Chief Impact Officer

About Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada   Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada is our country’s leading charity dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth involved in the child welfare system. Guided by a bold five-year strategic plan and Impact Framework and working alongside roughly 100 child-and-youth serving organizations across the country, we are focused on driving meaningful, measurable change through outcomes-based partnerships, philanthropy, and system-level influence.
Our work is grounded in four key areas of focus that are critical to long-term stability for children and youth in and from care:
Education, Employment, Mental Health and Well-being, and Strong Families and Lifelong Connections. Across these areas, we fund and deliver high-impact programs and collaborate with communities, service agencies, and young people on solutions that address the persistent challenges faced by children and youth engaged with the child welfare system.
As we implement our new  strategic plan, Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada is entering a pivotal phase, realigning its efforts and structuring its team to maximize measurable outcomes and national reach. Joining the Foundation means being part of a passionate, future-focused team driven by impact and equity. It’s an opportunity to be part of a national movement committed to creating a better future for those too often left behind.

Together, we are building a future where children and youth have the strength and resilience to create a lifetime of their own unstoppable successes.
To learn more about us, please visit our website.
To better understand our impact, please watch our ‘Investing in the Future, Today’ video
This posting is publicly available and open to all qualified applicants.
Salary Range: $150,000-$165,000 CAD

The Ideal Candidate :
Are you motivated by thoughtful leadership, meaningful collaboration, and long-term impact at a systems level?
The ideal candidate is an experienced executive leader who brings strong strategic vision and business acumen, along with a deep commitment to advancing mission-driven impact in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. They lead with integrity and sound judgment, communicate with clarity and credibility, and are trusted to navigate ambiguity and influence at both the executive and sector levels.
A collaborative and relationship-centered leader, they foster alignment across teams, partners, and communities, and contribute actively to organization-wide strategy, governance, and long-term outcomes. They bring an instinct for bridging strategy and execution, helping translate ambitious impact goals into achievable action. Grounded, goal-oriented, and forward-looking, they bring initiative and care, balancing measurable results with empathy, accountability, and purpose.

The Opportunity:

The Chief Impact Officer (CIO) is a senior executive position, reporting to the President & CEO with overall strategic and operational responsibility for impact and outcomes across Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada (the Foundation). The CIO leads the development and implementation of strategies to advance the Foundation’s mission and strategic vision driving measurable outcomes and ultimately impact system-change for children and families involved in Canada’s child welfare system(s).
As a member of the senior leadership team, the CIO contributes to shaping and driving the overall strategic plan for the Foundation. The Chief Impact Officer leads the Impact Team and is accountable for the Foundation’s child welfare impact strategies and impact delivery. This includes overseeing the development of annual operational plans that translate the Foundation’s Strategic Plan into clear priorities, initiatives, and measures of success, aligned with the Foundation’s areas of focus and investment streams.
Serving as the organization’s primary strategy-to-execution integrator, the CIO ensures cross-functional operational alignment and disciplined execution of strategic priorities. Working in close partnership with functional leaders, the CIO aligns organizational plans, resources, and workflows; oversees operational planning cycles;…