Partnerships and Community Outreach Coordinator Job

Position Summary

The Partnerships and Community Outreach Coordinator will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with organizations that may support RETVE’s platform development, market validation and future service delivery.

Potential stakeholders may include Veteran-support organizations, Canadian employers, employment-service providers, training institutions, community groups, housing and accessibility organizations, and professional transition-service providers.

The role will focus on building credible relationships, identifying opportunities for collaboration and ensuring that external communications accurately reflect RETVE’s current development stage. During Year 2, the role will focus primarily on community relationships, prospective user access and non-commercial stakeholder engagement.

The coordinator will work closely with the Business Development Director, Chief Marketing Officer, Marketing Specialist and management team.

Key Responsibilities

- Identify Canadian organizations relevant to Veteran employment and transition support.
- Research prospective employers interested in recruiting individuals with military experience.
- Develop a structured database of organizations, contacts and outreach status.
- Prepare outreach emails, introductory materials and meeting presentations.
- Contact prospective stakeholders through approved communication channels.
- Coordinate introductory meetings, platform demonstrations and follow-up discussions.
- Present RETVE’s concept, development status and intended value clearly and accurately.
- Explore opportunities for user feedback, pilot testing and community consultation.
- Seek introductions to prospective Veteran users and relevant professional networks.
- Develop relationships with employment agencies, training providers and educational institutions.
- Explore potential collaboration with housing and accessibility-service organizations.
- Identify suitable webinars, community events, conferences and networking opportunities.
- Support employer information sessions and Veteran-focused career events.
- Maintain records of meetings, correspondence, commitments and follow-up actions.
- Prepare meeting agendas, summaries and internal progress reports.
- Coordinate proposed letters of interest, collaboration discussions or memoranda of understanding where appropriate.
- Ensure that organizations are not publicly described as partners without documented authorization.
- Collect feedback from external stakeholders and communicate relevant findings to management and the product team.
- Identify potential sponsorship, referral or institutional-service opportunities.
- Monitor relevant developments within the Veteran-support and employment-services environment.
- Support the verification and updating of external resources included on the platform.
- Coordinate with the Marketing Specialist to ensure consistent public messaging.
- Represent RETVE professionally at virtual or in-person events.
- Maintain confidentiality regarding non-public discussions and business information.

Education and Experience

- A diploma or bachelor’s degree in business administration, community development, communications, public relations, marketing, social services or a related field.
- Experience in partnership development, stakeholder engagement, community outreach, business development or client relations.
- Experience communicating with organizations through written correspondence, presentations and meetings.
- Experience maintaining contact records and coordinating follow-up activities.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain professional relationships.

Required Skills

- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Professional presentation and relationship-building ability.
- Research and prospect-identification skills.
- Ability to explain RETVE’s platform and value proposition clearly.
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills.
- Ability to prepare meeting materials and written summaries.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholder conversations simultaneously.
- Professional judgment and discretion.
- Ability to distinguish exploratory discussions from formal partnerships.
- Understanding of respectful and inclusive community engagement.
- Ability to communicate appropriately with Veterans, employers and service organizations.
- Ability to collaborate with marketing, business-development and technical personnel.
- Strong record-management and administrative skills.
- Ability to work independently while reporting progress consistently.

Asset Qualifications

- Experience working with Veteran-support organizations or military communities.
- Experience in employment services, recruitment, workforce development or career transition.
- Existing knowledge of Canadian non-profit, community-service or employer networks.
- Experience coordinating partnership agreements, letters of interest or memoranda of understanding.
- Experience organizing webinars, networking events or community consultations.
- Familiarity with customer-relationship-management systems.
- Knowledge of housing, accessibility, education or government-resource organizations.
- Experience supporting an early-stage technology or social-impact company.

RETVE Assistance Program Inc. is developing an early-stage digital platform intended to support Canadian Veterans as they navigate employment preparation, career transition and selected public and community resources. The company is progressing through staged product development, testing and market-readiness activities. Public communications must accurately distinguish existing prototype functions from features that remain under development.