Project # 1437

Established in 2004 and located within the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Centre for Spirituality and the Workplace is the first academic-based centre for spirituality and the workplace in Canada. Since its beginning, the Centre has positively influenced the conversation and accomplishments about spirituality and the workplace globally. They are now seeking an Executive Director to lead them to the next level.

Reporting to an established and well-connected Board of Directors, the key aspect of your job involves establishing relationships within the business, health care, government and academic communities. It also involves raising the awareness, understanding and benefits of spirituality within the workplace. The issues cover a wide range of areas including: purposeful work, ethics, meaning, religion and spirituality. Activities will entail, among other things, coordinating thought-provoking conferences and workshops, fundraising, and initiating various communication and engagement initiatives designed to increase the appreciation of spirituality in the workplace. You will work closely with faculty and graduate students in an academic setting. To be successful in this role, you must liase regularly with all stakeholders, including corporate groups, government officials, donors, academics, students, universities, and other like-minded communities locally, nationally and internationally.

As the ideal candidate, you are an established leader within business or government and possess well-developed networks and relationships. You have well-honed expertise in relationship management, program delivery, fundraising, communication, and administration. Strength in media relations would also be an asset. Personally, you possess integrity, compassion for others, thoughtfulness, respect for diversity, and a collaborative approach to everything you do. You have engaged in a spiritual or religious practice of your own and are comfortable with a variety of other spiritual and religious practices. You have the ability to work on your own, within a strategic framework. You appreciate spirituality, not as converting others, but as inquiry and deepening. For further information on the Centre please visit: www.spiritualityandtheworkplace.ca.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant contribution to the spiritual well-being of others.  If you would like to speak about the role further, please merge your resume and cover letter into a single MS Word document (quoting project 1437 in the subject line) and forward by email to apply@geraldwalsh.com, or by mail to Gerald Walsh Associates Inc., 2020-1801 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS B3J 3N4.