Director, Communications

Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) relentlessly pursues a future where everyone belongs. As the national network for Canada’s community foundations, we connect and mobilize people, ideas, and resources to drive community-led change across geographies and generations.

The Director, Communications is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and advancing CFC’s voice and brand. This role supports national visibility, amplifies the impact of community foundations, and builds trust and belonging through values-based communications.

Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer and working closely with the Management Team, the Director leads a small, high-performing team and collaborates cross-functionally to deliver purposeful, audience-centered communications. The role prioritizes clarity, coherence, and strategic investment to align with organizational priorities.

CFC is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, racialized and other underrepresented groups. The salary range for this position is $90,000 to $100,000 per year, commensurate with experience. This role can be based anywhere in Canada. Some travel may be required.

The deadline for applications is November 3, 2025, although applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis so please apply early.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Communications Leadership (40%)

• Lead and evolve CFC’s communications strategy, ensuring alignment with its purpose and Strategic Framework.
• Design and deliver high-impact campaigns that advance national storytelling, public engagement, and brand positioning.
• Provide strategic counsel to senior leadership, including reputational risk, narrative framing, and crisis communications.
• Ensure communications are integrated, equity-informed, and reflective of Canada’s linguistic and cultural diversity.
• Support visibility of the network’s impact through editorial partnerships, media outreach, and cross-sector engagement.

Network Leadership and Storytelling (30%)

• Build communications strategies that strengthen the profile and brand awareness of community foundations across Canada.
• Collaborate with internal teams and network partners to co-create storytelling tools, engagement resources, and shared messaging in both Official Languages.
• Strengthen and expand CFC’s media and public relations strategy, actively nurturing relationships with media, peer organizations, and communications leads across the network.
• Develop communications that foster belonging and shared purpose across regions, communities, and perspectives—creating space for connection, dialogue, and difference.

Team Leadership and Cross-functional Support (20%)

• Manage and mentor a team of 2-4 communications professionals, supporting professional growth and strategic clarity and liaise with a network of Communications professionals from across the community foundation network.
• Embed communications planning early in cross-organizational initiatives, offering structure and creative direction.
• Uphold accessible, inclusive communications standards—ensuring strategies reflect Canada’s linguistic diversity, including both official languages and, when appropriate, Indigenous languages.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to maintain design excellence and accessibility in all public-facing materials.
• Apply equity-centered approaches to storytelling, audience design, and internal/external communications practice.

Brand and Digital Stewardship (10 %)

• Oversee governance, consistency, and evolution of CFC’s brand assets and visual identity.
• Manage organizational digital real estate (websites, domains, social channels, content libraries), ensuring accessibility, alignment, and future-readiness.
• Safeguard CFC’s brand reputation by embedding clear standards and asset management practices across teams and external vendors.

Competencies

• 8–10 years of experience in communications, journalism, public affairs, or related fields, with senior leadership exposure.
• An experienced people manager with the ability to inspire, support and develop direct reports, and build cross-functional communications expertise.
• Bilingual proficiency in French and English, with the ability to lead and implement distinct communications strategies for each.
• Experience and proficiency in design and editing software.
• Demonstrated success in strategic communications, brand storytelling, and public engagement at a national scale.
• Strong interpersonal and team leadership skills; experience managing staff and navigating complex relationships with integrity.
• Sound judgment, political acuity, and the ability to manage sensitive or high-stakes communications.
• Commitment to equity and belonging, with experience designing communications relevant to diverse populations across Canada.
• Familiarity with philanthropy, community foundations, nonprofits, or public policy is a strong asset.

Please make your cover letter out to JP Bervoets, Chief Strategy Officer. In your cover letter, please explain why you are a good fit for this role.