Engagement Lead

Application Deadline: November 22, 2024

About us:

Canada's Ocean Supercluster is an innovative, industry-led national ocean cluster that is ensuring we as Canadians, achieve sustainable economic growth in our ocean-based industries while also contributing to the health of our planet.

The OSC's mandate is to collaborate with investors, academia, not-for-profits, and partners from across ocean industries to develop and commercialize innovative solutions to shared ocean challenges that are globally-relevant and include key investment areas such as ocean energy, sustainable seafood, the future of marine transport and climate solutions, and focus on growing more Canadian ocean companies and building the ecosystem to deliver on this potential. The OSC guides ideas from the conceptual to the actual; partnering with industries who have big goals and innovative concepts. Actualizing these ideas is our passion and the process is our mission. Our organizational values include creativity, inclusion, collaboration, and ambition.

The OSC has a team of over 30 employees across seven provinces. We are looking for an innovative thinker to drive our workforce agenda and contribute to the growth, retention and development of the ocean economy and the health of the planet.

About the candidate:

This is an exciting role that will help Canada's Ocean Supercluster, as a convenor, to continue to build opportunities for its members, partners, and key stakeholders in Canada and globally to work together in the development of new collaborations, projects, and strategic planning for the cluster and Canada, more broadly, on the path to Ambition 2035.

Reporting to Director, Engagement, the Engagement Lead will plan and execute the convening calendar and stakeholder engagement strategies. This includes developing and implementing tactics to engage members of the OSC and manage projects in support of steering committees, working groups and events in a cross-functional manner in close collaboration with the Engagement Team members.

The successful candidate will thrive in a highly-productive, fast-paced environment, effectively completing day-to-day responsibilities in a timely way, and proactively bring ideas and solutions forward as we seek to bring our network of networks together to deliver transformational growth in Canada's sustainable ocean economy. If this sounds like you, and you are excited by the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the future of Canada's sustainable ocean economy, read on!

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, plan, and execute the OSC's convening calendar, including events, business connectors, roundtables, webinars and other key activities
• Develop and roll-out sponsorship plan for key OSC activities and events
• Develop and implement engagement strategies to provide value to members of the OSC
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment of engagement initiatives
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of engagement initiatives and make recommendations for improvement
• Build and maintain relationships with members to understand their needs and interests

What you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in business, communications, non-profit management or other relevant field
• 5+ years of combined client services, stakeholder engagement and project management experience
• Exceptional planning, organizational and time management skills
• Superior attention to detail
• Experience in engagement planning and execution, including stakeholder engagement events
• Self-directed, able to work independently and with an ability to engage cross-functional teams on projects in a remote environment
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Comfortable working entirely remotely and engaging effectively in a virtual environment
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills

Assets:

• Project management credentials
• Experience working in membership-based organizations
• Established network and knowledge of the ocean economy in Canada
• Fluency in French

We are excited to continue building our team with experienced professionals who are passionate about realizing Canada's ocean opportunity and growing the ocean economy in a digital, sustainable, and inclusive way.

The OSC is committed to your career growth and supports team-wide professional development through internal training in DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion).

The OSC is committed to living its values, which includes the development of a diverse, inclusive, and equitable experience for our applicants and team members. Please let us know if you require any interview accommodations.

Apply Now by providing your cover letter, and resume to [email protected]