Overview
Leading with Purpose: Senior Leadership Opportunity with Greenpeace Canada
Greenpeace Canada is an independently funded, non-profit organization that works towards a greener, more peaceful world, and to confront the systems that threaten people and the planet. We challenge government and industry to halt harmful practices by negotiating solutions, conducting scientific research, introducing clean alternatives, carrying out peaceful acts of civil disobedience and engaging the public. To maintain independence Greenpeace does not accept donations from corporations or governments. Greenpeace relies on individual donors and creative partnerships to fund our environmental justice campaigns.
As an organization, Greenpeace Canada recognizes and supports Indigenous sovereignty and the Land Back movement. We support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and are committed to collaboration and consultation with Indigenous Peoples to ensure our campaigns and positions respect Indigenous rights and liberation.
The Opportunity
Greenpeace Canada is seeking a strategic, inspiring, and compassionate leader to serve as the Director of Programs and Communications. This pivotal role is responsible for leading and advancing Greenpeace Canada’s Program and Communications work, ensuring its quality, coherence, and impact. With a sharp eye for opportunities and a supportive approach to management, you will lead Greenpeace Canada’s program and communications team to achieve external impact in turbulent times.
As the senior leader of a large, distributed team, the Director of Program and Communications will motivate and support staff, fostering collaboration and driving alignment across Greenpeace Canada’s program areas to maximize impact. As part of the senior management team, this role will contribute to organizational strategy and decision-making, to uphold Greenpeace Canada’s mission in ways that embody justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
Key Responsibilities
This role will see you leading and overseeing Greenpeace Canada’s program and communications work, ensuring that strategy, planning, implementation, and evaluation are effectively executed in collaboration with unit heads. You will drive quality, consistency, focus and impact at strategic and narrative levels, ensuring that Greenpeace’s advocacy and engagement efforts stay bold, engaging, and effective.
You will manage, motivate, and inspire a diverse team, fostering a healthy, collaborative and high-performing culture. By setting clear priorities, assigning responsibilities, and identifying staff development needs, you will empower your team to excel while cultivating a positive, dynamic, outward facing, and accountable departmental culture.
Staying ahead of political, social, communications, and technological trends, you will provide strategic insight and leadership, advising senior management and the Board on program development and emerging opportunities. You will also take the lead in risk management in relation to programs and communications, proactively identifying, monitoring, and mitigating potential challenges while supporting staff in navigating risks effectively.
Your ability to build strong relationships will be key, as you collaborate with Greenpeace International, ENGOs, advocacy organizations, and external partners to work in allyship as part of a broader movement. As a senior spokesperson, you will represent the organization on key program and communications issues, helping to shape public discourse and advocacy efforts.
This role will see you measuring and improving the success of Greenpeace campaigns, driving a culture of learning and transparency. You will report on program performance to the Executive Director, Directors Council, Board of Directors, and donors, strengthening accountability and alignment with Greenpeace Canada’s mission.
Working closely with the Director of Fundraising & Engagement, you will align program strategies with fundraising efforts, developing integrated plans and fostering relationships with key funders. You will also play a central role in promoting Greenpeace Canada’s deep commitment to justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and safety (JEDIS) is reflected in all aspects of its program and communications work.
Finally, you will oversee program and communications budgets, maintaining financial accountability while supporting department heads in planning and resource allocation.
What You Bring
You are a strategic and visionary leader with the ability to inspire and guide a multidisciplinary team while fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture. With expertise in communications, engagement, campaigning, strategic planning, and team leadership, you ensure the strongest possible impact in line with Greenpeace Canada’s mission and values.
Your advanced communication and engagement skills enable you to oversee campaign strategies, media strategies, crisis communications, digital engagement, and oversee large scale campaign activities including non-violent direct action (NVDA).
With knowledge of change and project management principles, you are highly organized and adaptable, you can manage multiple priorities, assess risks, and develop strategic responses to protect and advance Greenpeace’s impact.
A skilled negotiator and relationship-builder, you cultivate partnerships with external allies and stakeholders. Your financial acumen supports effective budget oversight and long-term planning. With deep knowledge of environmental and social justice issues, large-scale campaigning, and engagement strategies, you drive impactful advocacy on both national and international stages.
Knowledge of English with a high level of fluency; advanced skills in French is highly desirable.
Why Join Greenpeace Canada?
This is a unique opportunity to lead with purpose, drive meaningful change for environmental and social justice, and shape Greenpeace Canada’s advocacy and communications for maximum impact.
At Greenpeace Canada, you will be part of a courageous, passionate team dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
This position offers a salary of $117,327 to $126,901 for a four-day workweek, along with generous benefits.
The Director of Programs and Communications can work from anywhere in Canada, either from a Greenpeace Canada office (in Montreal, Toronto, or Vancouver), remotely, or in a hybrid arrangement.
To Apply
Greenpeace Canada has partnered with WMC to conduct this search. If you are a strategic and passionate leader committed to environmental justice, we invite you to apply at the link.
Greenpeace Canada is committed to a workplace that is enriched by the people, needs and desires of Canada’s diverse communities. We seek candidates with a variety of perspectives and lived experiences to effect change and will prioritize applicants from racialized and other equity-seeking groups.
For more information about this opportunity, contact Max Mollineaux at maxm@wmc.bc.ca and visit www.greenpeace.org to learn more about Greenpeace Canada. To learn more about WMC, please visit www.wmc.ca.
