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Grand Pré, NS
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$80,000 - $95,000 / year
Full-time
Management
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DescriptionSearch conducted by Placemaking 4G at p4g.ca on behalf of Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-Op.Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-Op is committed to building a workplace grounded in justice, dignity, and shared ownership. As a worker-owned co-operative, we believe work is not just about productivity, but about shared responsibility, meaningful participation, and creating the conditions that allow people to thrive.
We recognize that hiring processes and workplaces are shaped by systems that have not served everyone equally. We are actively working to challenge those systems by building practices that are transparent, accountable, and rooted in care, with attention to who has historically been excluded and how we create space for diverse lived experiences, skills, and pathways.
We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as 2SLGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, racialized persons, women, newcomers to Canada, and people with disabilities. If you do not meet every listed requirement but feel aligned with the values and responsibilities of this role, we still want to hear from you.
Accessibility matters to us. Accommodations are available throughout the application and interview process, and you are welcome to let us know what supports would help you participate fully.
To support a hiring process that reflects these commitments, Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-Op has partnered with Placemaking 4G (P4G). Together, we are working to ensure this search is conducted with clarity, fairness, and respect for people's time, experiences, and humanity.Roasted with Purpose, Rooted in Justice
In 1993, while visiting his sister in Ethiopia, Jeff Moore learned to roast coffee on a stovetop and witnessed its cultural significance to Ethiopians. He discovered how exceptionally well-appreciated fresh-roasted coffee could be. A seed was planted, and he returned to Canada focused on one life-changing question: How could he start a coffee business that would do justice to the coffee, the farmers, and the planet? The answers weren't simple, but the vision was clear.
By 1995, Jeff and his wife, Deb, risked it all, putting their home on the line to purchase their first $70,000 shipment of fair trade organic coffee from the Union de la Selva coffee co-op in Chiapas, Mexico. Together with three partners, they launched Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-operative in their home in New Minas, Nova Scotia.
Building direct relationships with coffee co-ops has been essential from the beginning. One of our earliest and longest partnerships is with Comité Campesino del Altiplano (CCDA), a cooperative of Guatemalan farmers rebuilding their lives after years of civil war.
“For 30 years now, these deep relationships have defined who we are.”
Environmental SustainabilitySustainability has been at the core of Just Us! since the beginning. By supporting regenerative organic agriculture and paying fair prices for ingredients, we share responsibility with small-scale farmers in the Global South, enabling them to care for their families, nurture their communities, and steward the lands that sustain them.
For over a decade, we've offset our electricity usage through Bullfrog Power, ensuring every kilowatt we use is replenished with renewable energy in Atlantic Canada's power grid. As Canada's first Fair Trade Organic coffee roaster, we continue to lead with justice, integrity, and solidarity, ensuring our work benefits both people and the planet.
Coffee the Co-op WaySince 1995, Just Us! has proudly operated as a 100% Canadian worker-owned co-op, inspired by the producer co-ops we partner with around the world. Our democratic model means that everyone who works with us, from baristas to administrators, can become a member-owner, shaping our decisions and ensuring we remain committed to the community, the land, and our purposeful work. Together, we've built a platform for positive change - one that advances social and environmental justice, generates income for our workers, and stays true to our cooperative roots.
“At Just Us!, we believe equity and recognition must be backed by action. That's why our highest-paid employee earns no more than three times our lowest-paid employee—and every team member has the opportunity for employee ownership.”
This Moment, This PositionWe're looking for a Business Development Manager to help guide the co-op's continued growth and strengthen its position in the retail and wholesale markets. This is an opportunity for a commercially minded, relationship-oriented leader who can bring together business strategy, sales, marketing, and people leadership to support the co-op's long-term sustainability.
Working with the management team, you'll help shape and deliver business development strategies, identify new opportunities, strengthen customer and strategic partner relationships, and ensure our products, services, and values are communicated effectively in the marketplace. You'll balance big-picture thinking with practical execution, using market knowledge, customer insights, and financial results to guide decisions and improve performance.
Just as importantly, you'll support a collaborative, participatory, and engaging workplace where people are encouraged to contribute, learn, and work across departments. This role is about growing the business in a way that makes sense for Just Us!, its people, and the communities it serves.
Business Strategy & Growth
You would bring:
Above all, you understand that sustainable business growth comes from more than sales figures alone. You can bring a practical, commercially grounded approach to the work while supporting a workplace where people feel engaged, valued, and able to contribute.
The PackageSalary: $80,000 - $95,000Position Type: Permanent, full-timeLocation: Halifax, Wolfville, or surrounding areas
Travel: 20-25% of the year throughout Canada, including regular hybrid work at the Main Roastery & Headquarters in Grand Pré, NS. Schedule: Monday to Friday, 40 hours/week
Benefits & Perks:
Our Process & Application DetailsWhat to Expect
At Placemaking 4G, we believe recruitment should be relational and affirming. We're working with the organization to ensure candidates are respected, informed, and supported throughout.
Applications will be accepted until November 9, 2026 at noon AST.
Please include a cover letter that speaks to your experience and offers a glimpse of your personality.
Don't be generic. Be yourself.
We recognize that hiring processes and workplaces are shaped by systems that have not served everyone equally. We are actively working to challenge those systems by building practices that are transparent, accountable, and rooted in care, with attention to who has historically been excluded and how we create space for diverse lived experiences, skills, and pathways.
We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as 2SLGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, racialized persons, women, newcomers to Canada, and people with disabilities. If you do not meet every listed requirement but feel aligned with the values and responsibilities of this role, we still want to hear from you.
Accessibility matters to us. Accommodations are available throughout the application and interview process, and you are welcome to let us know what supports would help you participate fully.
To support a hiring process that reflects these commitments, Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-Op has partnered with Placemaking 4G (P4G). Together, we are working to ensure this search is conducted with clarity, fairness, and respect for people's time, experiences, and humanity.Roasted with Purpose, Rooted in Justice
In 1993, while visiting his sister in Ethiopia, Jeff Moore learned to roast coffee on a stovetop and witnessed its cultural significance to Ethiopians. He discovered how exceptionally well-appreciated fresh-roasted coffee could be. A seed was planted, and he returned to Canada focused on one life-changing question: How could he start a coffee business that would do justice to the coffee, the farmers, and the planet? The answers weren't simple, but the vision was clear.
By 1995, Jeff and his wife, Deb, risked it all, putting their home on the line to purchase their first $70,000 shipment of fair trade organic coffee from the Union de la Selva coffee co-op in Chiapas, Mexico. Together with three partners, they launched Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-operative in their home in New Minas, Nova Scotia.
Building direct relationships with coffee co-ops has been essential from the beginning. One of our earliest and longest partnerships is with Comité Campesino del Altiplano (CCDA), a cooperative of Guatemalan farmers rebuilding their lives after years of civil war.
“For 30 years now, these deep relationships have defined who we are.”
Environmental SustainabilitySustainability has been at the core of Just Us! since the beginning. By supporting regenerative organic agriculture and paying fair prices for ingredients, we share responsibility with small-scale farmers in the Global South, enabling them to care for their families, nurture their communities, and steward the lands that sustain them.
For over a decade, we've offset our electricity usage through Bullfrog Power, ensuring every kilowatt we use is replenished with renewable energy in Atlantic Canada's power grid. As Canada's first Fair Trade Organic coffee roaster, we continue to lead with justice, integrity, and solidarity, ensuring our work benefits both people and the planet.
Coffee the Co-op WaySince 1995, Just Us! has proudly operated as a 100% Canadian worker-owned co-op, inspired by the producer co-ops we partner with around the world. Our democratic model means that everyone who works with us, from baristas to administrators, can become a member-owner, shaping our decisions and ensuring we remain committed to the community, the land, and our purposeful work. Together, we've built a platform for positive change - one that advances social and environmental justice, generates income for our workers, and stays true to our cooperative roots.
“At Just Us!, we believe equity and recognition must be backed by action. That's why our highest-paid employee earns no more than three times our lowest-paid employee—and every team member has the opportunity for employee ownership.”
This Moment, This PositionWe're looking for a Business Development Manager to help guide the co-op's continued growth and strengthen its position in the retail and wholesale markets. This is an opportunity for a commercially minded, relationship-oriented leader who can bring together business strategy, sales, marketing, and people leadership to support the co-op's long-term sustainability.
Working with the management team, you'll help shape and deliver business development strategies, identify new opportunities, strengthen customer and strategic partner relationships, and ensure our products, services, and values are communicated effectively in the marketplace. You'll balance big-picture thinking with practical execution, using market knowledge, customer insights, and financial results to guide decisions and improve performance.
Just as importantly, you'll support a collaborative, participatory, and engaging workplace where people are encouraged to contribute, learn, and work across departments. This role is about growing the business in a way that makes sense for Just Us!, its people, and the communities it serves.
Business Strategy & Growth
- Work with the management team to develop and advance strategic and operational objectives for the co-op's business development activities.
- Lead the development and deployment of the annual wholesale sales plan, supporting growth, profitability, and a strong customer base.
- Contribute to annual budgeting and planning for business development, including retail sales, wholesale sales, and marketing.
- Identify and assess new business opportunities, market trends, and competitive developments to strengthen the co-op's market position.
- Help define and communicate what makes Just Us! distinctive, ensuring its values, products, and services are reflected in how the co-op engages with customers and partners.
- Build and strengthen customer, community, and strategic partner relationships to support long-term business growth.
- Guide a professional, effective, and values-oriented approach to sales and business development.
- Contribute to product and service pricing, business negotiations, and the development of new opportunities.
- Use market, customer, and competitor insights to inform business decisions, identify opportunities, and improve sales and marketing efforts.
- Support effective merchandising, marketing, advertising, and promotional activities that strengthen awareness of Just Us! and its offerings.
- Support members of the Sales and Customer Service teams.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and relevant business development training to help team members build their skills and confidence.
- Foster a supportive, participatory, and engaging workplace that encourages worker involvement, collaboration across departments, and continuous improvement.
- Support clear expectations, accountability, and consistent practices across the Business Development Department.
- Monitor, manage, and report on departmental financial results and key performance indicators (KPIs), using insights to guide decisions and improve performance.
- Develop, maintain, and support the consistent application of operational and personnel policies and procedures within the Business Development Operations Manual.
- Coordinate administrative support and operational processes that help the department work effectively.
- Contribute to continuous improvement in departmental systems, practices, and ways of working.
- Ensure compliance with applicable workplace health, safety, and environmental requirements, as well as co-op policies and procedures.
You would bring:
- Business development experience: Post-secondary education or demonstrated experience in business development, supported by a track record in sales, marketing, and merchandising.
- Market knowledge: Experience with Canadian retail and wholesale markets, including an understanding of customers, competitors, and the factors that influence purchasing decisions.
- Strategic and analytical thinking: The ability to gather and interpret market and customer information, assess opportunities, monitor performance, and use data to guide decisions.
- People leadership: Experience supporting, supervising, and developing team members, with an approach that encourages participation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Business and operational skills: An understanding of budgeting, project management, human resources practices, and the systems and processes that support effective departmental operations.
- Communication and relationship building: The ability to negotiate, present ideas, build trust, navigate challenges, and communicate persuasively with a range of audiences.
- Adaptability: The ability to respond to changing priorities, manage competing demands, navigate conflict, and remain focused on shared goals.
Above all, you understand that sustainable business growth comes from more than sales figures alone. You can bring a practical, commercially grounded approach to the work while supporting a workplace where people feel engaged, valued, and able to contribute.
The PackageSalary: $80,000 - $95,000Position Type: Permanent, full-timeLocation: Halifax, Wolfville, or surrounding areas
Travel: 20-25% of the year throughout Canada, including regular hybrid work at the Main Roastery & Headquarters in Grand Pré, NS. Schedule: Monday to Friday, 40 hours/week
Benefits & Perks:
- Paid Time Off: 2 weeks' vacation
- Health and Dental: 75% employer-paid health & dental (100% for member-owners, excluding LTD).
- Employee Ownership: Become a co-op member after one year; we cover 20% of the cost of your required share purchase.
- Profit Sharing: Members share in the company's success.
- Retirement Support: Members receive Group RRSP with 2% employer matching.
- Parental Leave Top-Up: Members receive 90% of salary up to $275/week.
Our Process & Application DetailsWhat to Expect
At Placemaking 4G, we believe recruitment should be relational and affirming. We're working with the organization to ensure candidates are respected, informed, and supported throughout.
- We closely review all applications and read each cover letter (we promise).
- If you are selected as a top candidate, expect an invitation to chat with a Lead Placemaker from P4G. This is someone who treats the recruitment process in a non-traditional way. We want to get to know what inspires you.
- Selected candidates will proceed to a virtual interview with the Lead P4G Placemaker and 2-3 organizational representatives.
- Finalists may participate in a second-round interview or skills activity (virtual or in-person).
- P4G will check employment references and assist in presenting an offer to the successful candidate.
Applications will be accepted until November 9, 2026 at noon AST.
Please include a cover letter that speaks to your experience and offers a glimpse of your personality.
Don't be generic. Be yourself.
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