Director of Learning and Capacity Building

Description

Location: Remote (with occasional travel across Ontario)
Position Type: Full-time, Permanent
Start Date: Targeting August 2025 start
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Date: July 4, 2025

About OASIS

OASIS strengthens and connects developmental service agencies through strategic advocacy, capacity-building, and system-wide leadership.

We are a provincial association representing a membership of publicly funded organizations that support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our work is grounded in collaboration with our members and partners, advancing informed policy advocacy, strategic partnerships, and system-wide innovation. OASIS is committed to building a sector that is equitable, sustainable, and responsive to the evolving needs of individuals with IDD, their families, and the organizations that support them.

Qualifications

Position Overview

The Director of Learning and Capacity Building leads OASIS’s efforts to foster a dynamic, resilient, and continually evolving developmental services sector. This role supports knowledge exchange, professional learning, peer-to-peer engagement, and systems-level capacity development.

With a focus on adult learning, curriculum design, and community facilitation, this role designs and delivers learning experiences that support strategic objectives while strengthening the sector’s ability to adapt, innovate, and thrive.

This senior, non-managerial role holds high strategic influence within the organization, shaping how capacity is built and learning is shared across the OASIS network. It is suited to someone who understands that capacity is built with, not for, people—and who can use education as a tool for collaboration, empowerment, and system transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Learning Strategy Development

• Lead the design and implementation of an organizational learning and capacity-building strategy aligned with the OASIS strategic plan.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement through community-based learning initiatives, sprints, and communities of practice.
• Translate complex sector challenges into accessible learning frameworks, tools, and models.

Curriculum & Program Design

• Develop learning journeys, modules, and toolkits across key thematic areas (e.g. governance, policy, financial sustainability, DEI, innovation).
• Facilitate learning sessions, both online and in-person, using adult education best practices.
• Co-create content with subject matter experts and member contributors, ensuring relevance and application.

Engagement & Facilitation

• Convene cross-agency learning groups, cohort-based experiences, and communities of practice.
• Actively listen to member needs, assess capacity gaps, and tailor programming to support organizational development.
• Support leadership development and sector transformation through inclusive, co-facilitated learning opportunities.

Evaluation & Knowledge Management

• Integrate evaluation into all programming to assess impact, gather feedback, and improve continuously.
• Support knowledge translation by summarizing insights, sharing lessons learned, and helping the sector reflect on collective experience.
• Curate and share resources, research, and member-generated innovations to reduce duplication and promote adoption of best practices.

Collaboration & Integration

• Work closely with the Directors of Communications and Advocacy to ensure cross-portfolio alignment.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives and joint projects across the OASIS team.
• Support Board committee and sub-committee learning when appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ experience in adult education, instructional design, professional development, or related roles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop curricula, facilitate learning, and build engagement across diverse audiences.
• Knowledge of learning design principles, including asynchronous and synchronous formats, micro-learning, and peer-led approaches.
• Experience designing and delivering learning in a nonprofit, public sector, or system leadership environment.
• Strong group facilitation skills and comfort leading learning in virtual and in-person formats.
• Familiarity with evaluation frameworks and capacity assessment tools.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a highly collaborative working style.
• Strong commitment to equity, accessibility, and co-learning with people and organizations from varied backgrounds.

Work Environment

• OASIS is a fully remote organization; occasional in-person meetings and travel within Ontario are required.
• Some flexibility in work hours may be needed to support member participation and event schedules.
• The role requires self-direction, creativity, and a deep respect for practitioner knowledge.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary Range: $72,000 – $90,000 annually
• Benefits: Comprehensive health and dental plan, paid vacation, and professional development support