Special Projects Manager

This place is part of the Affiliation of the Tutorial Employees of the College of Alberta (AASUA).

In accordance with the Short-term Librarian, Administrative and Skilled Officer (TLAPO) Settlement , this place is an preliminary appointment of 2 years, with the potential for renewal, and affords a complete advantages bundle discovered at College & Employees Advantages  and annual wage vary of $62,158 to $103,634.

Location – Work primarily takes place at Enterprise Sq..

Working for the College of Alberta

The College of Alberta acknowledges that we’re situated on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to complement our vibrant neighborhood.

The College of Alberta is teeming with change makers, neighborhood builders, and world shapers who lead with objective each day. We’re house to greater than 40,000 college students in 200+ undergraduate and 500+ graduate applications, over 13,000 school and workers, 260,000 alumni worldwide and have been acknowledged as one in all Canada’s Greenest Employers for over a decade.

Your work may have a significant affect on a captivating cross part of individuals—from our college students and stakeholders, to our famend researchers and innovators who’re fairly actually curing illnesses, making discoveries and producing options that make the world more healthy, safer, stronger, and extra simply.

Working for the Division/College 

As one of many prime 5 analysis universities in Canada, the College of Alberta’s analysis and innovation spans many fields and disciplines. Our researchers’ experience and energy appeal to over $600 million yearly from numerous analysis funders and companions together with federal and provincial governments, trade, foundations, and different organizations.

Place 

Reporting to the Trade Liaison Officer, the Particular Tasks Supervisor is an integral member of the AVP:Innovation, Data Mobilization, and Partnership group. Our group helps applications, companies and occasions serving the College of Alberta Schools, College and college students that encourages and facilitates Innovation, Data Mobilization, and Partnerships. 

The Particular Tasks Supervisor is chargeable for managing the Innovation Partnership Grant and Lab2Market on the College of Alberta. These applications each assist graduate college students or latest graduates in commercializing outcomes of their analysis. They’ll work intently with different members of the group to offer assist for entrepreneurship on the college. 

The Particular Tasks Supervisor may also join members in each applications to different innovation assets and supply coordination of alternatives and improve consciousness of those assets to the College of Alberta.

Duties 

Handle IPG program  

• Handle recruitment for this system together with promotion of this system throughout the College 
• Handle members in this system to make sure that they’re assembly their obligations and are conscious of their duties. 
• Put together studies as required by this system 
• Coordinate with different establishments who’re additionally providing the IPG program 
• Put together funding requests as this system renews 
• Promote firms taking part in this system to different organizations as wanted 

Handle Lab2Market program  

• Handle recruitment for this system together with promotion of this system throughout the Province of Alberta 
• Handle members in this system to make sure that they’re assembly their obligations and are conscious of their duties. 
• Coordinate, and contract as required, facilitators and mentors for this system 
• Put together studies as required by this system 
• Coordinate with the nationwide hub and different establishments who’re additionally providing the IPG program 
• Promote people taking part in this system to different organizations as wanted as they proceed their commercialization 
• Coordinate programming with different college applications 

Administrative 

• Prepares and presents studies on the standing of the applications on the college 
• Represents the enterprise improvement perform of the College at inner and exterior occasions as required 
• Attends and participates in numerous conferences, creates presentation supplies as required 
• Participates in particular initiatives as wanted 
• Performs different associated duties as required

Minimal {Qualifications}

• Grasp’s Diploma in a associated area or equal expertise 
• Data of entrepreneurship and commercialization 
• Demonstrated capacity to create worth propositions that join disparate teams 
• Data of applications that assist analysis collaborations (ie Mitacs, NSERC, and so on) 
• Ability to be proactive 
• Capacity to downside remedy and develop artistic options 
• Capacity to handle a number of initiatives 
• Ideally 3+ years of trade expertise

Be aware: On-line purposes are accepted till midnight Mountain Customary Time of the deadline.