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Central Okanagan Foundation is a community foundation that has served the Central Okanagan region since 1977. We work to bring together the generosity of donors with the ideas and energy of charities and communities across the Central Okanagan.

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Current Opportunities:

Senior Manager, Reaching Home

Potentia Human Resources is proud to partner with the Central Okanagan Foundation (COF) to recruit a Senior Manager, Reaching Home to lead the Reaching Home (RH) program, tri-lateral Alignment Project and the Veteran Homelessness Program.  With a primary objective of supporting the delivery and administration of Reaching Home and Veteran Homelessness funding in the Central Okanagan, the successful candidate will work with partners to advance coordinated access, strengthen system functioning, and support community-based efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness.

As the Senior Manager, RH, you will directly support COF’s Mission of enhancing quality of life through strong stewardship, innovative approaches, and active community leadership. Guided by values of collaboration, stewardship, accountability, and community impact, this role plays a critical part in advancing sustainable, system-level change.  For more than four decades, the Central Okanagan Foundation has served as a philanthropic leader dedicated to strengthening the region through community investment, partnership, and responsible stewardship. COF fuels bold philanthropy, stronger communities, and lasting change.

As the successful candidate, you will ensure program integrity, comply with funding requirements, and will represent COF within senior governance forums, implementing a systems wide change management process while maintaining relationships with municipal, provincial, federal, Indigenous, and community partners.  As a people manager, you will provide clear direction, coaching, and support to your team, fostering accountability, growth, and strong performance aligned with program and organizational priorities.  In addition to strong leadership, effective system-level coordination will be key to your success in this role, as well as providing clear accountability for governance participation, funder confidence, risk management, and the achievement of system outcomes.  Additional responsibilities including guiding program priorities, interpreting funder direction, and ensuring the program is appropriately structured and resourced to meet current and emerging requirements.

For more information and to submit an application, please visit – Senior Manager, Reaching Home