Research Operations - Toronto, Canada - Vector Institute

Vector Institute

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Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Program Coordinator, Research Operations and Academic Partnerships

JOB SUMMARY

The Vector Institute is seeking a

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Program Coordinator, Research Operations and Academic Partnerships to join our growing team in Toronto. Reporting to the Director, Research Operations, the Program Coordinator is a key contributor to the daily operations and administration of programming that links with external stakeholders such as university partners and industry sponsors, to support and enhance the Vector research community. Energetic, with a high attention to detail, the program coordinator helps deliver a cross-section of activities and events. If you are meticulously organized, have strong data management and customer services skills, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with opportunities for growth, this is the role for you.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Work closely with the Research Operations & Academic Partnerships team to support the daytoday activities of research operations, academic partnerships, AI workforce development and talent initiatives.
Perform various coordination tasks e.g., scheduling meetings, supporting committee work, taking minutes, following up on action items to ensure their completion.
Handle inquiries from a crosssection of students, researchers, and employers.
Assist in the coordination of a broad crosssection of events serving the researcher, and broader student population, including recruitmentoriented internal and externalfacing events, professional development initiatives, etc.
Provides administrative support for programming related to researcher funding and the tracking of performance metrics throughout the year.
Perform tasks to support data collection and presentation, including building forms and surveys, supporting databases, visualizing data (i.e., charts and graphs) for various audiences and reporting requirements.
Ensure supporting documentation is up to date and records retention schedules adhered to. Provides constructive feedback to improve processes and strengthen workflows.
Undertake other duties as assigned.

PROFILE OF THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You are passionate about growing Canada's global leadership in AI research.
You are highly organized, with strong time management and multitasking skills and are motivated to work in a fastpaced environment with different stakeholders, including professional staff, students, and alumni, as well as academics and industry professionals.
You are action oriented and have a demonstrated ability to take direction and turn it into actionable results.
You are creative and enjoy collaborating within a small entrepreneurial environment that is resultsdriven.
You possess a positive attitude, integrity, a sense of humour, are tactful, and bring positive energy and outlook to a notforprofit corporate culture.
You have excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
You have a keen eye for detail and are perform repetitive data intensive tasks with a high degree of accuracy.