Join our team of women helping women.

Lean In Toronto was born out of a mission to empower women in our city to lead, succeed, and live fulfilling lives. We hope to make the Toronto network a place where women can be unapologetically ambitious. Where we can give voice to our dreams and find the encouragement to start chasing them. A place for sharing ideas, gaining skills, seeking advice, and showing solidarity. Most of all, a place where we help each other become our very best selves.

Job Description

Our team is looking for a volunteer for the volunteer engagement team to support the growth, engagement, development, and onboarding of all our Lean In Toronto volunteers. Your role will be supporting the entire team to achieve the team’s goals of creating a community for the current volunteers and onboarding new volunteers.
You will be working with other volunteers on the Engagement team to create and execute onboarding processes, such as meeting new volunteers, being their point of contact as they get used to the volunteer role, and more. You’ll also help the team in planning volunteer socials and educational events to help the team stay connected and to support the professional and personal growth of the team.

A successful volunteer has experience planning and executing events and/or has experience onboarding new members to a team.

Responsibilities

- Develop and execute an onboarding strategy for new volunteers, including an onboarding presentation, check-in process, etc
- Create a welcoming environment for all members
- Maintain relationships with volunteers and be their point of contact for anything volunteer related
- Work with the other Volunteer Engagement members to create professional events for all volunteers to attend and learn from
- Create an offboarding plan for volunteers, including an offboarding interview
- Implement feedback from the offboarding interviews to create a better community
- Maintain a list of all volunteers, their positions, experience, and more
- Develop metrics and KPIs to measure the success of the Engagement team

Time Commitment

- 10 hours a month
- Bi-weekly Volunteer Engagement meeting
- Monthly Lean In Toronto team meeting
- Volunteer events (approx. four a year)
- Virtual professional development sessions
- Network events (approx. four a year, located Downtown Toronto)

To Apply

Please apply by May 8, 2023

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Lean In Toronto was born out of a mission to empower women in our city to lead, succeed, and live fulfilling lives. We hope to make the Toronto network a place where women can be unapologetically ambitious. Where we can give voice to our dreams and find the encouragement to start chasing them. A place for sharing ideas, gaining skills, seeking advice, and showing solidarity. Most of all, a place where we help each other become our very best selves.

Job Description

You’ll have the opportunity to work with a team of motivated women who are looking to make a difference. Each team is set up with two Co-leads who create a strategy for the volunteer team to execute throughout the year. You’ll have KPIs to meet and strong support from everyone on the team. You are joining a community of women who share the same end goal but also a group that wants to grow together. We’re dedicated to helping you grow professionally and personally.

Time Commitment:

• 10 hours a month
• Bi-weekly department meetings
• Monthly Lean In Toronto team meeting
• Volunteer events (approx. four a year)
• Virtual professional development sessions
• Network events (approx. four a year, located Downtown Toronto)

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Reporting to the Chapter President, the Co-Events Team Lead has the overall responsibility for events in Vancouver, ensuring that all events are in-line with the events handbook and event quality is maintained. Although others within the team may have certain responsibilities, the Co-Events Team Lead is ultimately responsible for ensuring everything gets done.

Responsibilities include:
- Hiring, training, and scheduling Events Managers, Event Assistants, Guest Services Manager, Photographer, Regional Speaker Research Lead and Venue Research Lead
- Booking and executing contracts with venues and vendors, ensuring timely payment
- Creating an Event Brief, including all details of the event as well as projected attendee numbers and ticket sales
- Planning food/beverage amounts based on projected ticket sales
- Day-of venue management, working with the on-site event coordinator
- Liaising with and coordinating speakers/panelists in advance of and day-of each event
- Scheduling and managing day-of Event Volunteers
- Developing and managing the Run of Show
- Coordinating creation of the event deck
- Working with the Marketing team to promote the event

Qualifications:
- Experience in event planning and event design mandatory
- Proficiency using Zoom, Microsoft Office, Google Docs and Slack

Time Commitment:
10-20 hours/month – during event months (8x year)
10-15 hours/month during non-event months

Number of positions - 2

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Our network empowers women in the Ottawa community to live fulfilling lives by inspiring each of us to build our own path to success.
We envision the Ottawa network as the platform for women to be unapologetically ambitious. A place to collaborate, grow skills, and seek advice while embracing our differences. Where we encourage each other to become our very best selves.
Whatever your goal — whether you’re building your confidence, advocating for yourself, or embarking on a new endeavor — Lean In Ottawa can help you get there. Join us and lean into the conversation.

Job Description
Our team is looking to connect local Ottawa women by helping them to engage in Lean In Circles. Circles are for women looking for space to connect more deeply with other women — and a little time to focus on themselves. In a world where women still face bias and other barriers at work, Circles are a safe space to share your struggles and successes, give and get advice, and celebrate each other’s wins.
As a member of the Engagement team, you will help grow and develop Ottawa-based Lean In Circles by supporting our Circle outreach initiatives to help improve their engagement with our city network. Additionally, you will support the creation of programming content for use by local and national Circles while also facilitating the administrative & organizational needs of the Engagement team.
A successful volunteer has an interest in program development & implementation. They are passionate about supporting women on their journey to success and believe that working within collaborative communities (Circles) supports that mission.

Responsibilities
- Outreach & engagement with local Ottawa Lean In Circles in support of the network growth strategy
- Creating content and/or programming for Ottawa & other Lean In Canada networks
- Administrative & organizational support for the Engagement team
- Ensure a consistent quality and welcoming environment at Circles in alignment with the Lean In brand and value

Desired Qualifications
- Experience in content/program development (including on-line) and writing.
- Experience in customer service or outreach initiatives.
- Experience in strategy design and implementation is an asset.
- An understanding of and experience with Lean In Circles is an asset.

Time Commitment
- 5 - 10 hours a month
- Monthly Ottawa team meetings (virtual option)
- Bi-monthly Lean In Canada engagement team meetings (virtual option)
- Network events (approx. four a year)

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Our network empowers women in the Ottawa community to live fulfilling lives by inspiring each of us to build our own path to success.
We envision the Ottawa network as the platform for women to be unapologetically ambitious. A place to collaborate, grow skills, and seek advice while embracing our differences. Where we encourage each other to become our very best selves.
Whatever your goal — whether you’re building your confidence, advocating for yourself, or embarking on a new endeavor — Lean In Ottawa can help you get there. Join us and lean into the conversation.

Job Description

Our team is looking for volunteers to support our Partnerships team. Partnership is essential in building relationships that will drive further support for the organization, increase network membership, and provide venues and products that enhance the overall member experience. This is all to support the female-led Lean In Ottawa network working to empower women in the Ottawa community.
The team is responsible for recruiting and maintaining partnerships with individuals, businesses, and organizations that support the Lean In Ottawa network. This includes (but is not limited to) event space for hire, catering representatives, event speakers, corporate/financial sponsors, and more.
A successful member of the Partnerships team will help build leads for identifying and developing relationships for donation, sponsorship, and collaboration. They will communicate with partners to ensure they are up-to-date with our activities, and support the greater Lean In Ottawa team in the coordination of events and other activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is interested in gaining experience in the non-profit sector and developing their skills in relationship-building and lead generation.

Team Responsibilities

- Identify and develop new partnerships through leveraging peer and professional networks.
- Executing cold calls to local businesses and corporations to canvas support.
- Maintain existing relationships with partners by providing insights on event results and providing recommendations to build upon past event engagement.
- Support Lean In Ottawa in the coordination of events and activities, including the creation of partner promotional materials.
- Assist with the tracking and reporting of partnership activities and outcomes.
- Communicate with partners to keep them up-to-date with our activities and to gather feedback and suggestions for future collaboration opportunities.
- Work collaboratively with other teams within the organization to ensure that partnership activities align with the organization's broader goals and objectives.

Desired Qualifications

- Skills in relationship building and management
- Sharp problem solving and decision making skills
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Contextual intelligence - the ability to sift through assumptions, values, and vernacular to understand what’s at stake and articulate why it matters
- Prior experience in partnerships, account management, sales, or similar

Time Commitment

- 5 - 10 hours a month
- Partnership team meetings as required.
- Network events (optional, approx. four a year)

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Our network empowers women in the Ottawa community to live fulfilling lives by inspiring each of us to build our own path to success.
We envision the Ottawa network as the platform for women to be unapologetically ambitious. A place to collaborate, grow skills, and seek advice while embracing our differences. Where we encourage each other to become our very best selves.
Whatever your goal — whether you’re building your confidence, advocating for yourself, or embarking on a new endeavor — Lean In Ottawa can help you get there. Join us and lean into the conversation.

Job Description

Our team is looking for marketing team volunteers to support promoting our events, creating educational content, and more! The Lean In Ottawa marketing team currently manages three social channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter) and supports event logistics through email communications (MailChimp) & ticket management (Eventbrite).
A successful volunteer will ensure their deliverables are completed on time and communicate regularly with the team through asynchronous communications (Email, Slack, etc.).

Team Responsibilities

- Maintaining engagement through our social media channels
- Developing and delivering event marketing campaigns
- Managing national website assets for the network
- Providing content for the network and national newsletter
- Supporting the creation of other marketing materials (ex. printables, event materials, etc.)

Desired Qualifications

- Experience with developing graphics for social media, email marketing, or other communications
- Experience in marketing and social media, either through education, work, or volunteering
- Familiarity with social media platforms and other online tools to generate community engagement
- Experience with email or social copywriting
- Experience with developing and producing community newsletters
- Willingness to attend occasional events and workshops to then report on them

Time Commitment

- 5 - 10 hours a month
- Marketing team meetings as required (bi-weekly)
- Network events (optional, approx. four a year)

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Who we are:

Lean In Canada is a community of professional women empowering each other to build purposeful and fulfilling careers. Since 2013, we have grown from an audience of 20 people to over 8500 members in various professions. We built our organization for people just like us: professional women who are passionate about driving their careers forward to the next level and beyond, and who want to achieve greater success not only in work, but in life as a whole.

Meeting monthly, we focus on hot career topics with actionable information and inspiring stories, and provide networking opportunities with like-minded people. We recognize that women face unique challenges in their professional lives, and seek to bring women together to learn from and champion each other in a positive, enriching environment. Together, we can be stronger.

ROLE:

Are you passionate about helping us grow our membership into a strong and engaged community? We are looking for an effective Data Analyst to turn data into information, information into insight, and insight into business decisions for Lean In Canada. Use your analytical and strategic thinking skills to drive our membership analytics engine and develop tools and reporting that helps us understand who our members are, what resonates with them, and how we can continue to increase their engagement with us.

Position Responsibilities:

- Requirements analysis and design, developing analysis and reporting capabilities, and continuously monitoring performance and quality control plans to identify possible improvements.
- Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques, and provide ongoing reports
- Develop and implement data collection systems and other capabilities that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
- Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems
- Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
- Quality control - filter and “clean” data, and review reports, and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems
- Work closely with Board Secretary to prioritize business and informational requirements
- Identify and define new process and business improvement opportunities

Position Qualifications:

- Strong analytical skills and the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to “connect the dots” and find meaningful insights that help Lean In Canada improve our services and understanding of customers
- Proven experience in analytics and strategy
- Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining, and segmentation techniques
- Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical tools for analyzing large datasets (Excel, etc.)
- Adept at queries, report writing, and findings presentation

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The Events Committee shall be responsible for the planning and execution of Lean In Canada events calendar. The goal is to create a supportive environment where members and attendees are provided with exceptional opportunities to network, learn career-enhancing skills, share perspectives, and hear inspiring stories, in a warm and safe environment.

Responsibilities:

The volunteer events committee will work together with the Board Director responsible for Events to:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive events plan that will be ratified by the Board
- Produce engaging events measured by the amount of social media activity pre, during and post event.
- Work closely with the Marketing and Sponsorship Committees to generate promotional buzz for the events and sponsorship funds for event(s).
- Seek out, assess and recommend potential speakers and event venues to the Board
- Prepare the speakers with pre-event touch base sessions to review presentations, key talking points to ensure within time limit and presentation content is relevant to our attendees.
- Ensure a consistent quality and welcoming environment at events in alignment with the Lean In Canada brand and values

Qualifications:

- Experience in event planning a plus.
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office, iWork, Google Docs.

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