About Children’s Aid Foundation of CanadaChildren’s Aid Foundation of Canada is our country’s leading charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth involved in the child welfare system. Guided by a bold five-year strategic plan and Impact Framework and working alongside roughly 100 child-and-youth serving organizations across the country, we are focused on driving meaningful, measurable change through outcomes-based partnerships, philanthropy, and system-level influence.Our work is grounded in four key areas of focus that are critical to long-term stability for children and youth in and from care: Education, Employment, Mental Health and Well-being, and Strong Families and Lifelong Connections. Across these areas, we fund and deliver high-impact programs and collaborate with communities, service agencies, and young people on solutions that address the persistent challenges faced by children and youth engaged with the child welfare system.As we implement our new 2025-2030 strategic plan, Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada is entering a pivotal phase, realigning its efforts and structuring its team to maximize measurable outcomes and national reach. Joining the Foundation means being part of a passionate, future-focused team driven by impact and equity. It’s an opportunity to be part of a national movement committed to creating a better future for those too often left behind. Together, we are building a future where children and youth have the strength and resilience to create a lifetime of their own unstoppable successes.To learn more about us, please visit our website.To better understand our impact, please watch our ‘Investing in the Future, Today’ videoThis posting is publicly available and open to all qualified applicants.Salary Range: $150,000-$165,000 CADThe Ideal Candidate:Are you motivated by thoughtful leadership, meaningful collaboration, and long-term impact at a systems level?The ideal candidate is an experienced executive leader who brings strong strategic vision and business acumen, along with a deep commitment to advancing mission-driven impact in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. They lead with integrity and sound judgment, communicate with clarity and credibility, and are trusted to navigate ambiguity and influence at both the executive and sector levels.A collaborative and relationship-centered leader, they foster alignment across teams, partners, and communities, and contribute actively to organization-wide strategy, governance, and long-term outcomes. They bring an instinct for bridging strategy and execution, helping translate ambitious impact goals into achievable action. Grounded, goal-oriented, and forward-looking, they bring initiative and care,



balancing measurable results with empathy, accountability, and purpose.The Opportunity:The Chief Impact Officer (CIO) is a senior executive position, reporting to the President & CEO with overall strategic and operational responsibility for impact and outcomes across Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada (the Foundation). The CIO leads the development and implementation of strategies to advance the Foundation’s mission and strategic vision driving measurable outcomes and ultimately impact system-change for children and families involved in Canada’s child welfare system(s).As a member of the senior leadership team, the CIO contributes to shaping and driving the overall strategic plan for the Foundation. The Chief Impact Officer leads the Impact Team and is accountable for the Foundation’s child welfare impact strategies and impact delivery. This includes overseeing the development of annual operational plans that translate the Foundation’s Strategic Plan into transparent priorities, initiatives, and measures of success, aligned with the Foundation’s areas of focus and investment streams.Serving as the organization’s primary strategy-to-execution integrator, the CIO ensures cross-functional operational alignment and disciplined execution of strategic priorities. Working in close partnership with functional leaders, the CIO aligns organizational plans, resources, and workflows; oversees operational planning cycles; coordinates cross-functional execution; resolves priorityconflicts; and monitors delivery risks. The CIO also provides the operational leadership required to support transformational gifts, enabling the Foundation to effectively scale its funds, programs, and ventures.This role maintains strong knowledge of child welfare, equity and inclusion and social change issues and cultivates relationships in the nonprofit, public and private sectors to inform, leverage and maximize the use of resources and effective community solutions. This position provides leadership in developing, promoting and maintaining solid partner collaborations with corporations, foundations, donors, agency partners, social scientists/academics, other non-profits, and provincial and federal government partners.The CIO oversees the Foundation’s evaluation and outcome measurement approach,



defining what is measured to demonstrate impact across internal systems and external relations. This includes working with partners to learn from findings to continuously improve overall impact as well as convening partners, building coalitions, forging common agendas, organizing community awareness, initiating grants, overseeing third-party evaluation and measurement of program investments, and leveraging other external resources.Successful candidates bring the professional presence, depth and breadth of experience to credibly represent Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada publicly. Success also requires a commitment to lead high-functioning partnerships within all areas of the Foundation, including fundraising, donor relations, operations, data analytics, marketing and communications, and volunteer engagement. This role requires a strong commitment to data-informed decision making with clear metrics and outcomes, guiding strategy, and execution.For more information about this role, please visit our Career Page atCareer Opportunities - cafdn.HOW TO APPLYTo express interest for this exciting opportunity, please submit your resume and a cover letter in one single document, to [email protected] and include "Chief Impact Officer" in the subject line by Friday, March 13, 2026. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. Early submissions are encouraged.We thank all candidates for their interest in the work of Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted due to high applicant volumes.USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TECHNOLOGYThe Foundation does not use artificial intelligence (AI) systems to screen, assess, select applications or inform hiring decisions. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our human HR and hiring team, and no part of the hiring decision-making uses AI tools.The Foundation provides equal employment opportunities to employees regardless of their gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or marital status. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from equity seeking groups, including members of communities that are overrepresented in the child welfare system. We offer a family-friendly environment that allows for flexible work arrangements in order to support staff diversity and ensure a healthy work-life balance.The Foundation is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment process as accessible as possible and provide accommodation as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact [email protected]#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Chief Impact Officer - C$150,000 - C$165,000 A Year (Toronto)
🏢 Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada
📍 Toronto