Associate Manager, Community Impact

Job Title: Associate Manager, Community Impact

Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Estimated Duration: 18 Months

About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Embedded within CTC’s Strategic Marketing department and reporting into the Community Impact team, the Consultant, Community Impact will support CTC’s ongoing community impact initiatives and implementation of our community impact strategy.

The ideal candidate brings experience in partnerships, community development, impact reporting, and communications with a proven track record for rallying cross functional teams to meet shared goals. The individual brings an entrepreneurial mindset and has experience working in matrixed organizations. They will use their experience and passion in the space to educate and influence those around them to create value for our brands, our customers, employees, Dealers, and investors. This is an opportunity to flex multiple skills including strategy, brand development, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement.

What you’ll do

Working collaboratively with teams including Strategic Marketing, Communications, Dealers, Jumpstart, and Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, the role will:

• Support the development and implementation of CTC’s community impact strategy across the organization, emphasizing authentic social support that drives brand trust
• Support initiatives and partnerships to help bring the strategy to life, managing relationships with internal and external partners
• Ensure that relationships with charitable partners are handled with tact and sensitivity, taking care to understand the communities they serve and how we can best support
• Gather and analyze data related to CTC’s community impact initiatives for reporting and program evaluation purposes
• Support Community Impact reporting, disclosures, Board reporting, etc., to ensure consistent measurement and reporting of community impact progress and impact
• Provide data-driven insights to support the development of authentic social support strategies
• Support storytelling and communication development for customers, employees, and other key stakeholders highlighting CTC’s community impact efforts
• Develop and maintain documentation related to community impact activities 
• Track budgets, partnership investments, and donations across the family of companies
• As required, act quickly to assess and respond to support requests in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment

What you bring
 

• 2 – 5 years of directly relevant corporate and/or non-profit experience
• Passion for social impact, with a belief in the ability of corporate actions to drive positive change
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to manage sensitive relationships 
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills
• Ability to thrive under pressure in a role requiring quick action and decision-making
• Proactive, detail-oriented approach to managing multiple priorities
• Comfort with ambiguity and change 
• A bachelor’s degree in business, social sciences, international development or related field
• Experience in the charitable sector, or a deep understanding of the sector as it relates to grant-making, impact measurement and community development is an asset
• Experience in mass retail and/or a publicly traded organization is an asset

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
 
Accommodations  
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.