Director, Programs – Community Development

🔥 4 minutes ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👫 Community Manager

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Digital Moment

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2013

🤲 Charity

📚 Education

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Charity • Education • Artificial Intelligence

Digital Moment (formerly known as Kids Code Jeunesse) is a Montreal-based charity that is part of a global network focused on advancing digital literacy education. Since its inception in 2013, the organization has been dedicated to empowering youth by teaching digital skills such as coding, algorithm and data literacy, and artificial intelligence with the goal of creating a lasting social impact. Digital Moment aims to equip young people with the skills and tools they need to tackle global challenges and contribute towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By providing purpose-driven educational programs and collaborating with various partners and educational institutions across Canada, Digital Moment is committed to inspiring the next generation towards innovation and digital citizenship.

📋 Description

• Lead Digital Moment’s portfolio of programs and initiatives across planning, delivery, quality, and continuous improvement • Manage and support Program Managers, ensuring clarity of responsibility, execution, and accountability • Maintain agile and adaptable program delivery models • Represent existing programs, their research and models, and their impact to partners, funders, and external audiences • Refine established programs and shape new, innovative, and inclusive learning offerings in digital skills, AI literacy, advocacy, and youth workforce readiness • Oversee program performance, participant experience, implementation quality, and improvement recommendations • Lead community development and ecosystem engagement with school boards, educators, volunteers, industry experts, youth-serving organizations, and strategic partners • Develop scalable volunteer and expert engagement approaches • Oversee project management across funded initiatives, including timelines, deliverables, resource planning, budgets, and funder expectations • Oversee compliance, reporting, evaluation, and impact measurement • Lead transformation and development of the Programs and Project Management team, including new roles, skills-gap identification, and capacity building • Coach and develop Program Managers and Senior Project Managers • Establish communication, planning, accountability practices, tools, processes, and operating rhythms • Collaborate with the CEO and cross-functional leaders • Support governance, safeguarding, privacy, risk management, KPIs, and organizational performance practices • Align programs and initiatives with the organization’s funding strategy and support proposal development with the Director of Growth and External Affairs

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years leading programs in education, youth development, the community sector, or a related field • 3+ years managing teams • Experience overseeing a portfolio of funded programs, including budgets, timelines, deliverables, and funder reporting • Track record of building relationships with school boards, educators, community organizations, volunteers, and industry partners • Experience designing or scaling volunteer or expert engagement models • Data-informed approach to program quality, evaluation, and impact measurement • Experience leading teams through change, including restructuring roles and developing people • Familiarity with safeguarding, privacy, and risk practices, especially when working with youth • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage everyone from youth to funders • Knowledge of the Quebec and Canadian education landscape is nice to have • Experience in digital skills, AI literacy, or technology education is nice to have • Experience in a growing nonprofit or social enterprise is nice to have • Knowledge of French is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• 20 days of annual vacation, including 5 days in December during office closure • Group benefits including RRSP, parental top-up, medical and dental • Working from home • Flexible 35-hour work week • 10 annual wellness days • Continuous learning and development opportunities • Collaborative, innovative, and diverse team environment

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