Senior Consultant- Hollyhock Leadership Institute

Position: Senior Consultant
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> The Hollyhock Leadership Institute (HLI) is
> a Vancouver-based
> enterprising non-profit organization whose mission is to
> empower current and
> emerging leaders to create high impact social change. With
> a focus on
> environmental and social mission organizations, we offer a
> range of training
> courses, strategy sessions and facilitation services. A
> sampling of our
> clients include: VANOC, Tides Canada Foundation, Mountain
> Equipment Co-op,
> Rainforest Solutions Project, Ethical Funds, The Minerva
> Foundation for BC
> Women, the Northern Society for Domestic Peace, and the
> Tides Foundation.
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> We are seeking an experienced, outgoing senior consultant
> with strong
> facilitation, strategic advising, and project management
> skills. In this
> role you'll manage all aspects of client relationships,
> from workplan
> development to project delivery. Services range from
> single meeting
> facilitation to long term project management, and may
> include strategic
> planning, agenda design and facilitation, stakeholder
> dialogue and
> engagement, training, and conference/meeting organization.
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> The ideal candidate will possess:
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> Politically astute and strategic, you are skilled at
> bringing groups
> together to work on joint projects for the environmental,
> sustainability and
> social change fields. Comfortable with generating ideas,
> building campaigns,
> and being strategic with messaging and communications, you
> may have worked
> as a consultant yourself, or with an organization that
> collaborates with
> many stakeholders. You are engaged in changing the world
> yourself and are
> committed to helping others bring about change whether it
> is political,
> social, environmental or economic.
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> You love variety, are a "self-starter" and have a
> great mix of
> professionalism and critical thinking skills combined with
> creativity,
> humour, and perhaps a healthy dose of spirituality?
> Unafraid of generating
> new relationships and projects, you want to work with a
> team and with
> clients who want to change the world and shift the status
> quo. You want the
> kind of job that gives you meaningful work, exciting
> projects, and great
> relationships.
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> Some ideal traits would be:
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> * 5 years experience in non-profit and/or
> for-profit consulting
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> * An area of training expertise, (e.g.
> organizational development,
> leadership, strategic planning, board development,
> communications,
> stakeholder engagement)
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> * Facilitation experience
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> * Project management experience
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> * Excellent oral and written communication
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> * A passion for collaboration, networking and
> relationship
> development
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> * Knowledge and experience in non-profit
> capacity-building and/or
> leadership development
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> * People-positive; independent; mission-aligned
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> Salary and Hours:
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> If you are the right candidate, we will work with you to
> create a position
> and compensation that helps us both excel. Ideally we'd
> like a minimum of a
> 3 day a week commitment.
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> TO APPLY:
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> Please send a resume with cover letter by mail or email to:
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> JOB SEARCH - Program Director
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> Hollyhock Leadership Institute
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> 680-220 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC
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> V6B 3W2
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> www.hollyleadership.org
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> rhian@hollyhockleadership.org
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> We are accepting resumes at anytime and will close the
> position once we have
> found the right candidate. While we are pleased to receive
> all expressions
> of interest only those selected for an interview will be
> contacted. No
> phone calls please.
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> Rhian Clare Walker
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> Program Director
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> 604-669-4802 ext 262
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> Environmental Leadership- Real skills for real issues:
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> Are you looking to boost your campaign, communications and
> leadership skills
> as you tackle the most critical environmental issues of our
> time? Our
> Canadian Environmental Leadership Program is a 7 day
> training designed for
> environmental advocates who want to excel. Over 200
> activists and advocates
> have been trained in this hands-on program, which provides
> you with the
> tools to create and run effective campaigns. Visit
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