Job Description

Rise Women's Legal Centre (Rise) is a community legal centre providing accessible legal services that are responsive to the unique needs of self-identifying women and gender diverse persons, primarily in the area of family law in British Columbia. In addition to serving clients, we are a knowledge based and knowledge generating organization and work collaboratively with organizations around the province.

Rise's work is guided by three focus areas - learning, helping and systems change, through which the organization provides direct support to clients, learning opportunities for students, family law advocates, support workers, and lawyers, and works on systemic change through research and education.

Job Title: Education Manager (Parental Leave Coverage)

Terms

: Full-time (37.5 hours per week). Note that this is an 18-month term position to cover parental leave.

Salary Range:

$78,000 - 85,000 per annum plus benefits

Location

: Vancouver, BC (hybrid)

Start and End Dates:

December 15, 2025 - June 11, 2027

Applications accepted on a rolling basis

About the Position

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Education Manager works very closely with the Supervising Lawyer, Education to advance Rise's strategic focus areas of learning and systems change.

The Education Manager works with teams across the organization providing strategic direction, planning, implementation and evaluation of educational initiatives. There is no expectation that the Education Manager will provide the training but there are no restrictions if the right candidate has previous experience in delivering training in the subject matter.

The Education Manager manages a variety of educational initiatives at Rise, including production of original Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI), research reports, paid training provided through the social enterprise, online and in-person training offerings and Rise's e-learning platform. The Education Manager is responsible for communication of educational initiatives through the Rise website, and other communication platforms used by Rise.

The Education Manager works as the contact person between Rise staff and external contractors - designers, translators, subject experts, involved in the production of educational outputs. The Education Manager also works as the contact person for all education, research and training related inquiries from community organizations, law firms, and all stakeholders the organization works with.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning, Implementation and Evaluation

In collaboration with the Executive Director and Supervising Lawyer, Education provides strategic direction for Rise's paid educational initiatives.

Works with the Executive Director and Rise staff to ensure allocated budgets are spent within the fiscal year including receiving invoices from vendors.

In collaboration with the Supervising Lawyer, Education creates an annual workplan including deliverables, timelines, training offerings, pricing for the educational initiatives.

Ensures that fresh, relevant, and accessible content is being developed and shared, and that Rise is attentive to ensuring that a variety of voices are heard when Rise develops new educational resources

In collaboration with the Finance team, implements the financial processes, for all paid educational initiatives

In consultation with the Marketing Consultant, and Supervising Lawyer, Education, implements a marketing and communication strategy.

Identifies, collects and interprets evaluation metrics for various educational initiatives and ensures that evaluation data is used in annual planning for the following year.

Coordination with Program Staff

In consultation with Supervising Lawyer, Education, and Rise staff, maintain a database of all educational offerings to avoid duplication and maximize reach of training resources.

Works with Rise staff authors to prepare workplan, timeline, and coordinates the publication of Rise's PLEI.

Provides support to the research team in planning the research projects, including workplan and timeline for production of research outputs.

Works with Rise staff to coordinate training provided to external stakeholders and oversee the production of educational videos.

Manages paid training content created for lawyers and organizations.

In collaboration with the Finance team, issues invoices and keeps track of payments.

In collaboration with the VLC Supervising Lawyer, maintains Rise's Legal Counsel Connect, monitors progress, and provides support in implementation.

Coordination with External Stakeholders

Works with external contractors for production of educational outputs - designers, editors, graphic illustrators, interpreters, translators, when needed.

Networks with other community organizations to stay current on issues affecting the community to ensure that resources are responsive to community and stakeholder needs and to identify opportunities to collaborate with subject matter experts on topics of interest.

Collaborates with external contractor(s) to optimize Rise's website features.

Technical support

Creates and maintains educational platform (Thinkific), including approving access and registration. Integrates new features and tools to ensure the end products meet the ongoing needs of Rise and the community.

Oversees the production of the Rise's bi-weekly podcast. The Education Manager is responsible for editing and releasing recorded episodes through Rise's podcast platform.

Manages online training events and other virtual events to build awareness, which may include providing or contracting out technical support, organizing speakers, and managing online registration.

Provides support to Rise staff when they provide training at conferences and organizations by coordinating logistics, agreements, honorarium payments, and post training action items, such as feedback and surveys with host organizations.

Supports Rise staff with training materials, including design, branding and dissemination of materials post training.

Works with Rise staff to develop social media, other content, and events to promote Rise's educational and training events and disseminate information.

Manages webinars and/or events for report launches and provides support to Rise staff as needed.

Communications

Responds to all education and research related inquiries from community, legal and other organizations.

Maintains and updates Rise's website to ensure that clients, community partners, advocates, and lawyers can access programs and educational resources.

Monitors analytics and creates reports detailing the effectiveness of Rise's website.

Updates Rise's website and educational platform (Thinkific) to ensure external stakeholders are informed about and can access educational resources.

In consultation with fund development manager, implements an education related communications calendar that reflects all planned communications and events throughout the year.

With fund development manager, maintains contact lists to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are notified of upcoming events. If appropriate, creates and disseminates marketing materials.

Identifies and presents opportunities to expand audience reach.

General

Participate in systemic meetings, and other community engagements activities.

Working Conditions

Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week (inclusive of 2.5 hours of unpaid break)

Hybrid work environment

Physical aspects: sitting for extended periods of time

Psychological aspects: communicating with team members

Reporting Relationships

Reports to Executive Director

Qualifications

Education: Degree in a relevant discipline such as communications, marketing, public relations Professional Certifications: n/a Experience: Three to five years' experience in a communications or program management role, ideally in the social service/charitable sector or demonstrated relevant experience. Experience with website design and management (no coding skills required) Experience working with CRM systems and educational platforms. Experience with Microsoft publisher/in-design/canva an asset, and design of printed and electronic materials an asset. Experience with creating and marketing educational outputs, such as online courses (asset). Knowledge: Best practice communications strategies and practices in the not-for-profit sector. Understanding of legal resources in BC (asset). Competencies: Organization, Prioritization, Strategic Thinking, Attention to Detail, Communication, Discretion, Problem-Solving, Initiative.
Personal Suitability:

Commitment to providing inclusive services that are responsive to client and community needs and enhance community participation.

Closing Details

Rise Women's Legal Centre is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We especially welcome applications from Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, persons with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills, knowledge, and experience to productively engage with diverse communities.

Please apply by sending your cover letter and resume or cv (in PDF format) to Sarah Szymanski, Office Coordinator at hiring@womenslegalcentre.ca with the subject line "Education Manager". Applications sent in only through Indeed will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $78,000.00-$85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Dental care Extended health care Life insurance Paid time off Vision care Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC V6C 3B9

Expected start date: 2025-12-15