FRCurrent Opportunities
Chief Impact Officer (Permanent, Full-Time)
Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada is seeking a Chief Impact Officer (CIO) to provide executive leadership for the Foundation’s impact strategy, program delivery, and outcomes measurement. Reporting to the President & CEO, the CIO is responsible for translating the Foundation’s strategic vision into measurable impact and driving systems-level change for children, youth, and families involved with the child welfare system across Canada.
As a member of the senior leadership team, the CIO leads the Impact team and oversees grants, programs, partnerships, and evaluation frameworks aligned with the Foundation’s four key focus areas. Serving as a bridge between strategy and execution, the CIO ensures cross-functional alignment, disciplined operational planning, and data-informed decision-making while fostering strong relationships with community partners, governments, funders, and sector leaders to advance long-term outcomes and equity-driven impact.
Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada’s Team Values
We’re dedicated to empowering children and youth to realize brighter futures through our five ‘VOICE’ values:
Vital Learning and Innovation – Trying new things, creating space and time for creativity and professional development, showing humility, cross-team collaboration, and being intentional about change.
Open Communication – Showing respect for others’ ideas and different ways of communicating, creating safe spaces, encouraging participation, building a pervasive practice of giving and receiving feedback, and active listening.
Inclusion and Diversity – Being welcoming, building a diverse team that represents those we serve, showing respect and appreciation of boundaries, seeking diverse perspectives, and adopting an equity and fairness lens.
Care and Compassion – Exercising self-care, empathy for others, showing compassion for our cause and purpose, respecting and encouraging work-life balance.
Empowering Accountability – Taking the initiative to improve and optimize, transparency and sharing information, clarifying expectations, tracking goals, and communicating them.
