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Staff - Non UnionJob Category M&P - AAPSJob Profile AAPS Salaried - Educational Programming, Level AJob Title Venture AnalystDepartment Venture ManagersCompensation Range $4,826.17 - $6,933.92 CAD MonthlyThe Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.Posting End Date June 25, 2024Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.Job End DateAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.Job SummaryUBC Sauder School of Business is one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading business faculties. The school consistently ranks among the top 100 in the world and is recognized internationally for excellence in research and learning, an outstanding faculty and unmatched global partnerships. A collaborative and respectful culture within which all members of our community can thrive is a key principle in our strategic plan, and one that underpins our educational mission.We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at the Vancouver Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam. We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at UBC Robson Square is situated on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh.The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a unique non-profit program for massively scalable seed stage science-based technology startups. CDL provides milestone-based coaching to early stage companies over the course of 9 months with the goal of maximizing the commercialization of hugely impactful scientific or deeply technical breakthroughs and technology cluster development in the region. The program\'s mentors are successful entrepreneurs with years of experience in building and scaling technology-oriented companies.The Creative Destruction Lab-Vancouver (CDL-Vancouver) is housed at the University of British Columbia (UBC).The Venture Analyst oversees, facilitates the delivery and manages several elements of CDL-Vancouver program support services, which includes evaluating and recruiting technology start-ups, developing the portfolio of companies relevant to each stream and delivering programming to help accelerate their growth.Organizational Status
Reports to the Associate Director, Creative Destruction Lab. Works closely and collaboratively with other CDL-Vancouver team members.Work PerformedSupports the CDL-Vancouver recruitment strategy and directly contributes to the CDL programming by identifying, recruiting and evaluating high-quality applicants.Researches, identifies and creates catalogs of centers of innovation in Western Canadian and US universities, venture capital funds, incubators & accelerators and tech associations to build a strong pipeline of CDL-Vancouver applicants for the CDL program.Develops and implements outreach strategy for recruitment of CDL-Vancouver cohorts by managing operational systems and communications.Assists in the development of assessment and evaluation tools for CDL programming.Responsible for the creation, regular update and maintenance of the required learning materials, educational modules and other resources and templates for CDL programming.Contributes to the delivery and execution of CDL programming and attends CDL sessions.Develops audit processes on recruiting to ensure high quality of cohorts.Manages stakeholder and venture candidate information, creates reports and analyzes performance.Analyzes recruiting systems and processes and makes recommendations to yield better services for cohorts.Works with Venture Managers to increase participants\xe2\x80\x99 numbers and generate equity value.Oversees budgets and works with Venture Managers on account management activities.Contributes to the management and development of CDL student venture fund.Supports strategic process improvement initiatives.Creates and reviews various pieces of outward facing collateral and briefing package documents for distribution to both internal and external stakeholders.Performs other duties as required.Consequence of Error/JudgementCDL-Vancouver is a high priority and high-profile initiative for the UBC Sauder School of Business and UBC. Program outcomes can be expected to have a significant impact on UBC Sauder and UBC\xe2\x80\x99s public profile and standing in the eyes of Universities, the startup and technology sector, and the general public in both Canada and USA.In accordance with its agreement with the CDL at the Rotman School of Management, CDL-Vancouver has committed to ambitious short and long-term targets for equity value. Failure to meet this objective will reflect poorly on UBC Sauder, UBC, and the high financial backers, and corporate sponsors who are associating themselves with CDL-Vancouver.Supervision Received
Reports to the Associate Director, Creative Destruction Lab. Seeks advice from Recruitment Leads, Stream Leads and Venture Managers.Supervision Given
N/AMinimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of two years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one\xe2\x80\x99s own
- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one\xe2\x80\x99s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusionPreferred Qualifications- Entrepreneurial and highly motivated with a strong interest in or experience working with startups.- Knowledge of the startup ecosystems and experience evaluating startups.- Experience and confidence working with high performing teams and multiple stakeholders.- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills with an ability to develop and maintain effective business relationships.- Rigorous attention to detail.- High competence in the use of spreadsheets and above-average ability to use or learn to use technology tools such as customer relationship management systems, marketing automation platforms, and other project management tools Airtable.- Highly organized with strong project management experience.- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.- Passion to consistently meet or exceed performance objectives.- Self-starter with superior work ethic and uncompromising personal integrity.- Strong, team-oriented work ethic with willingness to work independently and autonomously.- Eager to develop professional skills, willingness to take on unfamiliar tasks.- Ability to handle ambiguity and work effectively in a complex and changing organization.

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