Executive Director, Development and Peace – Canadian Regions

Title: Executive Director
Term: Five years, renewable once
Start Date: February 2027
Work Location: Montreal or another major Canadian region

The organization’s head office is located in Montreal. Applications are welcome from candidates residing in other major regions of Canada, provided they are able to travel regularly to Montreal and throughout the territories served by the organization, as required by the position.

Development and Peace — Caritas Canada, the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada, is a democratic solidarity movement guided by the Church’s social teaching.

It addresses the root causes of poverty, oppression and inequality by working with partners in countries of the Global South and mobilizing Canadians for justice and dignity. It supports women and social movements as agents of lasting change.

The organization brings together four inseparable dimensions:

• A Catholic organization rooted in the Gospel and the Church’s social teaching, called to live out and express its mission within the Church and in the public sphere.
• A professional international development and humanitarian assistance organization built on partner-led relationships. It is the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis.
• A democratic, national, grassroots, bilingual and intergenerational movement with 13,000 members across Canada.
• A charitable, unionized organization governed by a volunteer National Council (Board of Directors).

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Bring to life a mission of justice, solidarity and hope!”

The organization is seeking an experienced individual with strong spiritual grounding and excellent interpersonal skills to serve as Executive Director. This person will ensure organizational stability while guiding its evolution and development in keeping with its mission.

This is an opportunity to lead a national democratic movement and a professional international solidarity organization at a pivotal moment in its history.

Reporting to the National Council and working closely with the President, the Executive Director provides strategic, operational and relational leadership for the organization. They ensure the fulfillment of its mission, achievement of its strategic plan objectives, and sound management of its human, financial and organizational resources.

The Executive Director embodies and promotes the organization’s mission, vision, values and approaches. They serve as an ambassador and exercise synodal, participatory, unifying and empowering leadership that fosters engagement, collective discernment and shared responsibility.

They also ensure rigorous operational management based on planning, accountability, risk management and results, while supporting the development of the organization, its partnerships and its movement to ensure long-term sustainability.

• Advise the National Council and implement its adopted directions and decisions, while respecting the respective roles of governance and management.
• Work with the President to identify matters that must be brought before the National Council or Executive Committee, and support the effective preparation, participation and follow-up of governance meetings.
• Translate the directions established by the Orientation Assembly into strategic priorities and oversee their implementation from a sustainable development perspective.
• Ensure comprehensive accountability to the National Council and the organization’s various governing bodies.
• Oversee integrated risk management, legal and regulatory compliance, and the protection of individuals, personal data, assets…