Consultant – Partnership Development and Management

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Ashokas vision is of an Everyone a Changemaker society where every person and young people in particular have the confidence ability and support to be changemakers for the good of a world defined by rapid change interconnectedness and uncertainty and where our social problems are deep and urgent changemaking must become the new literacy. Such a shift is significant and will require a movement that fundamentally re-examines how young people grow up and learn in and out of school and how we see and support them today as change agents. It will require more than any specific curriculum or skill set but rather a new mindset and new priorities.

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Consultant to lead Ashokas work on a critical partnership Time for Change that promotes changemaking in Canadian schools serving low-income and historically disadvantaged communities. This role is ideal for someone with a strong track record in building cross-sector collaborations managing stakeholder relationships and driving strategic value through partnerships.

What Youll Do:

PartnershipManagement
Serve astheprimarypointofcontactforkeypartnersparticularly First Book Canadaensuringstrong communicationandalignment.
Co-createandmanagepartnershipworkplansdeliverablesandtimelineswith First Book Canada to achieve the goals of theTime for Changeproject.
Monitorpartnershipperformanceandimpactprovidingmonthlyupdatesandreportsto the ProjectManagement team.
Troubleshootchallengesandensuremutualvaluecreation.
Producethreeprogress reportswith qualitative and quantitative datainJanuary 2026July2026and December 2026.
Collaborate with Ashokas internal teams outside of Canada (e.g. programs communications fundraising) to align partnership efforts with organizational priorities.

Partnership Development
Identify research andengagepotentialadditionalpartners aligned with programmatic goalsto expand theimpact of the project.
Design and implement outreach strategies to engage new partners across sectors (corporate nonprofit government academia).
Facilitate introductory meetings and represent the organization in external engagements.

What You Bring:

You have extensive professional connection to and understanding of the education/youth and/or social impact sector in Canada.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build trust and influence across diverse stakeholders.
You are a strategic thinker with a results-oriented mindset.
A proven track record with partnership development creating value-driven strategies to expand impact.
Excellent writing and presentation skills.

Core Criteria

Entrepreneurial Quality:Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company starting a movement or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.
Understanding and Belief in theEveryonea Changemaker:Understands and believes theEveryonea Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately get this candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.
Emotional and Social Intelligence:Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).
Ethical Fiber:Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.
Self-Definition:The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.

About Ashoka:

Ashoka is the worlds largest community of leading social entrepreneurs having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker.

Our current work is centered around the Everyone a Changemaker (EACH) movement which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.

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