Coordinator, Strategic Projects & Partnerships

Position: Coordinator, Strategic Projects & Partnerships

Status: Full-time, indefinite

Team: Strategy, Innovation, and Impact and Policy and Strategic Partnerships

Reports to: VP, Strategy, Innovation, and Impact and VP, Policy and Strategic Partnerships

Supervises: N/A

Language(s): English

Location: Remote, within Canada

Starting Salary: CAD $69,940.48/year

Deadline for Applications: 8 November, 2026 , 11:59pm ET

ABOUT THE EQUALITY FUND

The Equality Fund is transforming the way that resources—and power—flow into the hands of women, girls, and trans people worldwide. Designed by feminists for feminists, it is a model for sustainably resourcing feminist movements everywhere, through global grantmaking, gender-lens investing, policy advocacy, and feminist philanthropy. Launched in 2019, the Equality Fund has activated $100 million to date which flows to more than 1,800 organizations working across 100 countries.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the VP, Strategy, Innovation, and Impact and VP, Policy and Strategic Partnerships , the Coordinator plays a critical function in managing and ensuring the success of processes, projects, and initiatives across two dynamic teams: Strategy, Innovation, and Impact (SII) and Policy and Strategic Partnerships (PSP) .

SCOPE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Cross Functional

Acts as bilateral partner focal point for existing and prospective partners, coordinating inquiries, quarterly partnership meetings, due diligence requests, tracking action items, and other requests for information

Supports day-to-day team organization and operations with items such as scheduling, team meetings, engagement tracking, writing briefing notes, communication, expense submissions, timeline tracking, event logistics, presentations;

Supports coordination of team retreat planning and other team/stakeholder events; including travel and retreat budgets and logistics;

Liaises with Finance colleagues on behalf of the SII and PSP teams to facilitate key financial administrative processes including procurement, budgeting, invoices, administrative support, expense claims, payments, and purchase orders;

Coordinates development and implementation of administrative policies, systems, and procedures;

Supports and contributes to cross-organizational initiatives (ex. representing the team on internal working groups)

Acts in accordance with our policies around nurturing a safe and respectful work environment; never engaging in harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation or abuse of any form, or anything else contrary to our code of conduct.

Policy and Strategic Partnerships

Manages and produces virtual and in-person events including project timeline, technology, registration, and troubleshooting;

Coordination of visits and conferences including program, catering, registration, hotels, per diems, meeting spaces;

Manage and support Salesforce usage across the team, including: managing accounts, campaigns, contacts, and generating reports.

Strategy, Innovation, and Impact

Coordinate initiatives, such as the development of the Equality Fund’s annual plan, annual report to government donors, quarterly key performance measure reporting, and evaluation and learning initiatives;

Coordinate internal and external Learning & Impact storytelling meetings and support content management for the internal Impact Library, external website;

Support the Vice President, SII on special projects as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

Experience

Strong organizational skills, and ability to manage complexity

Effective written communication skills, and the ability to develop policies and procedures to simplify internal and external processes

Professional working proficiency in English

Ability to learn and utilize multiple platforms including project management software, data analytics software, collaboration suites/platforms, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management platforms, and generative AI; experience with PowerBI is an asset

Demonstrated high ethical standards, integrity, honesty, and ability to work with sensitive information in a confidential manner

Ability and willingness to conduct oneself at work with high standards of ethics, integrity, and honesty

Commitment to the work and values of the Equality Fund, which include Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, and Intersectionality; Feminist Leadership; Accountability; and Radical Love

Professional working proficiency in French, Spanish, or another language is an asset

Adaptive Competencies

Flexible and responsive, understanding how to adapt processes to shifting organizational priorities; an orientation towards seeking and integrating feedback while continuing to build adaptability and a growth mindset.

Demonstrates respect and a willingness to arrive at a solution when conflict arises.

Collaborates within and across departments, knowing where and how to follow up.

Able to process information across many mediums, switching contexts as needed.

High emotional intelligence with the ability to build trust, foster collaboration, and navigate complex interpersonal dynamics.

Ability to thrive in a nuanced, dynamic, complex environment and respond effectively to changing priorities and challenges.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.

Strong coordination and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and contribute to solutions.

REQUIREMENTS

Must be legally eligible to work in Canada

Available to travel 3-4 times per year for up to 3 weeks total per year.

Occasional evening and/or weekend work may be required when coordinating with people in other time zones

Willing and able to work remotely on mostly computer-based work

OUR ENVIRONMENT OF CARE

We trust our talented team and are pleased to offer a flexible and virtual work environment.

We are driven by our values: anti-racism, anti-oppression, and intersectionality; feminist leadership; accountability; and radical love. We believe our values are realized through collaboration, a growth and learning mindset, emotional intelligence, diversity, authenticity, a global perspective, care, and building networks. We work to share power and create space for everyone to lead.

Equality Fund is proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which has no waiting period and includes 4 weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, parental leave top up, medical benefits, life insurance, Group RRSP, paid birthday off, and more.

We root our salary decisions in fairness and role-based evaluation—not self-advocacy or negotiation skill, which are often shaped by privilege, confidence, or cultural norms. As such, we provide our best offer from the start of the recruitment process based on our compensation philosophy and practices.

Equality Fund is committed to providing and maintaining a safe and respectful workplace. We do not tolerate harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation, or abuse of any form. We recognize that those behaviors are often rooted in abuse of power, which is contrary to EF's mission to make a more equitable world for women, girls, and trans people.

Equality Fund is an equal opportunity employer. We believe deeply in equality and value diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, and all other protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and positionalities, and are committed to providing an accessible candidate experience. To let us know how we can make an accommodation or adjustment to facilitate the selection process and beyond, please reach out to [email protected] .

This posting is for a new position.

SELECTION PROCESS

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