Finance · Full-time · Calgary, CA
Calgary Economic Development (CED) 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.
This position is a full-time 1-year term.
Job Summary
The Program Specialist, OCIF is responsible for analyzing funding opportunities, supporting beneficiaries, key partners, and driving processes aligned with the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund’s (OCIF) strategic direction. This role is a results-driven position that contributes to the overall productivity and efficiency of the OCIF program by assisting with the pre-application process, the evaluation of business applications, supporting the monitoring and compliance and fund disbursements process, for existing and future program streams, and documenting program success metrics. Finally, this position works across departments within Calgary Economic Development (CED) as well as with a diverse set of stakeholders to advance OCIF’s priorities and to attract and support additional investments in Calgary.
Key Responsibilities
Let’s Talk About You
You possess proven program execution skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and several sub-projects at once against tight timeline, demonstrating a strong skill base in organization, resourcefulness, schedules, and budget management, risk mitigation, quality assurance, documentation and stakeholder engagement.
You are highly skilled in developed research, communication and stakeholder engagement. Familiarity with government grants or venture capital fund programs are assets.
You are passionate about our city and are excited at the prospect of working on projects that build on the energy of our community. You are collaborative, detailed-oriented, deliver high-quality work and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Education:
Experience:
Minimum, 2 years of progressively responsible experience in a directly related area during which professional capability has been clearly demonstrated.
Executing programs, strategies, processes, and internal controls in an environment with a high level of scrutiny and accountability.
Reviewing and monitoring legal agreements.
Creating reports for internal and external stakeholders.
Key Competencies:
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 4:00pm, May 6th, 2024.
We thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.