Impact Strategy and Operations Coordinator (AKA Owl Organizer)
The Impact Operations and Strategy Coordinator is a central role designed to strengthen the effectiveness, coordination, and execution of Canopy’s Impact function.
This is a highly trusted role that works closely with the Head of Impact. This role acts as a force multiplier across strategy, planning, internal coordination, external engagement, and special projects. This role is a light version of a chief of staff and is ideal for someone who is organized, thoughtful, proactive, and able to move fluidly between logistics and strategy. The coordinator helps ensure priorities are translated into action, teams are aligned, meetings are purposeful, partnerships and projects stay on track, and the Head of Impact is supported in leading a complex, fast-moving portfolio.
This role helps create the internal coherence and execution discipline needed for Canopy to deliver ambitious impact in a complex external landscape. By strengthening coordination around the Head of Impact and across the wider team, the Impact Operations Coordinator will help accelerate the work that protects forests, advances Next Gen Solutions, and deepens Canopy’s influence across markets and systems.
Location
Remote (within a 4-hour time zone overlap with PST preferred).
Position Type
Full Time
Reports To
Head of Impact
Collaborates With
Impact Team, Impact Communications, Marketing and Branding, Philanthropic Partnerships, Culture & Engagement, and Leadership.
Compensation
CAD $70K-80K
Start Date
ASAP
Deadline for Applications
June 14, 2026
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Coordination and Planning (40%)
- Support the Head of Impact in managing strategic priorities, workflows, and follow-through across the Impact portfolio.
- Coordinate internal planning processes, including annual planning, Impact Leadership Team meetings, quarterly priorities, team objectives, and progress tracking.
- Track priorities, deadlines, dependencies, and key decisions across workstreams to ensure alignment and execution.
- Identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness, internal communications, and operating processes.
2. Internal Operations and Team Rhythm (25%)
- Prepare high-quality briefing materials, meeting agendas, notes, action trackers, and internal summaries.
- Help manage the rhythm of the Impact team, ensuring meetings are purposeful and outcomes are captured and followed through.
- Organize and maintain core team materials, including strategy documents, dashboards, partner trackers, and briefing notes.
3. Cross-Functional Collaboration (20%)
- Support coordination with Impact, Impact Communications, Policy, Research, Philanthropic Partnerships, Culture & Engagement, and leadership teams.
- Ensure alignment across teams and help translate strategy into coordinated action.
- Provide light project management support for cross-cutting initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
4. External Engagement and Special Projects (15%)
- Support preparation for external meetings, convenings, donor conversations, and partnership discussions.
- Track key initiatives and special projects led by the Head of Impact, ensuring progress and follow-through.
- rovide research, synthesis, and logistics support for high-priority engagements.
Desired Outcomes
- The Head of Impact is able to operate more strategically with strong support on priorities and follow-through.
- The Impact team operates with greater coordination, visibility, and consistency.
- Meetings and engagements are well-prepared and action-oriented.
- Key initiatives move forward with clarity and reduced friction.
Qualifications and Experience
- 3-5 years experience in project coordination, team operations, strategy support, program management, or related roles.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent writing and synthesis skills.
- Strong judgment and discretion in handling sensitive information.
- Comfort working in a fast-moving environment.
- Experience supporting senior leaders is an asset.
- Passion for environmental conservation, social impact, or mission-driven work strongly preferred.
- Embrace a “Yes, AND...” mindset to foster innovation and collaboration (link to https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-does-mean-say-yes-change-jordan-hirsch/)
- A passion for protecting the world’s forests.
Key Qualities
- Calm under pressure
- Highly organized and dependable
- Proactive and solutions-oriented
- Good at seeing around corners
- Collaborative and low ego
- Able to hold both detail and big picture
- Thoughtful communicator
Key Competencies
- Organizational excellence and attention to detail
- Strategic thinking and execution
- Communication and synthesis
- Collaboration and relationship-building
- Proactivity and problem-solving
- Ability to balance big-picture thinking with detail
How to Apply
Cover Letter
Please submit your CV, a cover letter, and a separate response to the prompt below. Applications missing either the cover letter or the prompt response will not be considered.
Prompt
Imagine you are supporting the Head of Impact in preparing for a quarterly Impact Leadership Team meeting where there are multiple competing priorities and limited clarity on next steps. In your response, briefly describe: 1. How would you help structure and prioritize the meeting to ensure it is focused and productive? 2. One simple way you would track decisions and follow-through after the meeting. 3. One example of how you would proactively improve team coordination over time. Please keep your response to 300–400 words.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Canopy is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Canopy embraces equity and diversity and is committed to a workplace that is enriched by the people, needs, and desires of our diverse community. We thank all applicants; however, we will only contact candidates who successfully secure an interview. For applicants outside Canada, the salary will align with a benchmarked salary band based on location. Please reach out to Anna for more information. Canopy offers a competitive salary range. We believe in fostering a supportive work environment where employees can thrive. We also offer comprehensive benefits packages, professional development opportunities, and a supportive workplace culture dedicated to environmental conservation. At Canopy, we prioritise the well-being and growth of our team members, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to excel in their roles and contribute meaningfully to our mission.
There are few environmental organizations that can match Canopy in its unflinching commitment to saving the world’s forests and the many species that depend on them, while having the pragmatic acumen necessary to help companies do better by those forests.
- Margaret Atwood
Novelist, Poet, and Literary Critic
Canopy is a solutions-driven not-for-profit environmental organization dedicated to protecting forests, species, and climate. For 25 years, Canopy has been a driving force in transforming wood-based supply chains — including publishing, packaging, and textiles — to eliminate fibre coming from the world's most critical forests and ensure a livable planet for all.
Canopy embraces equity and diversity and is committed to a workplace that is enriched by the people, needs, and desires of our diverse community. We thank all applicants; however, we will only contact candidates who successfully secure an interview.
Canopy offers a competitive salary range. New Canopals can expect a salary typically within the lower half of the range, reflecting our commitment to equitable compensation practices. We believe in fostering a supportive work environment where employees can thrive. We also offer comprehensive benefits packages, professional development opportunities, and a supportive workplace culture dedicated to environmental conservation. At Canopy, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our team members, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to excel in their roles and contribute meaningfully to our mission.
