Director, Impact Labs - Vancouver, Canada - Benevity

Benevity

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Meet Benevity:

Benevity's award-winning corporate purpose software empowers companies and their people to take social action on the issues and causes they care about.

Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking and positive actions, we help 940+ clients (and counting) build better cultures and engage their employees and customers to create greater social and business impact.

We're also one of the first B-Corps in Canada, meaning we're as committed to purpose as we are to profits.

This new role will advance and accelerate the mandate of the Benevity Impact Labs by leading the company's corporate purpose strategy and contributing to strategic initiatives that support Benevity's continued category creation efforts.

As Benevity's own corporate purpose leader, you will lead the development and execution of our internal strategy, helping to embed ethical, sustainable and equitable practices in our culture and business with the aim of helping Benevity to maintain its position as a leader and innovator in this space.

You will work closely with a cross-functional team to elevate our ESG, social impact, DEI&B, climate and ethics pillars, including community investment and crisis response.

As a senior leader in the Lab, you will act as a key contributor to the ongoing development and evolution of Benevity's category creation efforts.

With an eye to the future, you will focus on identifying valuable opportunities to drive Benevity's vision as an impact platform, incubating new ideas and opportunities through select initiatives and partnerships.

You will be a key player in defining Benevity's vision and disruption in the community investment and grants space.

You are a natural relationship-builder and change leader who can get work done through influence.

You are equally adept at developing vision and strategy and executing tactics independently, while inspiring and holding cross-functional team members accountable.

You have deep knowledge and experience in the impact space and go beyond traditional approaches to get at the heart of true change, but also operate swiftly and responsively recognizing that change can't wait.

The Role:

Guide Benevity's own corporate purpose strategy, including all work related to our social impact, climate, DEI&B, ESG and ethics & values.

Develop a holistic corporate purpose strategy that positions Benevity as an innovator and leader in our peer set that drives meaningful change
Set goals and KPIs and regularly measure the progress and success of our investments across all facets of corporate purpose
Engage internal and external stakeholders in the development of our strategy, programs and initiatives to ensure that we are driving positive business and social impact
Partner with key roles across the People, Risk & Compliance and Marketing teams to ensure that we think holistically and execute our work in an integrated manner
Lead crossfunctional team to inform, execute and report on Benevity's corporate purpose strategy and results
Develop key decisionmaking frameworks to assist Benevity in making business and policy decisions in line with our ethics and values (e.g. crisis activation/response, cause eligibility guidelines), engaging knowledge holders across the business
Develop, manage and maintain an updated repository of messaging related to Benevity's corporate purpose efforts and stats for other teams to leverage as part of their work (e.g. RFPs, recruitment, media, etc.)
Oversee ESG reporting for all investors and prioritization of actions resulting from assessments alongside broader goals within the portfolio
Manage Benevity's pledges and certifications, ensuring that we remain compliant and bestinclass where it matters
Develop and maintain measurement strategies and processes to ensure that we are tracking shortterm and longterm progress on our investments
Work closely with the People team on surveys to glean sentiment and direction from Benevityites as it relates to our corporate purpose work
Identify and manage external partnerships with nonprofits and other associations as it relates to our corporate purpose (e.g. ACCP membership, CECP affiliation, key nonprofit partnerships, etc.)
Support the work and needs of the Benevity Impact Board committee as it relates to our corporate purpose investments and progress
Lead communications and storytelling strategies related to this work to both internal and external audiences, including the publication of Benevity's own impact, DEI&B and ESG reports
Identify, select and manage external consultants and experts, and related budgets, to advance this work as needed

Contribute to the Development and Execution of Benevity's Category Creation Strategies & Initiatives

Develop concrete objectives and plans to help Benevity realize its aspiration of becoming an impact platform with input from the executive team, Marketing and Product
Identify, assess and articulate the business and social