Climate, Environmental and Social justice

Position: Education and Grants Coordinator
Organization: Be The Change Earth Alliance 
Location: Metro Vancouver BC
Eligiblility: age 30 & under, see below

The application window closes at midnight PT on July 20th, 2025. To apply, submit an application here: https://forms.gle/R1XGYWJ9Q1FnGaRK8 . Please mention you saw this at GoodWork.ca.

About the Organization... 

Be The Change Earth Alliance (BTCEA) is a bold, agile and creative charitable organization founded in 2005 with a mission to educate and empower youth, educators and community members to take personal and collective action for a just, sustainable, interconnected and thriving world. Our flagship program, Student Leadership for Change (SLC), is an online library of learning resources that enables teachers to engage their students in meaningful learning, reflective dialogue, critical thinking and action on climate, environmental and social justice topics. SLC engages thousands of students per year through the network of over 1,800 BC teachers who are registered for the program. The SLC holistic approach covers a full spectrum of ways participants can ‘be the change’ to address global issues, from individual, school and community actions to political advocacy. Beyond SLC, BTCEA provides various programs that educate and empower youth directly through facilitated workshops and hands-on mentorship.

BTCEA’s programs have been well received and in the past two years have reached more than 20,000 students. BTCEA has built trust and a strong reputation among teachers, administrators and school districts across BC over the past decade. This is an exciting organization which is building momentum towards transformative change within the BC education community.

This Job Is For You If You… 

• Deeply care about climate, environmental and social justice 
• Possess a passion for transformative youth education and empowerment  
• Seek a dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative team environment where your ideas, work, and contributions are heard and appreciated  
• Excel at clear, concise writing 
• Have lived experience or knowledge of anti-racist education and practices  

About the Job 

The Education and Grants Coordinator will work collaboratively with other staff to co-lead educational programs, while supporting our fund development and justice, equity, decolonization, diversity and inclusion (JEDDI) work. 

This is a highly collaborative, team-based role and work environment. This role will be split roughly equally between educational programming, and grant writing and fundraising. We are looking for a strong, passionate facilitator and writer who can deliver climate justice programming, and support with grant writing, fundraising and internal positive change at BTCEA. As a key member of a small, collaborative staff team, the incumbent will also work to support other BTCEA initiatives, which are considerably interwoven. 

Specific roles and responsibilities include: 

• Managing logistics, scheduling, communication and outreach for workshops 
• Building relationships and networking with teachers, principals, school district administrators, and other local organizations or groups (including Indigenous-led organizations or groups)  
• Collaborating and coordinating with stakeholders to support the delivery of the project  
• Coordinating and providing mentorship to a series of youth teams
• Designing and adapting student workshops  
• Delivering workshops to participating youth classrooms and groups, in person and via Zoom 
• Collaborating with other staff and volunteers to coordinate and deliver professional development opportunities for teachers 
• Monitoring and evaluating the impact of the initiatives 
• Helping ensure our programs centre equity and social justice, and integrate intersectional perspectives 

The incumbent will also work closely with the Executive Director to research and acquire financial resources to support the organization’s ongoing and forthcoming work. Specific roles and responsibilities include: 

• Researching grants and other funding opportunities from foundations, corporations, and governments 
• Designing project proposals and strategizing future programming based on grant opportunities 
• Writing and editing grant applications and letters of inquiry 
• Creating and reviewing project budgets 
• Monitoring and evaluating grant deliverables 
• Building and maintaining relationships with grantors, sponsors, and donors 
• Supporting the Executive Director with writing fundraising emails  

The incumbent will also have the opportunity to engage with the organization’s anti-racism and JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, and Inclusion) work, including supporting internal meetings and helping to shape BTCEA’s organizational culture, practice, policy, and programs, in accordance with anti-racist and JEDDI principles.

In all the tasks above, the incumbent will be able to build on BTCEA’s existing work and will receive ample support from other BTCEA staff. The incumbents will not require a previous mastery of the role’s responsibilities to succeed; rather, we are looking for candidates with an interest or passion in this work who possess some of the key assets and qualifications below. Prior academic or professional experience is valued but not a requirement. Folks from equity-seeking groups, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour, are encouraged to apply.  

This is a full-time, 40 hour per week position with a wage range between $24.00-$26.00/hour. This is a 12-month contract position, starting as soon as possible and concluding at the end of August 2026, with the possibility to move to a permanent position after a year. The incumbent will be entitled to 5 health days per year and access to an extended health insurance group plan through GroupHEALTH. The incumbent will receive two weeks’ paid vacation, and reduced hours over the 2-week winter holiday, when our office is closed. This is a hybrid position that involves a combination of desk work that can occur at home and facilitation to be done in person. Candidates must be located in Metro Vancouver. 

This position may be partially funded by a federal government youth wage subsidy (see eligibility criteria below). 

Qualifications 

• Genuine interest or passion in BTCEA’s work, values, and approach  
• Experience with project oversight and management 
• Strong workshop facilitation and presentation skills 
• Experience with outreach, relationship building, and communications 
• Lived or professional experience that could inform weaving social justice and intersectional perspective into BTCEA’s work 
• Strong written communication – clear and concise writing (folks for whom English is NOT their first language are still highly encouraged to apply) 
• Confidence working with youth aged 11-18 

Assets 

• Experience in creating curriculum materials and/or designing education programs 
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation and/or impact assessment 
• Experience with grant or proposal writing 
• Collaborative worker – skilled and comfortable working closely with others 
• Organized and detail-oriented with strong time-management skills to set and meet deadlines 
• Education or employment background in anti-oppression or intersectionality 
• Self-motivated, creative, and positive, with a ‘can-do’ willingness to learn 
• Kind, empowering, and glad-to-help others team player 
• Experience taking action related to the climate, environment, and/or social justice  
• Fundraising experience 
• Self-starter who can take initiative, but also knows when to ask questions and for support 
• Familiarity with digital tools such as Slack, Google Drive, Monday.com and Microsoft Office 

Youth Wage Subsidy – Eligibility Requirements 

This position may be partially funded by a youth wage subsidy, offered by the federal government to employers hiring youth who meet these criteria: 

• Be between 15 and 30 years (inclusive) of age 
• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada 
• Legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial legislation and regulations 
• Not receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits 
• Not currently enrolled in full-time post-secondary studies 
• Currently un- or under-employed 

Application Process 

Be The Change Earth Alliances values kindness, inclusion, equity and diversity. Appreciating differences in culture, gender, orientation, religion, beliefs, and abilities, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply. 

If interested, please submit an application (which will require a resume and cover letter) through this form before the deadline stated above: 

https://forms.gle/R1XGYWJ9Q1FnGaRK8 . Please mention you saw this at GoodWork.ca.

 Application process overview: 

• Review of application submission of each candidate 
• Short-list of candidates invited for an interview  
• Second round interviews for candidates who qualify  
• Jobs offered to selected candidate
• Start date from late July to early August 2025

 Constructive feedback will be provided to short-listed candidates upon request. In the spirit of fairness and equity, we are committed to accommodating accessibility needs that arise in the application process 

 Please reach out to admin@bethechangeearthalliance.org with any questions.