The Ontario Social Economy Roundtable (OSER) is seeking an experienced bilingual project manager to manage Roundtable activities in the first phase of Building the Ontario Social Economy, a province wide project funded through the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Accountable to the Project Collaborative Steering Committee, the manager will work with OSER to operationalize a confirmed workplan.

The Ontario Social Economy Round Table (OSER) is a collective of independent and connected organizations interested in facilitating a conversation about growing Ontario's Social Economy. *

This is a 6 month position for 20 hours per week contracted with the Canadian Community Economic Development Network.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and manage implementation of a communications plan
  • Create RFP to sub-contract communication work and website development
  • Build a portal at Basecamp.com to host all historical notes and minutes
  • Move the organizing committee from e-mail discussions and exchange of information into a hosted environment (register a domain name)
  • Facilitate consultation process with the on-line community and synthesize feedback in writing
• Support process to broaden round table membership
  • Develop an engagement model to operate in two official languages and welcome new members
  • Develop a one page overview of OSER membership roles and responsibilities to help with recruitment
  • Work with current Roundtable members to identify new groups that need to be around the OSER table
  • Organize all meeting logistics for Roundtable meetings
• Manage the development of the draft discussion paper working with a small advisory group
  • Co-ordinate responses to the existing draft
  • Facilitate the editing and translation process
• Prepare OSER for the regional meetings
  • Coordinate meetings with other networks organizing regional meetings (ONN, CCEDNet, OnCo-op)
  • Identify and work with host organizations in each community
  • Develop detailed work plan for each of the regional meetings
  • Develop RFP and contract regional facilitation
  • Manage OSER engagement and consultation and ensure input data is recorded and synthesized
• Prepare for OSER portion of the Fall Summit
  • Coordinate with other networks organizing the social economy Fall summit events
  • Develop detailed workplan for the OSER engagement and consultation process
  • Manage implementation of summit workplan
• Finalize Project Budget
  • Work with the Canadian CED Network to finalize a project budget that accurately reflects the project commitments
• Support Completion of Funding Reports
  • Work with the Canadian CED Network to meet all of the reporting requirements of Ontario Trillium Foundation funding

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience with project management with multiple partners
• Strong organization skills
• Experience with web 2.0 technology and social networking tools
• Experience in negotiating and monitoring contracts
• Comfortable working independently
• Experience working with a volunteer board
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and French
• Proven ability to work inclusively with people from a range of ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds, with sensitivity to diversity of income, age, ability and sexual orientation

* Draft logo & description to be confirmed by OSER