PROJECT COORDINATOR

Overview

Posted : Feb 3, 2026

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Outdoor Play Canada (OPC) - Ottawa, ON

Full-time position with salary : $32.00 Hourly. Application Deadline : N / A. Nonprofit organization.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate various projects related to improving quality and support participation in outdoor play and learning for young children living with disabilities.
• Liaise with OPC and CCOP staff, families, and other project stakeholders across Canada and around the world.
• Coordinate and assist with project activities including advisory panel recruitment, creating summary reports, scheduling and coordinating project, advisory, and consultant team meetings, data collection, related report writing, and promoting outputs through social media outlets, the OPC website, and e-communications.
• Assist with human resource processes.
• Act as key communicator between project staff, families, and stakeholders.
• Organize meetings and prepare relevant presentations and materials; take and prepare meeting minutes as required.
• Assist in preparing grant submissions.
• Supervise and provide training to other personnel (summer students / volunteers) on project processes and procedures.
• Participate in and present at educational sessions internally to staff and externally as opportunities arise.
• Participate in OPC and CCOP meetings and other meetings as required.
• Work in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations and all OPC policies related to Occupational Health and Safety; keep all mandatory training up-to-date.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the OPC Executive Director.

Qualifications

Working Conditions

Personal Suitability

The ideal candidate should have strong coordination ability and potential, excellent organizational skills, an appreciation of outdoor play, interpersonal and communication skills (speaking, writing, presenting), good judgment and reliability, thoroughness, initiative, creativity, teamwork, flexibility, and ambition. The candidate should uphold OPC’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and apply an EDI lens and continuous improvement approach to their work.

How To Apply

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter of interest, curriculum vitae and contact information for three references to Dr. Louise de Lannoy, Executive Director of Outdoor Play Canada, by email to ldelannoy@outdoorplaycanada.ca.

OPC values diversity and invites all qualified applicants to apply. Accommodations will be provided throughout the application and interview process per the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If accommodations are needed during the application process, please notify OPC as per the AODA.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those invited for an interview will be contacted.

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