Business Development Coordinator - Sarnia, Canada - Lambton College

Lambton College

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Sarnia, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Company Biography:

Located on the beautiful homeland that is the traditional territory of the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Odawa Nations, for over 50 years, Lambton College has been a ground-breaking institution.

Lambton College is a national leader in applied research, teaching methodologies, experiential learning opportunities and future-facing educational innovations.

With 13,000+ students from 20 countries around the world, two main campuses in Sarnia, Ontario, and a growing roster of more than 90 diploma, certificate and degree programs, Lambton College offers students flexible learning options with a broad range of programs and courses that incorporate elements of classroom, mobile, hybrid and accelerated educational alternatives.

Lambton College currently ranks third overall in Canada, and second overall in Ontario for Research in addition to maintaining a ranking within the top 4 Colleges for Research in Canada for seven straight years.

At Lambton College, we're proud of where we have been, but more importantly, where we are going, together.

With Caring and Vitality as two of our core values at Lambton College, you know you'll be joining a team of passionate and fun colleagues.

Specific Accountabilities:

Partnership Development

Identifies potential partners and develops research partnerships with external partners and supports staff and faculty with the development of project ideas and project partnerships.
Coordinates partnership development activities including prospecting and cold calling, to create strong research collaborations to enhance Lambton College's research portfolio including all 6 research centres.
Identifies potential external research partners
Collaborates with external partners to identify research opportunities.
Identify the most appropriate project model to support projects including contract services, capstone, studentled or lead researcher required
Identify new areas of research
Identify new funding opportunities to support research projects
Searches for existing regional, provincial, national and international research priorities and challenges to support College and department
Support and mentor new business developers and researchers supporting business development activities.
Communicates with partners of new researchers for feedback on research project activities and progression and identify any concerns

Data Collection and Analyzation

Collaborates with Research Centres to collects and coordinates data regarding projects, personnel and partners to identify key performance indicators.
Develops and implements data analyses, data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality.
Creates dashboards, reports, and Power BI apps
Identify key insights
Interprets data, analyzing results using statistical techniques.
Develops and implements databases and data collection systems.
Acquires data from primary and secondary sources and maintain data systems.
Identifying, analyzing, and interpreting trends or patterns.

About the Position:

This is a full-time support staff Bargaining Unit position reporting to the Partnership, Strategic Initiatives and Communication Manager working 35 hours per week at an hourly rate of $30.00.

The Business Development Coordinator will be accountable for the development, and facilitation of new partnerships and projects in the Research & Innovation department, including contract services and traditional applied research projects.

In addition they will be responsible for determining partners' eligibility for external funding programs.

Additionally, the Business Development Coordinator will maintain the CRM database and develop internal reports using the collected data.

He/she/they will remain current on provincial, federal, and other research development funds; assist RI leaders and centres in identifying and new areas of research and potential partners.

Qualifications:

3 year post secondary diploma/degree in Business Marketing, Public Relations or equivalent combination of education and related work experience
One year of experience in research development management and proposal preparation
Experience in developing research partnerships and working with researchers and partners.
Comprehensive understanding and experience of various funding programs (local, regional provincial and federal programs, NSERC (ARTP, Mobilized ARD) SSHRC, OCI (VIP), FedDev (AMF, ICP), CFI-CIIF, ORF), proposal process and its requirements, technical and strategic vision behind the project and funding programs.
Experience in prospecting
Awareness about College, local, provincial and national strategies and priorities.
Comprehensive awareness about College capacity in various areas of focus.
Experience gathering and analyzing data
Experience using data software
Ability to deal professionally and effectively with people at all levels in and outside of the College