OVERVIEW
Supporting all heads of Department and Departmental Vice President, the Intern - Data Management & Program Delivery will play a pivotal role in supporting cross-departmental initiatives, coordinating schedules, gathering updates, and supporting data analysis initiatives. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative, remote environment, contributing to meaningful change in the circular economy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cross-Departmental Support: Collaborate with various teams to support initiatives that span multiple departments, ensuring alignment and effective communication.
• Schedule Coordination: Manage and coordinate schedules for meetings, project timelines, and deliverables across departments.
• Data Gathering & Updates: Collect, verify, and update data from various sources to maintain accurate and current information for ongoing projects.
• Data Analysis & Storytelling: Utilize Excel to analyze large datasets and PowerPoint to create presentations that effectively communicate insights and progress to stakeholders.
• Data Remediation: Assist the Data Management & Governance team in correcting data inconsistencies, ensuring data integrity and reliability.
• Project Liaison: Serve as a point of contact between project and product managers, facilitating information flow and addressing queries promptly.
• Organizational Excellence: Maintain organized records and documentation to support ongoing initiatives or team events.
• Research: Conduct research on recycling infrastructure, including data collection and analysis.
• Contract Management Support: Provide administrative support to staff responsible for managing contracts, including organizing & storing documentation, tracking updates, and facilitating contract-related communications

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program, including but not limited to Business, Data Management, Environmental Studies, etc.

Experience

• Technical Skills: Experience in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data analysis and visualization tools is an asset.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Organizational Skills: Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
• Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a remote team environment, showing initiative and adaptability.
• Passion for Sustainability: A genuine interest in contributing to environmental sustainability and the circular economy.
• Knowledge/Competencies/Skills
• Project or Program Support: Introductory knowledge of project coordination, including tracking milestones, scheduling meetings, gathering team updates, and assisting with status reporting
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience working with multiple stakeholders, either in an academic group setting or workplace, demonstrating strong communication, organizational awareness, and responsiveness in fast-paced environments.
• Presentation Development: Proven ability to transform data insights into compelling visual and narrative presentations using PowerPoint. Understanding how to tailor content for different audiences (e.g., internal business teams, technical teams, external stakeholders) is an asset
• Data Handling & Analysis (Nice to Have): Experience working with large and complex datasets in Excel, including cleaning, organizing, validating, and analyzing data to support decision-making or program tracking. Familiarity with pivot tables, charts, and advanced formulas is preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Remote Work
This position is primarily remote, with potential occasional in-person meetings in Toronto, ON.
Work Hours
Standard 40-hour workweek, with flexibility as needed to meet project deadlines.
ABOUT CIRCULAR MATERIALS

Circular Materials is a national not-for-profit producer responsibility organization (PRO) that supports producers in meeting their extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations across Canada. Created by producers for producers, Circular Materials develops, implements, and supports effective and efficient recycling programs to advance innovation, deliver improved environmental outcomes and drive value across the recycling supply chain. Our full-service offerings include collection, management, promotion and education, and reporting.

Together, we are advancing the circular economy where materials are collected, recycled, and can be returned to producers for use as recycled content in new products and packaging. As we develop enhanced recycling systems across Canada, we work to ensure more materials are looped into the circular economy, benefiting both people and the environment.

Learn more at circularmaterials.ca.

Circular Materials is an equal opportunity employer, seeking team members with a diversity of thought, skills, experiences, culture, and ethnicityto help us achieve our purpose of accelerating a circular economy for people and the planet. As a national organization operating across Canada, our goal is to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the many provinces and territories where we do business.

Our inclusive hiring practices aim to foster a culture where all employees feel a strong sense of belonging. We are proud of our recent diversity survey results which showed that:

• 51% of Circular Materials employees identify as women.
• 53% of Circular Materials employees identify as visible minorities.
• 97% of employees believe Circular Materials fosters a strong sense of belonging for employees of all backgrounds.
• 95% of employees recommend Circular Materials as an inclusive workplace.

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including women, Indigenous People (First Nations, Mtis, and Inuit) persons with disabilities, racialized individuals, and members of the LGTBQIAS+ community.

Circular Materials supports reasonable requests for accommodation in accordance with all applicable provincial accessibility standards. Requests for accommodation will be provided by Circular Materials through the recruitment and/or assessment processes, upon contacting [email protected]. This email is only used for accommodation requests.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those under consideration will be contacted.