Job Description

Business Analyst - Calgary (Summer Student - Casual Up To 4 Months)

Are you a motivated, curious, and self-starting summer student or recent graduate? Join the Entrepreneurial Investments Team at Alberta Innovates where you can apply your business knowledge and expand your skills to position you for future career opportunities. The Entrepreneurial Investments team provides coaching, capital, and networking to Alberta small and medium size technology-based high potential companies (entrepreneurs) in Alberta. Our goal is to accelerate high potential companies and grow our province\xe2\x80\x99s economy.

You would be a good fit for this position if you:

• Have an interest in the innovation ecosystem in Alberta and learning more about being a technology entrepreneur
• Value learning and leveraging opportunities

• Are solutions-driven and adaptable
• Are creative with problem-solving skills
• Have strong detail orientation with strong organizational skills
• Can prioritize appropriately and manage multiple competing timelines

• Enjoy working as part of a team to deliver projects on time

We are game changers

Alberta Innovates is a provincially funded corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st-century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province\xe2\x80\x99s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre, and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta\xe2\x80\x99s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance the well-being of Albertans through research and innovation.

Our subsidiary, InnoTech Alberta, offers a diversified range of scientific engineering and technological research and testing capabilities, and the facilities to support technology scale-up. Our multidisciplinary team has the depth of experience to work across all sectors, from energy to health to food and fibre. InnoTech Alberta offers you access to research talent, technical expertise, and unique facilities that can help accelerate technology development that serves both the private and public sector.

Intrigued? Here\xe2\x80\x99s some more information about the position:

Reporting to the Director, Capital Access, the incumbent will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Developing process documents
• Working with various stakeholders to design and implement data collection and alignment of metrics
• Maintaining project documentation and information records
• Analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing and collating project data
• Developing and implementing project communication and change management plans
• Liaising with the program managers to keep informed of project changes and status as it relates to updates and impacts to the project
• Providing regular status updates on programs to the program team
• Supporting the process development to track the journey of entrepreneurs across various programs within the Investments group
• Other project support as required

Qualifications:

• Entering the final year of an undergraduate degree program in Business, Arts, or Sciences or recently completed an undergraduate degree
• Other applicable work experience to demonstrate your ability to perform the job
• Demonstrated ability to perform research and compile information into a report
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, summarize, and present findings from various data sets
• Strong analysis, communication, and writing skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a small team environment

Why Alberta Innovates?

We offer our employees opportunities to work on projects that will expand their skill sets while witnessing the visible impacts of their efforts. We value the development of our employees and create opportunities for working in capacities that allow new skills to be learned. We know that the wellness of our team is the most important part of our business so we offer a strong benefits package and generous vacation and paid time off programs to promote work-life balance which includes flexible work and wellness programs.

At Alberta Innovates, we respect diversity and embrace an inclusive culture. We value uniqueness and different perspectives as they play a critical role in our success. To achieve this, individuals are selected based on qualifications and abilities and we encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply.

Additional Information

The final candidate will be required to undergo a security clearance. All interviewees must be able to meet the requirement specified in the Physical Demand Analysis. This document will be supplied during the interview process to the successful candidate. This competition will remain open until a successful candidate is found.

ALBERTA INNOVATES IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGES APPLICATIONS FROM ALL INDIVIDUALS. WE WISH TO THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST. HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

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