Calgary Economic Development is an opportunity-maker, helping to spark and fuel Calgary's growth. Our job is to connect people with resources that can help them grow their careers or businesses, thrive in new locations or markets, and feel at home in our community. We offer a wealth of information to help everyone succeed and we tirelessly promote Calgary, in Canada and around the world. We are exhilarated about our role in shaping and sharing Calgary's story and we're proud to be part of the energy.

Job Summary

The Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) Coordinator contributes to the success of the Trade team by leading the logistics for all cohorts and collaborates with the TAP specialist on planning for all provincial cohorts of the Trade Accelerator Program. As the TAP Coordinator, you will wear many hats keeping our team on track with respect to programming, administration, budgets, and events. But you will also have the opportunity to work on a few projects of your own – really, what we're saying is no two days are ever the same.

This is a 10 month full-time contract with the possibility of an extension for an additional year.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development of yearly calendar of events, coordination with Marketing on invitations, RSVP management, collateral as needed working with the TAP Community Specialist and Coordinator
• Support in the recruitment of TAP by supporting in the planning and execution of all Export meetups.
• Lead the venue booking, catering orders, and other event logistics for all provincial TAP Cohorts while collaborating with the TAP Specialist.
• Support the TAP Specialist on TAP administrative items such as: speaker scheduling, mentorship day scheduling, slack communication and TAP Canada tracking requirements
• Provide boots on the ground event support for TAP cohorts and recruitment events.
• Lead the monthly reporting including tracking KPI's
• Act as the budget tracker for the trade team making sure all ISED funding is being utilized.
• Manage the trade team CRM strategy including the input and tracking of companies, opportunities and wins on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Support the Director – Trade and finance manager in quarterly Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) reporting and grant utilization tracking, including PO creation, invoice processing etc.

Let's Talk About You

You are interested in economic development, but more than that, you are interested in helping Calgary companies succeed beyond our city limits. You are looking to gain experience in cross sector development, trade and export, and international relations. You are probably fairly new to your career. What you lack in experience, you more than make up for in enthusiasm.

You are looking for a position that will combine your extraordinary organizational skills with broad business experience as you grow in your career. You are unbelievably organized and get a thrill from checking things off your to do list.

You have a passion for our city, and are excited at the prospect of working with a team of fellow business development professionals that are working hard to diversify the city's economy.

Education:

• Post-secondary education such as a degree in business administration or international business is an asset
• Minor in FNCE or ACCT is beneficial.

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year of progressively responsible experience in a directly related area during which professional capability has been clearly demonstrated.
• Business Development and/or Trade/export related experience would be considered an asset.
• Experience in event coordination, client relations; and budget management is also an asset.
  

Note: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Key Competencies:

• Demonstrated high level technical knowledge, Detail oriented.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, deal with several people and tasks simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities for own workload based upon need for immediate action, work objectives and schedules requiring independent judgment.
• Experience working effectively in a fast-paced environment and during stressful periods, while maintaining a composed disposition.
• Detail focused and strong project, event, and budget management skills.
• Event planning and execution
• Microsoft office (MS office, Excel, Word, Windows 10), CRM experience

What's In It For You?

CED offers more than a competitive base salary to our employees. We have a comprehensive benefit plan that includes 100% employer paid benefit premiums, RRSP's, a health care spending account, and a generous vacation and flex time policy. We are committed to our employee's mental health and offer resilience training with Headversity, free counselling with an EAP program, in addition to paramedical coverage through our medical benefits plan.

CED encourages and supports life-long learning and professional development. Employees are encouraged to access up to $2500 per year of funded professional development training opportunities. If you are looking for purpose driven work and are interested in joining us on our mission to diversify Calgary's economy, we invite you to apply.

EDI Commitment Statement:

Calgary Economic Development celebrates diversity and is committed to advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Through EDI, we create a path to success for all our employees, where they have equal opportunity for advancement, have the voice to contribute to our collective growth and development and work in an inclusive environment.

We strongly believe in accessibility in the work we do and welcome requests to make the hiring process as accessible as possible. Accommodations are available for candidates on request during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise at any point and we will do our best to work with you to meet your needs.

Calgary Economic Development adheres to the Alberta Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples and persons of all races, ethnic origins, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. Please be aware that Calgary Economic Development is committed to having a safe work environment.

To Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their cover letter and resume in confidence to: calgaryeconomic.bamboohr.com/careers by Thursday 30th May, 2024.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.