Regional Manager – Environmental Impact

Regional Manager – Environmental Impact

Requirements

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field and/or 3+ years of experience, ideally gained in the environmental not-for-profit and/or philanthropic sector.
• Understanding of regional community-led climate mitigation and/or nature-based solutions, ideally with an established network of contacts.
• Bilingualism (English and French) required, as you will regularly serve our clients and do business with RBC partners and/or employees across Canada with English and French speaking needs.
• High emotional intelligence as it relates to partnership management.
• Self-starter with ability to manage multiple projects and work collaboratively across a diverse network of partners, both inside and outside of the bank.
• Strong presentation, public speaking and written skills, and ability to communicate project, program plans and community investment impact across stakeholder groups internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Execute on RBC’s environmental impact strategy and drive partnership pipeline to ensure we are actively managing relationships with our partners and responding to incoming requests for support.
• Lead relationship manager for suite of partnerships as well as support Regional Directors, Marketing and Citizenship on building and stewarding larger partnerships, ensuring organizations have a best-in-class experience.
• Ensure effective and impactful regional community investments strongly aligned with RBC’s ambition to support the transition to a net zero economy.
• Ensure all donations align to the Global Community Investment Policy and are responded to within the 90-day SLA as defined by the Enterprise Environmental Impact team.
• Practice strong due diligence on all community investment partnerships to ensure minimal exposure to brand reputation risk for RBC and the partner.
• Build subject matter knowledge and relationships across the environmental and philanthropic sector in the region in order to enhance program delivery and credibility.
• Collaborate with regional and national teams to activate appropriate environmental partnerships and high impact programs at the local market level, to help drive brand attribution and environmental impact storytelling in the region.
• Represent RBC externally, as directed, at regional partner events and other regional community activations under the net-zero economy ambition area.
• Support regional management on identification, execution and promotion of employee engagement and learning activities associated with environmental impact community partnerships.
• In consultation with the Director and relevant Regional Director(s), Marketing and Citizenship, help manage the regional community investment budget, ensuring sound planning and execution, and optimizing resources through cross-team synergies and points of integration.
• Work with Director to ensure all reporting is up to date and Smart Simple SLA is met.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with corporate-charitable partnerships and related internal and external storytelling and activation opportunities.
• Confidence working with senior leaders.