Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months(for fixed-term jobs):

24

Job Family:

Program Management

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

eHub

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted:

July 24, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE**:**

August 04, 2025

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NR6 - 35 hrs

Salary Range:

$75,007.00 - $93,759.00

Position Purpose:

The incumbent is responsible for the creation, implementation, and management of all events and programming various clienteles (internal and external). This includes the operational management of hackathons, student placements, entrepreneurial experience programs and events and accompanying resources management. Incumbent is responsible for responsible for research and development of innovative and creative methods to deliver programs to deliver programming in traditional and non-traditional methods at multiple locations on campus.

Typical Accountabilities

• Program Development and External Relations: Responsible for the development, implementation, and promotion of entrepreneurship programs and activities with a goal to help students build critical entrepreneurial skills and engage the startup and corporate communities. Develops an annual schedule of events and programs that provides and expands opportunities for students, staff and external clients in a full year approach. Responsible for the research and development of entrepreneurship programs in liaison with the Manager on operational and strategic direction, market research, budgeting and reporting.
• Operations: Manages the operations for existing and new programs, including scheduling, program registration both in-person and online and content delivery. Provides solutions to unanticipated, non-routine problems. Analyzes and maps office processes and implements initiatives for maintaining optimal office efficiency and best practices. Annually develops and revises internal policies and procedures, codes of conduct, and disciplinary procedures to guide staff in their actions.
• Human Resources: Responsible for the recruitment, hiring, onboarding, on-going training, supervision, evaluation and remuneration of all student staff and volunteers. Provide mentoring, experiential learning and guidance in the areas of issue resolution and incident and risk management. Address student staff issues.
• Communications: Collaborate with the Officer of Marketing and Communications of the Entrepreneurship Hub to ensure quality promotion of programs. Develop program specific content and assist in maintaining entrepreneurship events and programs social media and web presence through strategy ideation and results tracking. Prepare reports, publications and other written work as required and in collaboration with a shared service model.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• University Degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience; most relevant field include business administration, program management, entrepreneurship, etc.

• Three years of supervision and operational experience in a program and events domain, preferably in an entrepreneurship or higher learning environment;

• Three years of human resources management, financial resources, team management and conflict resolution experience;

• Supervisory experience to effectively manage student staff and volunteers;

• Experience in the planning, development, coordination and evaluation of programs and services for various diverse groups;

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a unique and bilingual cultural environment;

• Developed sense of leadership, strong organizational skills and ability to meet strict deadlines;

• Ability to work daytime, evenings and weekends as required based on operational schedules of the events and programs;

• Well-developed written/oral/interpersonal communication skill

• Experience with various business software including database management, financial software and various communication systems

• Must be able to communicate effectively and concisely, both orally and in writing in French and English;

• This position may be eligible for a telework arrangement. Learn more about our telework guidelines click here

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.