Community Impact & Reporting Manager

You are as unique as your background experience and point of view. Here youll be encouraged empowered and challenged to be your best self. Youll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day youll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals families and communities around the world.

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About the role:

The Manager Community Impact & Reporting plays a central role in shaping and delivering our impact across communities in Canada. Reporting to the Director Community Impact this individual will be a trusted partner in bringing strategy to life.

This role sits at the heart of how we show up beyond insurance supporting the design and execution of meaningful community partnerships while ensuring our impact story is told with clarity and credibility at the highest levels of the organization.

This role has a primary focus on community impact (strategy support and program delivery) with an important secondary responsibility for impact reporting and executive communications. This is an exciting opportunity for a high-performing professional who wants to help build strengthen and modernize how a leading Canadian insurer invests in communities.

What will you do

The Manager will work closely with the Director to support the evolution of Canadas philanthropy strategy and play a hands-on role in delivering programs that create measurable and meaningful outcomes.

Part 1: Community Impact Strategy Support & Program Delivery

• Support the Director in shaping and refining Canadas community impact strategy and help translate strategic direction into clear implementation plans roadmaps and program frameworks.
• Conduct research landscape scans and benchmarking to inform funding priorities and partnership models.
• Track progress against objectives and surface insights to inform continuous improvement.

• Manage relationships with community partners charities and non-profit organizations to support day-to-day program delivery and ensure a strong collaboration with measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional partners (e.g. Marketing Communications Compliance) to bring initiatives to life and identify opportunities to strengthen engagement streamline processes and enhance impact.

Part 2: Reporting & Executive Materials

• Working with the Directors guidance develop reporting materials related to sustainability and community impact and broader corporate initiatives as required.
• Support enterprise reporting processes including sustainability and corporate responsibility disclosures.
• Synthesize data and program results into compelling concise narratives and build polished slide decks dashboards and briefing notes suitable for senior audiences.

This aspect of the role ensures our community work is not only impactful but visible measurable and credible.

What do you need to succeed

• 5 years of experience with ownership of project management and delivering strategic direction to leadership
• 2 to 4 years of research experience. Strong analytical skills required.
• 2 to 4 years of experience supporting strategy development and translating direction into action.
• Has an interest and/or experience in the charitable sector and/or creating community impact
• Is passionate about philanthropy and corporate responsibility.
• Demonstrates strong program coordination and stakeholder management capability.
• Has exceptional presentation and communication skills. Experience creating PowerPoint decks.
• Experience communicating cross functionally with internal and external stakeholders.
• Is highly organized proactive and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
• Operates independently with strong accountability and follow-through.
• Brings both analytical rigor and creative thinking to their work.
• As this position is posted in several locations we specify that bilingualism (French English both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide.

Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the insurance industry and its role in supporting client and community wellbeing is highly preferred.
• Bilingualism (English & French) is an asset.

Whats in it for you

• Hybrid work environment
• A friendly collaborative and inclusive culture
• 20 vacation days per year
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• Pension stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• Access to our Global Learning Centre available 24/7 for your learning needs
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health mental physical and financial

Recent Awards:

• We are honoured to be recognized as aand 2025 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work Canada
• Great Place to Work list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork 2022
• Great Place to Work list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada 2022
• Named Best Places to Work by Glassdoor 2021 and 2023

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other addition to Base Pay eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

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We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing screening interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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