JOB DESCRIPTION

Learning & Impact Coordinator

0.5 FTE - 20 hours per week

$25.30 – $30.76

Opportunity to grow into full‑time

Location: Medicine Hat & Southeastern Alberta (Hybrid)

Reports to: Executive Director

The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta (CFSEA) is seeking a thoughtful, organized, and curious Learning and Impact Coordinator (LIC) to join our team.

The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta strengthens communities by building permanent endowment funds, investing in regional charitable initiatives, and providing leadership on issues affecting regional well-being. Governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, CFSEA is a public foundation committed to fostering community vitality across Southeastern Alberta.

The Learning and Impact Coordinator is a forward‑facing, strategic role that strengthens CFSEA’s ability to understand, strengthen, and communicate the difference we are making across Southeast Alberta. This position supports CFSEA’s Freedom to Explore strategic priority by helping the organization learn from its work, measure its impact, and build confidence in pursuing new opportunities.

The role combines learning, impact measurement, and interim operational support. It is well suited to someone who enjoys connecting ideas to action and helping an organization grow in thoughtful, practical ways. The position is intentionally designed to grow into a full‑time role as CFSEA’s learning and impact work expands.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Learning & Interim Bookkeeping Support

• Provide interim support for day-to-day bookkeeping activities including:
  • Accounts payable and receivable
  • Account reconciliation
  • Preparation of routine financial reports for review
• Supporting tracking and documentation of:
  • Learning and innovation-related costs
  • Advisor engagement and pilot initiatives
• Work collaboratively with the ED and finance supports to ensure financial information helps inform learning and decision-making.

Note: Bookkeeping support is a defined, supporting aspect of this role and is expected to evolve as operational capacity stabilizes.

Organizational Learning & Impact Readiness

• Coordinate internal learning activities related to:
  • Innovation in philanthropy
  • Non-traditional gifts and alternative investments
  • Emerging community needs and opportunities
• Gather and summarize insights from:
  • Staff experiences and pilots
  • External advisors and subject-matter experts
  • Sector research and peer foundations
• Prepare learning summaries and briefing notes for internal use.

Measuring Community Impact

• Support the design and use of practical tools to understand the impact of CFSEA’s grants.
• Collect, organize, and review grant reporting information in conjunction with the Grants Coordinator to support understanding of grant outcomes and impact.
• Help identify patterns, outcomes, and lessons learned across grants.

Advisor & Knowledge Activation

• Support the thoughtful use of external expertise to inform learning, innovation, and decision‑making.25
• Help staff and leadership clarify questions or learning needs before engaging subject‑matter experts.
• Document insights from conversations with external advisors or experts and translate them into practical takeaways.
• Track recurring themes, risks, or opportunities that emerge from expert input.
• Support alignment between external insights and CFSEA’s learning priorities and strategic direction.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of learning, evaluation, impact, or organizational improvement practices.
• Ability to synthesize information from people, data, and experience into clear insights and recommendations.
• Comfort working with ambiguity, experimentation, and work that evolves over time.
• Analytical thinking pair