitor federal and Ontario government policy developments on priority issues and coordinate timely responses where appropriate.
Synthesize feedback from internal and external stakeholders on priority issues and help translate into feedback and advice to the federal government.
Monitor federal and Ontario government budget cycles, support development of prebudget submissions, platform proposals, and responses to stakeholder consultations on relevant issues.
Conduct policy research and analysis on priority issues and develop policy recommend