Analyst, Business Development and Partnerships

**Job Type**:
Employee

**Duration in Months** **(for fixed-term jobs):
10

**Job Family**:
Business Development

**# of Open Positions**:
1

**Faculty/Service - Department**:
CO-OP, Employer & Business Development, Science/Engineering

**Campus**:
Main Campus

**Union Affiliation**:
SSUO

**Date Posted**:
octobre 28, 2024

**Applications must be received **BEFORE**:
novembre 07, 2024

**Hours per week**:
35

**Salary Grade**:
SSUO Grade 09

**Salary Range**:
$69 478,00 - $87 764,00

About Student Affairs:
There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university. With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.

**Position purpose**:
Manage an account base of engaged CO-OP employers by supporting operations related to sourcing prospective employers, following up on new job leads in targeted industry sectors and report job-development progress on a regular basis in order to help develop new job opportunities for the CO-OP Program.

Collaborate with the Senior Administrators, Career and Employment, and Intermediate Specialists, Business Development and Partnerships, during peak periods to support operations, maintain service levels and maximize placement-process results.

Act as a uOttawa Ambassador with potential and current employers to promote the image of the University and the CO-OP Program.

**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:
**Coordination of placements**
- Coordinates the full CO-OP Placement Operations for an engaged set of CO-OP employers to ensure excellent customer service and support in hiring CO-OP students and acts as back-up for Intermediate Specialists, Business Development and Partnerships and Senior Administrators, Career and Employment when needed, ensuring smooth placement processes. Shares tasks and covers for other Analysts, Business Development and Partnerships who could be temporarily assigned to other teams.

**Programs and Portfolio Management**
- Plans, schedules and executes CO-OP student mid-term evaluations within the timeframe provided while gathering intel on trends within those accounts.
- Updates the database with relevant and useful information to facilitate business continuity when others replace you.

**Account Management**
- Maintains and grows a small portfolio of CO-OP employers that might require particular attention and “out-of-the box” initiatives to sustain their growth.
- Works with various students and team members to assist our team of Intermediate Specialists, Business Development and Partnerships with their account maintenance and clean-up of the database.

**Business Development**
- Works with various students and team members to assist our team of Intermediate Specialists, Business Development and Partnerships with their business development strategies including market research to source potential employers and job opportunities suitable for the program.
- Initiates current and develops new promotional campaigns to assist the team designed to increase the number of employers that hire.
- Maps and conducts research to source potential partners and community engagement placements and initiatives suitable for our existing and new programs and secure relevant experiential learning opportunities for students.

**Outreach, networking, and knowledge management**
- Attends and participates to trade shows, career fairs, networking and other related events to gather new business and promote the CO-OP program and our other forms of experiential learning available to our community partners. Keep current on industry and job market trends and updates team accordingly. Develop new leads and updates our database (CRM) with relevant information.

**What you will bring**:

- Knowledge of business development and account management principles normally acquired through a university degree in a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in a similar role. Related Work Integrated Learning / CO-OP or marketing experience (an asset)
- Experience using Customer Relation Management (CRM) tools and proficient in Excel.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a team environment where priorities change often.
- Experience organizing and prioritizing work in relation to tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical skills and experience in conducting market research and reporting
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, enthusiastic, proactive, and motivated in following up with employers.
- Ability to be thorough, accurate, and have a high level of attention to detail.
- Superior communications skills, verbally and in writing. Ease at public speaking and ability to present in both official languages.
- Bilingualism
- French and English (spoken and written).

**Key Competencies at uOttawa**:
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