POSITION: DIRECTOR, POLICY AND PARTNERSHIPS
STATUS: 1.0 FTE
REPORTING TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
WORK LOCATION: This role operates within Can Wa CH’s virtual office model and maintains regular business hours. The Ideal Candidate is based in Ottawa or able to travel there regularly as the position requires frequent travel to Ottawa and occasional domestic and international travel.
WHO WE ARE
The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (Can Wa CH) is coalition of more than 100 Canadian organizations committed to advancing the health and rights of women and children everywhere. Our members bring deep expertise across women and children’s health, international development, humanitarian response, research and advocacy. Can Wa CH connects this expertise across the sector while providing timely intelligence, practical resources and opportunities to collaborate. Together, we unlock the collective power of Canada’s global health sector and strengthen its contribution to women’s and children’s health.
We are a completely virtual organization, with all staff operating from home offices across Canada. The ability to thrive in a fast paced and complex environment is essential. Can Wa CH is a good fit for you if you are able to juggle multiple priorities, navigate changing realities and work effectively with a range of styles and approaches. Can Wa CH strives to create an setting of radical candor, matched with a ‘can-do’ attitude and ambition. You would be an excellent fit if you enjoy thinking outside the box, see yourself as a ‘builder’ and inspire community and connections.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Director, Policy and Partnerships is a key member of the senior management team and a strategic partner to the CEO. The Director is responsible for shaping and advancing Can Wa CH’s policy,



advocacy, government relations and strategic partnership agenda in Canada and globally. Responsibilities include:
1. Strategic leadership on policy and government relations
Lead Can Wa CH’s non-partisan policy, advocacy and government relations strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and emerging political, policy and funding opportunities.
Advise the CEO, Board and senior leadership on key global health, gender equality, human rights and foreign policy issues, including associated risks, opportunities and strategic positions.
Oversee, and where required lead the development of political, policy and advocacy materials including briefs, statements, submissions and correspondence that advance Can Wa CH’s positions.
Direct monitoring and analysis of political, policy, funding, expenditure data, and emerging issues relevant to Can Wa CH’s mandate, providing timely insights and recommendations to leadership.
Lead advocacy initiatives, government and parliamentary engagement, budget submissions and coordinated responses to elections, budgets, major policy announcements and global health financing in collaboration with members and sector partners.
2. Member, Stakeholder and Coalition Leadership
Provide strategic leadership for Can Wa CH’s stakeholder engagement priorities, maintaining strong respectful relationships that positioning Can Wa CH as a trusted,



solutions-focused partner to government, members and sector allies and enable collaboration and constructive dialogue on complex issues.
Lead the design and implementation of stakeholder engagement strategies that strengthensrelationships with parliamentarians, ministerial offices, government officials, multilateral partners, civil society organizations and other key stakeholders in Canada and globally.
Lead and represent Can Wa CH on high level coalitions, collective advocacy initiatives, coordinated sector responses and working groups and sector initiatives, effectively advancing Can Wa CH’s positions.
Provide strategic leadership and direction to the Stakeholder Engagement and Policy Working Group, including the development of its agenda, workplan, consultations and deliverables.
3. Strategic Partnerships, Funder Relations and Resource Mobilization
Lead the development and implementation of strategies, including cultivating and managing senior relationships with philanthropic institutional funders, to secure and steward funding that advances Can Wa CH’s policy, advocacy, government relations, and related public affairs priorities.
Identify and assess funding and partnership opportunities that advance Can Wa CH’s advocacy objectives and lead the development of concepts, proposals, partnership models and agreements in collaboration with the CEO and internal colleagues.
Provide strategic oversight of grants, contribution agreements, partner agreements and subawards, including intended outcomes, workplans, budgets, risks, compliance requirements and reporting.
Ensure that externally funded advocacy activities remain aligned with Can Wa CH’s strategic priorities, protect the organization’s

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