Organization: HUB Cycling
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
HUB Cycling is a charitable non-profit, helping more people cycle more often,
through education, action and event
s. More cycling makes our communities
healthier, happier and more connected.
HUB provides cycling education to kids in schools across Metro Vancouver,
motivates tens of thousands of people to bike to work and school, and helps
businesses realize the benefits of being bike friendly.
HUB also works with local and regional governments to encourage greater
investment in and support for cycling through infrastructure development and
education. Ten volunteer-based HUB Local Committees support the HUB Cycling
mission in communities across Metro Vancouver.
For more information, visit http://www.bikehub.ca.
Role Overview
This role leads HUB’s work to improve cycling conditions in Metro Vancouver via
internal and external communications, campaign management, and marketing
activities. Leveraging the power of volunteers is a key responsibility of this
role, as well as providing; support to our local committee volunteers and
implementing strategic action and membership campaigns. This position affects
positive change and strengthens the voice for better cycling region-wide.
You are:
• A strategic and motivated leader
• Skilled at telling a convincing and clear story about the value of cycling
and the value of our work
• Adept in developing successful campaigns and working with diverse groups and
interests including volunteers, and government staff and officials
• A problem-solver that can balance internal objectives and external pressures/limitations
• An exceptional time manager with a keen sense for prioritizing and when to
say No
• Experienced in coaching people and project management, drawing out the best
in others and their work
• Comfortable with developing basic creative, design and using graphics
software
• Experienced with social media platforms
• Passionate and knowledgeable about cycling for transportation
Objectives of the Role:
• Build capacity of HUB Cycling’s 10 volunteer-based local committees, and the
Regional Advisory Committee (40% of time)
• increase meeting attendance and committee role fulfillment,
• develop committee member skills to affect change and manage
projects/relationships,
• coach committees to realize their full potential to activate positive change
• Maintain HUB Gap inventory and map, and coordinate inputs with committee
members
• Keep public facing information up to date regarding local committee meetings,
documentation
• Support local committee marketing needs
• Monitor and evaluate progress and health of committees
• Manage public and decision-maker-focused campaigns that make biking better in
Metro Vancouver (i.e. UnGapTheMap, End Bike Theft, Raise Your Bike IQ, etc) (at
least 25% of DC time)
• Achieve and track progress on campaigns
• Develop plans and materials for campaigns
• Engage local and regional stakeholder organization on campaign objectives and
collaboration
• Support volunteers to augment campaign efforts
• Ensure the development of an annual Action Plan outlining HUB’s
infrastructure and policy objectives for the year
• Oversee the Membership Manager to increase HUB’s membership base and revenues
• Bring more people to the HUB Cycling website and social media pages/posts
• Maintain and grow HUB Cycling’s positive reputation and brand in the
community
• Minimize IT challenges with the website and CRM
• Support the Executive Director and program managers to achieve media coverage
of cycling issues, programs and HUB priorities
• Ensure monthly e-newsletter has positive impact and informational value
Skills and Experience:
• A highly organized initiator, able to deliver on time
• A minimum of 3 years experience with a successful track record in marketing
• Success leading campaigns that activate desired decision making and changes
• Experience and basic proficiency with graphics tools including Adobe Creative
Suite
• Highly effective interpersonal skills and collaborative team player. Able to
establish and maintain positive working relationships, both internally and
externally
• Proven verbal and written communication skills, with ability to write clearly
and persuasively
• Experience with social media marketing and/or marketing communications and
plans
• Experience with maintaining websites and blogs
• Experience working on membership and/or behaviour change campaigns is an
asset
• Strong manager with proven, effective methods of engaging and guiding
employees and volunteers. Minimum of 3 years people management experience.
Terms
This employee position is 35 hours/week. The salary range is $54,600 – $63,700
based on relevant skills and experience. Health and dental benefits are
provided along with 3 weeks of paid vacation per year. There is occasional
evening and weekend work. The successful candidate will work from the HUB
Cycling office in Vancouver and must have access to their own cell phone for
work purposes.
How to apply
Submit your resume and cover letter, along with a professional writing sample
as a single PDF document to:
jobs@bikehub.ca
by Sunday, May 1st, 2016 at 9pm.
Please ensure the filename follows the convention
“DC16_Firstname_Lastname.pdf”. No phone calls please; if you are selected for
an interview, we will contact you.
Thank you for your interest in HUB Cycling!
