About Vancity
Vancity is a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion, social justice, and community impact. Since 1946, we’ve worked to challenge the status quo, break down barriers, and build a more equitable future. With bold commitments—including becoming net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans—we are championing financial resilience, climate action, and belonging for our members and communities.
As the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and home to a team of 2,300 passionate employees, Vancity offers competitive rewards and benefits, diverse career pathways, and the opportunity to be part of something bigger.
Your Role in Supporting Our Members:
We’re looking for a Coordinator, Community Engagement to support Vancity’s growing focus on delivering meaningful, and impactful events and experiences in our communities. This role plays a key part in strengthening how Vancity shows up at our events, partnerships and local activations – ensuring we’re engaging, visible, and creating meaningful connections within the communities we serve.
In this position, you’ll orchestrate logistics to ensure the flawless execution and measurable impact of all community activations. You’ll work closely with internal partners across departments, external vendors, and partners to ensure every touchpoint reflects Vancity’s brand and elevates our presence in the communities we serve.
This is a full-time role with hybrid flexibility, primarily based at Vancity’s head office. You will be required to attend the events and activations you lead across the province, with travel required to Toronto from time to time. These events may take place on weekends or evenings.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Supporting logistics and planning for community events, partnerships, activations, and sponsorship deliverables.
- Coordinating communication with internal teams (e.g., marketing, brand, branches) and external vendors to ensure deliverables are clear, timely, and aligned.
- Maintaining project timelines, activation calendars, asset inventories, and event documentation.
- Managing budget tracking, vendor invoices, and administrative workflows to ensure efficient operations.
- Assisting with onsite event execution, including setup, teardown, materials coordination, and troubleshooting.
- Supporting with delivery of assets from our Creative Services, Content and Social teams.
- Supporting post-event reporting, including attendance metrics, impact summaries, budget reconciliation, and improvement recommendations.
- Managing multiple events and partnerships concurrently.
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
- 1–2 years of experience in event coordination, community engagement, marketing, partnerships, or related fields.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, shifting priorities, and tight deadlines.
- Experience in event logistics, vendor coordination, or partnerships.
- Proficiency with digital tools for project tracking, communication, and reporting.
- A detail‑oriented, process‑driven mindset with a commitment to operational excellence.
- Strong stakeholder management with the ability to keep partners and stakeholders aligned and accountable.
You’ll Thrive Here If You Are:
- A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and confidence representing Vancity in the community.
- An effective team player who brings energy, reliability, and commitment to the work.
- Curious, solutions-oriented, and eager to improve processes and community experience delivery.
- Adaptable and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
- Creative and imaginative, with the ability to think big about how we engage communities and bring fresh ideas to life.
We value lived experience, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if you feel your skills don't perfectly align with those listed.
What You’ll Earn:
This role offers an annual salary range of $55,300.00 to $60,000. The base pay offered may vary depending on factors such as relevant qualifications, skills, previous experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards package, employees may also be eligible for our annual incentive program, subject to program eligibility requirements
Vancity Talent Programs:
Vancity supports an inclusive hiring process for candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Black, or Trans. With special permission from the BC Human Rights Commissioner, this initiative provides access to career development opportunities, prioritized job screening, and feedback. Any information you choose to share will be stored securely and used only for recruitment and career development connected to this initiative, in line with the BC Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). For details, please see our dedicated Talent Programs job posting.
At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience.
We are also committed to an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require any accommodations or support at any stage of the recruitment process (including the application stage), we encourage you to let us know by contacting our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@vancity.com. We’re here to work with you to ensure your needs are met promptly and effectively. All requests will be handled with the utmost respect and confidentiality, so you can participate fully in the process.
