Indigenous Business Development Specialist

18 hours ago


Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada Futurpreneur Canada Full time
Business Development Manager, Indigenous & Northern Entrepreneurs

Futurpreneur Canada is a national non-profit organization that empowers young, diverse entrepreneurs to start, buy or grow their businesses in Canada. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Development Manager, Indigenous & Northern Entrepreneurs to join our team.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Act as Futurpreneur Canada's main point of contact for young entrepreneurs in northern communities.
  • Facilitate informal gatherings with Indigenous and northern young entrepreneurs to discuss and learn about small business development.
  • Support young, Indigenous and northern entrepreneur leads by reviewing their business plans and cashflows and supporting them through the application stage of the process.
  • Promote Futurpreneur Canada programs and updates through local social media platforms.
Business Development - Mentors:
  • Identify, recruit and onboard volunteer mentors within the community.
Business Development - Strategic Partners & Referral Partners:
  • Support the Head of DEI and Director, Indigenous & Northern Entrepreneurs, in building and maintaining strong relationships with Aboriginal Financial Institutions and other northern community partners in the territories to support young entrepreneurs access start-up resources, support, and financing.
  • Manage relationships with local NACCA partners, Aboriginal Financial Institutions, and others in the community, as well as grow the number of community partners if and where appropriate.

This is a permanent, full-time position that can be located in The Yukon, Northwest Territories, or Nunavut. The incumbent will be working remotely or will be located at one of our offices, depending on the location, working on our hybrid work model. This role will require frequent travel in different provinces across the country, with at times travel to remote areas.

We offer an attractive compensation package that encompasses a competitive salary, amazing benefits such as, health and dental benefits package plus RRSP contribution matching, health spending account, flex hours and more.



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