Northern Entrepreneurship Specialist
1 week ago
Futurpreneur Canada is a national non-profit organization that empowers young, diverse entrepreneurs, ages 18-39 to start, buy or grow their businesses in Canada, by providing loans with mentorship and resources.
Founded in 1996, we have helped more than 18,700 young entrepreneurs, promoting entrepreneurship among Canadian youth as a critical pillar for diversifying the economy, generating employment opportunities, and fostering a sustainable future.
Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).
Our Purpose: To drive inclusive Canadian prosperity by fostering the success of young entrepreneurs.
Our Mission: To empower diverse entrepreneurs ages 18-39 by providing loans with mentorship and resources to help them start and buy businesses that contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic prosperity, in their communities and across Canada.
Our Values: We are mission-driven, collegial & collaborative, diverse & inclusive, and accountable & transparent.
As the Business Development Manager, Indigenous & Northern Entrepreneurs, you will connect young entrepreneurs to the business planning support, start-up financing, and mentorship they need to successfully launch businesses. In this role, you will also connect with and recruit mentors for the young entrepreneurs we support and work collaboratively with Aboriginal Financial Institution (AFI) members of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association (NACCA) network and other community partners supporting entrepreneurs in the Territories.
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.
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.
Key Partnerships:
- Identify, recruit and onboard volunteer mentors within the community.
- 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.
- Attend and coordinate events that provide the opportunity to engage formal community partners.
Requirements:
- Relevant experience may include education with a focus on business administration, economic development, entrepreneurship or equivalent hands-on career experience.
- 3 years of experience in sales, start-up business development or economic development position is an asset.
- Experience working with entrepreneurs or business start-ups, business plans, and cashflows is considered a strong asset.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the barriers and opportunities experienced by young Indigenous entrepreneurs and Indigenous-led and Indigenous-focused community organizations.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the barriers and opportunities experienced by young northern entrepreneurs and north-led and north-focused community organizations.
- Proficient with computer skills; experience with a Customer Relationship Management system is required.
- Knowledge of trends within the entrepreneurial, startup, small business industry.
- General administration experience including budget management, report writing, etc.
Assets:
- Bilingualism in French & English.
- Event planning and execution experience.
- Management and volunteer management.
- Experience using social media accounts (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram).
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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