Community Program Coordinator

About the Role

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Institute for Community Prosperity, the Community Program Coordinator (CPC) plays a key role in leading and coordinating special projects for the Institute (including Plan Zed: Gen Z Engagement in the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sectors and the MRU Map the System Campus Competition). As a co-lead of the Plan Zed project, the Community Program Coordinator will work collaboratively with other team members and the Executive Director to develop, execute and evaluate the project. This position is responsible for project design, engagement, and communications as well as research including interviews, focus groups, secondary data collection, literature reviews and storytelling. 

As the lead for the MRU Map the System Campus Competition, the Community Program Coordinator will run the MTS campus program during the 2026-2027 academic year and will be responsible for: recruiting a wide range of students interested in systems thinking, facilitating student collaboration, mentorship for student teams and campus-specific workshops; identifying and training judges, and coordinating the campus final competition.

This position is a limited term, conditionally funded with an end date of May 31, 2027.

Responsibilities

Responsibility 1 (30%): PLAN ZED - COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• Design, convene and facilitate workshops, presentations, and other engagement activities.
• Coordinate all aspects of community engagement activities including communications, recruitment, coordination of logistics, notetaking, transcription, and follow up communications.
• Facilitate co-creation workshops with Gen Z participants to develop recommendations and prototypes.
• Work closely with the Institute team to ensure community engagement activities are planned, designed and executed in an effective, efficient manner.

Responsibility 2 (20%): PLAN ZED - SYSTEMS RESEARCH, MAPPING + PROTOTYPE DESIGN

• Research and analysis to inform systems mapping including interviews, surveys, workshops, secondary data collection and literature reviews.
• Design and visualize a systems map in order to identify leverage points and potential areas for change.

Responsibility 3 (15%): PLAN ZED - COMMUNICATIONS + KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION

• Lead the communications for the Plan Z project including marketing and promotion for engagement activities, social media engagement, web content, and other internal and external communications. 
• Produce materials and coordinate knowledge dissemination activities to share learnings and outcomes from the Plan Z project to relevant audiences including participants, funders, other interested organizations, and the broader Institute community.

Responsibility 4 (35%): MAP THE SYSTEM CAMPUS LEAD 

• Develop promotional and workshop materials including videos and presentations to support competition outreach.
• Engage with students and faculty to increase participation and awareness.
• Provide one-on-one guidance student team on research and competition processes.
• Plan and coordinate events and manage communications with participants and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Research skills (qualitative and quantitative).
• Demonstrated skill and comfort in proactively building strong working relationships with community partners and organizations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills and an ability to manage diverse activities, meet deadlines and be flexible to changing situations and priorities.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and direction, prioritizing and self-identifying opportunities and efficiencies in task and workflow management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution and planning skills.
• Experience engaging and communicating with diverse audiences both 1:1 and in workshop settings.
• Experience in the fields of social innovation, systems thinking, and the nonprofit sector.

Salary: $61,170.20 - $77,404.60

Closing Date: September 25, 2026