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Role overview and purpose:

Reporting to the Chief Program Officer, the NEXT Canada Venture Associate is a public facing role and key contributor to the success of NEXT Canada’s programs.

This role spans four critically important functions

• Venture Support + Founder Success
• Program Design and Delivery
• Operations Support
• Recruitment

Specific responsibilities include:

Program Design and Delivery

• Maintains a strong understanding of best in class standards
• • Provides suggestions for program improvements to CPO and shares information with team in Montreal
  • Provides cost analysis for any program enhancements
  • Helps with pitch practice sessions
• Actively delivers workshops / sessions within NEXT programs
• Actively involved in program review and evaluation
• Identify mentors and other experts who can support businesses

Venture Support

• Meets with NEXT Toronto ventures at a regular cadence
• • evaluates and documents their progress
  • provides strategic, administrative and moral support
  • manages any performance issues
  • provides network referrals
  • suggests most outstanding ventures for Venture Reveal and Venture Day
  • Works directly with ventures to refine their pitch presentations
• Ensures all venture information is compiled
• • Shares info for website
  • Support with evaluation metrics and reporting
  • Track milestone success for promotion via social media channels
• Stays in contact with alumni ventures
• • maintains strong NEXT AI alumni outreach
  • encourages alumni to use NEXT resources
  • Provide referrals for alumni to potential investors or partners

Operations Support:

• Provides support in the planning and execution of NEXT Canada events
• • Attends all events and provides hands on support, including NEXT Canada’s inaugural Alumni Summit
  • Assists with planning and set up
  • Support communication strategies (social media, public relations, etc.)
  • Carry out business development at internal and external program events to develop a network.
  • Maintains Airtable venture tracking database
  • Provides events assistance

Recruitment

• Oversees the development and execution of a recruitment strategy that results in a solid pipeline of high quality NEXT candidates
• • Utilizes network to build a solid diverse pipeline of potential NEXT candidates
  • Collaborates with MTL team to capitalize on strengths of both teams
  • Attends recruiting events as a representative of all NEXT Canada programs
  • Evaluates applicants in the organization of recruitment events.
  • Strategizes on use of budget to best utilize paid campaigns or sponsorships
  • Conducts ecosystem mapping/scrapes for potential applicants
  • Reviews applications
  • Updates recruitment media kits

• Other duties as may be assigned
• Demonstrates a ‘step in’ mentality in all endeavors