Director of Program, Space & Services W1365

About the Organization

Summit Search Group has been retained by the Rainbow Resource Centre on the recruitment of a Director of Programs Space & Services. Rainbow Resource Centre is Winnipegs primary support hub for Manitobas Two-Spirit Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer communities offering counselling education and programming for individuals from youth through to 55 as well as families friends and employers of 2SLGBTQ individuals. Rainbow operates from its location at 514 St. Mary Ave in Winnipeg and is supported by funders including Women and Gender Equality Canada United Way of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.

Rainbows programming is wide-ranging and deeply community-rooted: it includes individual and group counselling a robust youth program Spirit Day Camp and Camp Aurora the Over the Rainbow program for adults 55 social groups across age cohorts a Drag Artist in Residence program a community arts and events calendar housing-related programming and a seniors housing partnership and education workshops and eLearning for workplaces schools and organizations across the province. The organization also hosts and supports a broad range of community-led groups and events making its spaces a vital gathering point for the communities it serves.

Rainbow is advancing the development of Place of Pride Canadas first dedicated 2SLGBTQ campus which will significantly expand the organizations space and programming capacity in the coming years. This is an exciting and consequential moment in Rainbows organizational history and the incoming Director will play a meaningful role in shaping how that space is activated and sustained in service of community.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Executive Director the Director of Programs Space & Services provides strategic and operational leadership for Rainbows programs counselling services community spaces housing-related programming volunteer engagement and service partnerships. As a senior member of Rainbows leadership team the Director ensures that services remain responsive accessible and community-informed while bringing front-line insight and program data into broader organizational conversations. The Director leads three direct reports each of whom carries their own team and is responsible for their own portfolio budget.

The board and leadership team are looking for a senior leader who brings a generalist orientation a genuine connection to 2SLGBTQ communities and their needs and the strategic vision to grow Rainbows programs and spaces in intentional community-responsive ways. The ideal candidate is someone who can also hold a forward-looking perspective: identifying emerging needs developing new approaches and thinking proactively about how Rainbows programming and spaces can show up in new and meaningful ways for the communities it serves.

Space activation is a particular area of growth. As Rainbow prepares to move into the contiguous Place of Pride campus the Director will play a lead role in developing the structure systems and partnerships needed to rent and activate that space including business development community rental agreements and programming calendars. A collaborative leadership style and a genuine interest in working across organizational silos are equally important as this role works closely with the Director of Collaborations & Systems Change and the Executive Director to bring internal programs perspectives into Rainbows broader advocacy communications and fundraising work.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Rainbows programs counselling services volunteer engagement housing-related programming and service partnerships ensuring all services remain accessible trauma-informed and community-informed.
• Lead support and develop three direct reports and their respective teams managing work planning coaching performance and wellbeing in a unionized community-based environment with care and accountability.
• Manage Rainbows spaces for internal and external use including programming calendars room bookings and rentals; lead the development of systems and structures needed to activate and sustainably operate the Place of Pride campus as the organization grows into that space.
• Provide oversight for seniors housing-related programming tenant and community engagement and the property management partnership ensuring service coordination and accountability across relevant teams and partners.
• Set monitor and report on program targets outcomes budgets and grant deliverables; support evaluation environmental scanning and data-informed decision-making across the programs and services portfolio.
• Collaborate actively with the Director of Collaborations & Systems Change and the Executive Director translating program insights community feedback and service trends into organizational learning shared strategy and proactive program development.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in social work counselling community development public administration or a related field; an equivalent combination of education lived experience and professional experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated strategic and people leadership experience in a non-profit community-based or social service setting including supervision coaching and team development; experience in a unionized environment is an asset.
• A genuine and demonstrated understanding of 2SLGBTQ communities and the intersecting systems of oppression that shape their experiences; strong knowledge of trauma-informed anti-oppressive harm reduction and culturally safer approaches to service delivery.
• A generalist orientation with the ability to hold strategic oversight across multiple distinct portfolios paired with the vision and initiative to identify emerging community needs and develop new or innovative ways to meet them.
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills with a genuine interest in working across organizational teams to share insights align priorities and break down silos.
• Experience with program evaluation grant reporting budget management space or facility use housing-related programs volunteer engagement or community partnership development is considered an asset.

For more information or to submit your resume please reach out to Matt Erhard at Summit Search Group .

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