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About the Role

The Lead, Ecosystem Partnerships & Convening is responsible for building and stewarding strong, trust-based partnerships with immigrant-led organizations (ILOs) and grassroots leaders. This role leads how WES designs and delivers capacity-sharing and convening activities that strengthen partners’ leadership, readiness, and ability to engage in systems change work. The role acts as the connective tissue between WES and ILO’s, immigrant leaders, and other stakeholders by maintaining trust, navigating complex relationships, and aligning community insights with broader organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and the maintenance of strength and trust-based and long-term relationships/partnerships with immigrant-led organizations, grassroots groups and community and place-based coalitions.
Model and reinforce relational norms such as inclusion, reciprocity, transparency, and collaboration, and support the team's adoption of these norms through translating them into clear team practices.
Serve as a senior relationship steward, demonstrating leadership presence, and influence, to maintain partnerships longevity.
Oversee engagement rhythms, ensuring interactions are respectful, non-extractive, and aligned with partner capacity needs, and ensure consistent follow-through across the portfolio work.
Sponsor and support onboarding and offboarding processes that promote clarity, inclusion, and continuous learning across relationships.
Co-author the capacity-sharing and learning design, and innovative convening strategies with the Community Power Lead and Head of Philanthropy and Community, bringing strategic insight, entrepreneurial thinking, and strong collaboration to translate Community Power goals into a clear delivery plan.
Lead the design and delivery of modular learning offerings, fostering teamwork and inclusion while setting quality standards for external consultants, and team members and coaching team members to deliver strong facilitation outcomes.
Ensure field sensing and partner feedback are actively gathered and clearly communicated, using structured problem solving and adaptability to guide rapid iteration, in collaboration with internal teams when applicable.
Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the framework and monitoring system for ILOs readiness to engage in systems change, ensuring indicators and outcomes reflect mission alignment, cultural awareness, and trust-based practices, and follow through with external partners.
Establish a consistent learning and measurement rhythm, translating insights into practical improvements through strong decision making and process adjustment tactics.
Provide guidance to their team and insights to other systems change teams’ leads on how capability gaps are being addressed.
Manage staff, aligning work across teams toward shared goals and community-defined outcomes.
Drive accountability by maintaining a strong focus on learning, impact, and results across internal and external partners.
Provide strong supervision, mentorship, coaching, and performance management to direct reports.
Provide functional oversight to the Initiative Lead, Community Readiness and Co-creation, ensuring operational execution aligns with Community Power strategy and that roles connections and collaboration requirements across the team are clear.
Collaborate closely with internal partners to integrate readiness insights into broader strategy and planning.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Community Development, Social Justice & Community Engagement, Adult Education & Community Development, or equivalent of education, and/or experience
8+ years of experience in community partnerships, ecosystem building, preferably within the philanthropic ecosystem supporting immigrant/community-based organizations, and groups.
Leadership experience setting priorities, success measures, and translating strategy into execution plans through strong project management and team collaboration.
Proven ability to lead and coach others, foster teamwork, inclusion, and high-quality outcomes with the ability to lead through others.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to actively communicate expectations, feedback, and complex ideas clearly.
Experience establishing standards and quality assurance for convenings and learning experiences, with attention to inclusion and accessibility.
Demonstrated facilitation skills and ability to oversee the design of learning environments that prioritize community capability over institutional "compliance."
Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills, including knowing when to lead directly versus delegate.
Demonstrated strength in relationship building and maintenance, particularly in navigating complex situations and sustaining trust.
Experience planning and delivering convenings that are innovative, inclusive, and respectful of community capacity.
High-level knowledge of adult-learning theories, Co-creation approaches, and Collective Impact frameworks/strategies as well as developmental and impact evaluation.
High-level adaptability and learning orientation: ability to work with ambiguity, and emerging models, building feedback loops, and iterating based on learning to improve quality, consistency, and outcomes over time.
Experience designing and producing convenings at scale (multi-stakeholder events, cross-regional cohorts), including accessibility and language access planning.
Experience in philanthropy and/or trust-based grantmaking environments, including partnering with program and resource-equity teams.
Deep commitment to immigrant justice, transparency, strength-based and trust-based approaches to working with communities.
Experience navigating immigration systems in the US and/or Canada preferred
Experience managing budgets and external partners, with strong organizational, relationship management, and planning skills.
Experience working across the US and Canada and/or with geographically distributed partners; able to adapt approaches to local context and cultural considerations.
Bilingual or multilingual communication skills relevant to partner communities (e.g., French/English or other languages).

Skills

Community Development
Social Justice & Community Engagement
Adult Education & Community Development
Community partnerships
Ecosystem building
Philanthropic ecosystem
Project management
Team collaboration
Coaching
Teamwork
Inclusion
Communication
Facilitation
Decision-making
Problem-solving
Relationship building
Adult-learning theories
Co-creation approaches
Collective Impact frameworks/strategies
Developmental and impact evaluation
Adaptability
Learning orientation
Grantmaking
Immigrant justice
Trust-based approaches
Budget management
Organizational skills
Relationship management
Planning skills
Bilingual or multilingual communication

Location

Remote - Canada

Work Type

Remote
Full-time

Experience Level

8+ years of experience
Leadership experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

CAD 102,000 - CAD 131,000

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Tangible rewards
Comprehensive training programs
Tuition reimbursement opportunities
Remote work options
Flexible scheduling
Generous time-off policies
Wellness programs

About the Company

World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit social enterprise that supports the educational, economic, and social inclusion of immigrants, refugees, and international students.
For 50 years, WES has set the standard for international academic credential evaluation, supporting millions of people as they seek to achieve their academic and professional goals.
Through decades of experience as a leader in global education, WES has developed a wide range of tools to pursue social impact at scale.
From evaluating academic credentials to shaping policy, designing programs, and providing philanthropic funding, we partner with a diverse set of organizations, leaders, and networks to uplift individuals and drive systems change.
Together with its partners, WES enables people to learn, work, and thrive in new places.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome all applicants, irrespective of their experience perfectly fitting the job description, as we value diverse and innovative viewpoints.
At our organization, individuals who thrive in a culture of continuous learning and inclusive teamwork excel.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported and welcome members of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply.
World Education Services is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the rich tapestry of our communities, both in the US and Canada.
This commitment is underscored by our unwavering dedication to providing equal opportunities to all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or genetics.
This commitment extends to every aspect of employment, from recruitment and hiring to promotions, training, and benefits.
We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws.
For us, diversity goes beyond compliance – it's about embracing unique perspectives and cultivating an environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential.
If you require assistance and/or accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please contact us at hiring@wes.org, we're here to support you.
Our Talent Acquisition team is happy to work with you to find solutions that meet your needs.