Community Partnerships & Funding Manager

Kambo Energy Group

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

As Community Power’s Community Partnerships & Funding Manager, you will build and strengthen relationships with Indigenous Nations, funders, utilities and partners, understand the goals they are trying to advance, and help move Nation priorities toward funded, implementation-ready projects. Strong projects can stall because the funding path is unclear, the right people are not connected, or no one owns the next step. Your role is to prevent that. You will connect Nation priorities with the right expertise, funding pathways and project design, then create the momentum needed to move strong projects into implementation for our Nation partners. You will work alongside an experienced team with deep expertise in Indigenous housing, construction, building science, energy, project design and delivery. You will have strong technical and delivery expertise around you, with a team that approaches complex problems practically and works together to find a way forward. Your role brings the relationship strength, funding knowledge, organization and persistence that helps connect that expertise with Nation goals. Success in this role is tangible: stronger Nation relationships, funding secured for priority work, projects moving into delivery, and more housing priorities becoming real improvements for Indigenous families and communities across Canada.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience building and maintaining strong external relationships.
Experience working with Indigenous Nations, organizations or communities.
Experience coordinating complex projects, opportunities, or stakeholder groups.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including confidence representing an organization externally.
Experience with funding programs, applications, government or utility programs is highly desirable.
Experience in partnerships, client development or business development is an asset.
Strong digital fluency and comfort learning new tools, systems and processes.
Takes ownership naturally and can move work forward without every step defined.
Knows when to ask questions, involve others or escalate something important.
Organized, dependable and persistent.
Comfortable managing multiple relationships and opportunities at once.
Builds trust with people, listens well and communicates clearly.
Can take a complicated situation, understand what matters and turn it into practical next steps.
When hitting a barrier, investigates it, considers the options and comes forward with a recommendation.
Confident building relationships with different people and organizations.
Can keep complex work organized without losing momentum or follow-through.
Exercises good judgment and knows when to act independently and when to bring others in.
Communicates clearly in meetings, presentations and written materials.
Learns quickly, asks strong questions and is comfortable working through ambiguity.
Motivated by meaningful work and wants to keep developing their knowledge, capacity, and responsibility.

Nice To Haves

Experience with funding programs, applications, government or utility programs is highly desirable.
Experience in partnerships, client development or business development is an asset.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain strong relationships with Indigenous Nations, Housing Managers, leadership, staff and community partners.
Work alongside Nation partners to understand changing goals and priorities, and identify practical ways Community Power can support them.
Maintain relationships beyond individual projects so trust, knowledge, and momentum carry forward into future priorities and opportunities.
Build direct, trusted relationships with government, utility and other funding and program representatives to ensure Community Power understands opportunities early and can navigate them effectively.
Maintain an understanding of current funding opportunities, requirements, deadlines and emerging programs.
Connect Nation priorities and project needs to the appropriate funding pathways, support strong applications, and support through questions, revisions and funding decisions.
Identify new and repeat project opportunities through Nation relationships, existing projects, funding programs, outreach and strategic partners.
Turn early conversations into defined opportunities by clarifying the need, next steps, responsibilities, and required support.
Take ownership of momentum. When something stalls, find the answer, develop options, engage the right people and close the loop.
Represent Kambo’s Community Power division confidently with Nations, funders, utilities, partners and industry organizations, including at conferences, workshops and public forums.
Work with Community Power’s Operations teams to turn Nation priorities into strong scopes of work, funding strategies and implementation plans, and carry the relationships, context and commitments through to delivery excellence.