Manager, Mawji Centre for New Venture and Student

**Position Description/ Area Description**

NAIT is seeking a highly motivated, and experienced Manager to lead the Mawji Centre for New Venture and Student Entrepreneurship (Mawji Centre). As one of Alberta’s leading and most active student-facing entrepreneurship centres, the Manager will play a pivotal role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship among students from all programs across NAIT. The manager will be responsible for leading a team of staff and volunteers to provide programming, supports and opportunities for students to engage in and pursue their business ideas. With a polytechnic lens, this position is also very much a “hands-on” leadership role where you will connect with student entrepreneurs with their progress. If you have a passion for entrepreneurship, proven track record of leadership, and the ability to develop and implement strategies to support student-led ventures, we want to hear from you.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide leadership in developing, supervising and implementing programs, events, systems and value-added services to existing NAIT students (40%). This includes planning and setting benchmarks for the Mawji Centre, leading a team of staff and volunteers, and managing budgets for effective and efficient operations.
Implement Mawji Centre strategies (40%). While a leader in this area, the role is actively involved and works alongside staff and volunteers to implement plans and activities for students. This may include speaker events, competitions, showcases, mentorships, or any other activities that the Mawji Centre manages.
- Promotion of the Mawji Centre to effectively meet its goals and objectives (20%). This role is expected to foster, manage and grow relationships with students, NAIT program areas, key donor/funder community, and with the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem. This includes working closely with the other schools within NAIT, other post-secondaries and external partners to collaborate, develop and deploy programs and events focused on the needs of students.

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for many different contexts and audiences.
- Strong organizational skills and time management.
- General principles of leadership including managing staff and volunteers.
- Principles of mentorship.
- Awareness of education strategies when building programming.
- General understanding of event and program management.
- Program evaluation methods (including data analysis and quality assurance).

**Qualifications**:

- Personal experience in entrepreneurship and/or connections with Edmonton’s entrepreneurial community is considered an asset.

**Remuneration**: $3,281.61 - $4,347.73 biweekly, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

**Please submit a resume and Cover Letter to be considered for this opportunity.**

Applications will be reviewed as they are received.

**About NAIT**

At NAIT, people matter.

We’re proud to have been named one of Alberta’s Top Employers for 12 consecutive years. Developing an engaging, supportive and rewarding work culture is something we take seriously. We know that people are our biggest asset - they are what makes NAIT a great place to work.

**What we offer**

We’ve created a benefits package that focuses on health and wellness, professional and personal growth, recognition and work-life balance.

NAIT is a flexible workplace and depending on the nature of your role, you may request flexible work arrangements with respect to where and when you work, including being on-campus full-time, working off-site, or a combination of the two.

Employees also have access to excellent vacation time, paid time off between Christmas and New Year's, a strong recognition program, learning opportunities, 2 annual all-staff professional development days and so much more.

**Health and safety**

NAIT continues to encourage everyone coming to our campuses to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to get their booster shots as soon as they are eligible. Vaccination against COVID-19 remains the best way to prevent severe illness and death, and third doses can boost immunity to improve protection and limit spread.

**Additional requirements**

Applicants with education credentials earned outside of Canada who have not had them previously assessed should have their credentials evaluated by World Education Services or the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)

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