{"id":3794069,"url":"https://alion.io/job/costi-124-26-manager-program-development","title":"#124-26 Manager, Program Development","company":{"id":1857595,"name":"COSTI","domain":"costi.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/costi-org","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-04T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-04","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T19:24:02Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":3,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":3},"description":"Scheduled Weekly Hours:\n35Union:\nNoWork Shift:\nRemote Type:\nDuration:\nDecember 14, 2026-Job Description:\nThis is a full-time non-union position scheduled to work 35 hours per week\nReporting to the Chief Program Officer, the Manager, Program Development will work within the Program and Proposal Development and Grants Lifecycle Management function.\nThe Manager, Program Development is responsible for developing fundable program models and preparing compelling grant proposals, funding renewals, and procurement responses. In alignment with established program development and revenue-generation priorities, the Manager oversees the full funding lifecycle, ensuring submissions are compliant, competitive, accurate, and delivered on time.\nThe position leads the development of fundable program solutions that secure resources, strengthen service delivery, and advance COSTI’s organizational impact across the communities it serves.\nThe Manager, Program Development, plays a critical role in advancing COSTI's mission by developing winning grant proposals, collaborating with internal and external resources to coordinate their timely inputs, contributing to and supporting the agency's program development and government funding strategy.\nThis position contributes to the development of the program model, the design of new and renewed programs, oversees the full lifecycle of the agency’s response to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), develops compelling grant narratives, and manages the staff and processes that turn community need and program evidence into fundable, implementation-ready proposals.\nThis position writes the proposals for new grant opportunities and renewals on existing funding and it carries formal management accountability: it supervises program development staff and/or contract writers, has advisory input on the program model, contributes to the proposal strategy, prioritization, and program design recommendations brought by the team and Chief Program Officer.\nThis role contributes to the development of government funding strategy, uses information from needs assessments to inform program design, develops working relationships with municipal, regional, provincial and federal partners, and ensuring grant compliance and reporting integrity across the funding lifecycle.\nThe Manager, Program Development exercises independent judgment and decision-making authority in evaluating funding opportunities, interpreting procurement requirements, approving proposal strategies, and directing the staff and resources needed to strengthen and diversify the agency's funding portfolio.\nThis role reports to the Chief Program Officer (CPO). The candidate is based in Toronto and able to travel between COSTI offices as required.\nDirect reports: Program Coordinator(s)/Proposal Writer(s), and contract or consultant proposal writers engaged for peak submission periods.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree; a graduate degree in a related field is an asset.\nMinimum five (5) years of experience in nonprofit grant proposal writing and program development, including at least two (2) years in a supervisory, team-lead, or people-management capacity\nExceptional writing skills with the ability to translate program impact into compelling narratives for a variety of audiences.\nExperience with writing proposals for government grantors including IRCC, City of Toronto, and Ontario Health Team.\nDemonstrated experience managing multiple deadlines and complex proposal and reporting schedules across a team.\nExperience with public-sector procurement processes, including preparation of organizational responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs).\nDemonstrated experience designing or developing nonprofit, settlement, employment, community, or human-service programs from concept through proposal, approval, implementation planning, or renewal.\nStrong understanding of program design methods, including needs assessment, environmental scanning, service-gap analysis, logic models, outcomes frameworks, and evaluation planning.\nAbility to use qualitative and quantitative data, research, community input, and program performance information to shape fundable program models and evidence-informed proposals.\nFinancial literacy is sufficient to develop accurate proposal budgets, staffing assumptions, cost models, unit costs, in-kind contributions, and sustainability considerations, and to manage a functional operating budget.\nCommitment to serving the community with cultural humility and culturally responsive practices.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to and advising senior leadership.\nHigh level of integrity, organization, follow-through, and sound judgment, including the ability to make and stand behind independent decisions.\nDemonstrated experience directly supervising staff and/or contractors: setting goals, assigning and prioritizing work, coaching, and conducting performance reviews.\nAbility to represent COSTI with public agency partners, funders, community stakeholders, Board members, and external partners.\nAbility to meet required screening and criminal record clearance requirements.\nValid driver's license, reliable transportation, and compliance with organizational vehicle and insurance requirements, where applicable.\nExperience facilitating and directing collaborative planning with program leaders, partners, funders, evaluators, data teams, and operational stakeholders in a multi-program nonprofit environment.\nEssential Functions and Responsibilities\nTeam Leadership & Management\nDirectly supervise Program Coordinator, Administrative positions, and contract writers: assign and prioritize work, set performance goals, coach, and conduct performance reviews.\nContribute to the decision-making authority over proposal strategy, program-design recommendations, and prioritization of competing funding opportunities, escalating only significant risks or resource conflicts to the CPO.\nLead and manage the program development function's operating budget, including staff time allocation, contract/consultant writer engagement, and cost-benchmarking research.\nChampions a high-performing program development team: establish workflows, quality standards, templates, and tools for proposal development, program design, and reporting.\nRepresent the program development function on agency leadership/management tables and cross-departmental planning committees.\nFunding Strategy, Compliance & Proposal Development\nMonitor municipal, regional, provincial, federal, and other government funding portals to identify upcoming RFPs, RFQs, and grant opportunities aligned with organizational priorities.\nAdvise and make recommendations regarding funding opportunities, risks, compliance requirements, and strategic considerations.\nCollaborate with program leadership to participate in strategic discussions with government partners and funders regarding program outcomes, service needs, improvement opportunities, and future funding prospects.\nTrack grant requirements, deliverables, contract obligations, and reporting deadlines across the team's portfolio.\nAutomate the full grant proposal process from pipeline to execution using project management technology and including schedules, notifications/alerts, audit trail to ensure an efficient and effective process.\nAssign and oversee proposal-development tasks across internal subject matter experts, direct reports, and stakeholders, and hold the team accountable for quality and deadlines.\nInterpret grant requirements, regulations, procurement rules, and funding guidelines, and direct the team's compliance response.\nDevelop, implement, and maintain processes that ensure compliance with grant obligations and reporting requirements.\nMonitor awarded grants and contracts and advise leadership regarding performance outcomes, renewal opportunities, and funding sustainability. Follow up on unsuccessful funding submissions to solicit feedback and identify opportunities to strengthen future applications.\nLead and coordinate proposal development for new programs and renewal opportunities, including preparation of narratives, program descriptions, outcomes, evaluations, logic models, and supporting documentation.\nServe as a strategic resource to executive leadership by researching program development opportunities, emerging funding trends, and potential funders.\nMaintain awareness of sector trends, government priorities, and best practices through active participation in relevant professional and industry associations.\nDirect contract administration and reporting activities to ensure expenditures and program performance remain aligned with funding requirements.\nDevelop and maintain relationships with funders, government representatives, community partners, and external stakeholders to strengthen funding opportunities and organizational visibility.\nEnsure proposals align with existing programs and services while identifying potential extensions of programs and services that strengthen the continuum of care for COSTI clients.\nEnsure proper costing of funding opportunities, including background research on relevant websites to identify comparable programs, services, pricing models, and cost benchmarks.\nCoordinate and actively manage a proactive program renewal schedule, identifying required partner inputs, contributions, approvals, and signoffs, and maintaining timely notifications and alerts to support on-time submissions and renewal readiness.\nProgram Design & Evaluation\nWorks collaboratively with team to develop a program development strategy in alignment with the strategic plan and including inputs such as needs assessments, environmental scans, and service-gap analyses to identify new program models, priority populations, geographic opportunities, and funder-aligned service innovations.\nWorks collaboratively with the team to translate community needs, program evidence, outcome data, and stakeholder input into fundable program concepts, implementation plans, service models, and proposal-ready designs.\nSupports and contributes to the development of logic models in collaboration with the General Manager, Program Performance and Impact,\nDevelops theories of change, performance indicators, evaluation frameworks, and outcome-measurement approaches that demonstrate program impact and support funder reporting.\nFacilitates and directs cross-functional program design sessions with program, finance, data, evaluation, operations, and partnership leads to ensure proposed services are feasible, costed, measurable, and implementation-ready.\nPrepares and finalizes concept notes, briefing materials, program charters, implementation workplans, and decision documents that support executive review, funder engagement, and internal go/no-go decisions.\nSALARY RANGE: $75,000 - $88,000 per annum plus benefits\nWe currently do not use artificial intelligence or automated systems to screen or evaluate job applications.\nPay Range:\nCOSTI encourages applications from individuals reflecting the diversity of our community. COSTI is committed to fair and accessible employment practices and when requested, will make reasonable effort to accommodate people with disabilities during the recruitment and assessment processes when filling positions.","description_format":"text","description_chars":11300,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Language Learning","Nonprofits & Foundations"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-05T08:19:45Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":16,"reasons":["conf:5","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/costi-124-26-manager-program-development","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/costi-124-26-manager-program-development.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-07T05:39:55Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13732,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1857595},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1857595"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcosti-124-26-manager-program-development"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcosti-124-26-manager-program-development"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcosti-124-26-manager-program-development"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/costi-124-26-manager-program-development\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcosti-124-26-manager-program-development"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3794069}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"costi.org","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3794069},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}