Chief People Officer

Job description

The Opportunity Power to Change is at a defining moment. As we step more fully into our calling to fuel the next generation of evangelism, the future of our mission will be shaped by those called, developed, and sent. The Chief People Officer plays a critical leadership role in this future. This is not a traditional HR leadership role. It is a mission-critical executive mandate to accelerate the people, culture, and leadership capacity required to mobilize thousands into a lifetime of mission. The Chief People Officer will: • Shape the culture and leadership DNA of Power to Change • Build and execute a people strategy that fuels mission growth • Recruit and develop the next generation of leaders across the organization • Strengthen a national, distributed, mission-driven workforce into a unified, high-trust, high-performing movement. As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, this leader will help steward the organization’s future—ensuring we have the right people, in the right roles, with the right formation, to respond to God’s calling in this moment. About Power to Change Power to Change’s vision is to be a Hub of Evangelism for the next generation—catalysing 10,000+ Communities on Mission across Canada and to the world over the next 5+ years. This vision builds on a core mission that has remained unchanged since our earliest days: to catalyse, equip, and support communities of believers to live on mission and make Jesus known—especially among those the body of Christ is not currently reaching. For nearly 60 years, Power to Change has been a catalytic force for evangelism in Canada. Today, we engage across five key mission contexts—students, sport, leaders, families, and global—supported by catalytic expressions that enable innovation and new models of mission. We are a national movement of over 450 staff, mobilising thousands of believers, and stewarding an annual budget of nearly $40 million. What lies ahead will require a renewed vision and bold rethinking of how we engage, develop, and deploy people—fueling a movement that is multiplying, Spirit-led, and reaching far beyond our current impact. Executive Leadership As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Chief People Officer shares responsibility for the overall leadership of Power to Change. This includes: • Contributing to organizational direction, strategy, and prioritization • Advising the President and senior leaders on people, culture, and organizational health • Strengthening alignment and execution across mission contexts and ministries • Building a leadership community marked by trust, clarity, and spiritual depth This role carries both enterprise leadership responsibility and functional leadership depth. The Mandate Flowing from this enterprise leadership responsibility, the Chief People Officer leads the strategy and execution of People and Culture across Power to Change—ensuring the organization is equipped with the people, leadership, and environment required to realise its mission. This work centres on three interconnected priorities: • Culture & Formation Cultivate a Jesus-centered, high-trust culture where staff are spiritually developed, deeply aligned to mission, and equipped to thrive—fostering an environment where people grow in character, leadership, and effectiveness over time. • Talent & Leadership Design and lead a comprehensive approach to attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional leaders—building strong, visible leadership pipelines across all mission contexts and levels of the organization, and ensuring we are calling forth and releasing the leaders needed for the future of the mission. • Organizational Effectiveness Ensure the systems and practices of the organization enable clarity, alignment, and high performance across a distributed and diverse workforce—while safeguarding the integrity of the organization through sound governance, wise risk management, and faithful stewardship of people practices. What Success Looks Like In the first 3 years, success in this role will be evident in: • A clearly articulated and widely owned people and culture strategy aligned to P2C’s mission and future vision • A marked strengthening of our ability to attract and retain high-capacity, mission-aligned talent into key roles • A strong and sustainable leadership pipeline, with leaders being identified, developed, and deployed across the organization • A deeply rooted, Jesus-centered culture marked by trust, courage, humility, and spiritual vitality The Leader We’re Looking For We are seeking a leader who carries both spiritual depth and executive strength. This person will be: • A deeply committed follower of Jesus, aligned with the mission and calling of Power to Change • A visionary builder of people and culture, with the ability to translate vision into scalable strategy • An experienced executive leader who can influence at the highest levels and navigate complexity • A developer of leaders who sees and calls out potential in others • Emotionally and culturally intelligent, able to lead through nuance, change, and growth • Both relational and results-oriented—committed to seeing people flourish and the mission advance They bring: • Significant senior leadership experience in people, culture, and organizational growth • A track record of building healthy, high-performing teams and organizations • Strong judgment, wisdom, and the ability to hold both ministry and organizational realities in tension Why This Role Matters Power to Change’s future will not be determined primarily by strategy—but by people. The Chief People Officer will ensure that: • We are calling and developing the right leaders • Our culture reflects the Kingdom we proclaim • Our organization is equipped for the scale of mission we believe God is inviting us into This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of a national movement—and to invest in leaders who will influence generations to come. To view more career opportunities at Power to Change, please visit . The mission of Power to Change is to further the movements of Christian evangelism and discipleship. All Power to Change staff members and volunteers work collectively to further this overall religious mission. The successful candidate for this position must have a pre-existing belief and demonstration of lifestyle as outlined in the Power to Change Code of Conduct and Statement of Faith. The successful candidate must agree to, sign and, in all good conscience abide by the biblical principles outlined by these documents. It is a prerequisite of employment at Power to Change that any and all staff members and volunteers sign and abide by these documents throughout their course of involvement at Power to Change. For a copy of the Code of Conduct and Statement of Faith, please contact Human Resources.