Job Description

The following job posting and assessment questions were crafted by Kiinago Biinoogi Muskiiki (\xe2\x80\x98Our Children\xe2\x80\x99s Medicine\xe2\x80\x99 in English) in consultation with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers and other members of the community. Applications housed on this platform provide a unique opportunity for First Nations, M\xc3\xa9tis and Inuit job seekers to have the option of sharing their whole selves with potential employers, including their lived experience and transferable skills. For more information, visit ourchildrensmedicine.ca

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll be doing

Join our CIBC Technology team as a Project Coordinator, in this student Co-Op role and have a real impact in making our clients\xe2\x80\x99 ambitions a reality! This is a great opportunity to be a part of an innovation-focused team that is helping to deliver CIBC\xe2\x80\x99s digital transformation by supporting the delivery of large-scale technology projects and initiatives. Join our team and stretch your communications and project management skills to help enhance the banking experience for the modern world. In this role, you will spend time supporting your Project Managers throughout all phases of the project management lifecycle. This includes developing, managing, and controlling schedules by making continuous updates and mitigation choices, and escalating issues when necessary. Part of your time will be spent tracking progress of small-scale projects and making recommendations on response plans for risks, resolution plans, and results on action items. You may even get to work on the financial side of the projects by reconciling financials, ensuring resolution of anomalies, updating ongoing estimates, and making recommendations.
*This Position will be fully remote and offered across Canada*

How you\xe2\x80\x99ll succeed

• Teamwork: You\xe2\x80\x99ll work closely with others and coordinate a portfolio of projects from end-to-end
• Project Coordination \xe2\x80\x93 Support your Project Managers throughout all phases of the project management lifecycle. Develop, manage, and control schedules by making continuous updates and mitigation decisions, escalating issues when necessary.
• Tracking & Reporting \xe2\x80\x93 Track progress and make recommendations on response plans for risks, resolution plans, and results on action items. Support the tracking of small-scale projects generally under $1 million.
• Project Financials \xe2\x80\x93 Track and reconcile financials ensuring resolution of anomalies. Update and reconcile ongoing estimates, make recommendations, and escalate when necessary.

What CIBC offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

REQUIREMENTS

• Self Identify as First Nations, Metis or Inuit
• You are currently enrolled in a post-secondary program to be eligible, however, you do not need to be in a registered Co-Op program
• Organization: Your time management skills are strong and you are able to prioritize competing priorities to ensure successful outcomes
• Communication: You have excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively articulate ideas and opinions that involve research, interpretation, and assessment
• Problem Solving: You enjoy being presented with problems or issues and working with a team to find innovative solutions
• Creativity: You are curious and enjoy working in a team to visualize and design a possible new product or service and to assess the market, business and technical merits of that concept
• Data Analytics: You have the technical skills to review and evaluate data to find innovative opportunities and share with partners. You have experience in the MS Office and other tools required to study and present your findings.
• Process Improvement: You enjoy the process of evaluating current processes and identifying improvements that will optimize or improve standards
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values \xe2\x80\x93 trust, teamwork and accountability

At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability. Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees and communities - a place where you can excel.