Strategic Projects Co-Op/Internship, Riipen
$23.50 / Hour
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Experiential learning platform and marketplace
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Experiential learning platform and marketplace
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$23.50 / Hour
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help students of all backgrounds and geographies boost their skills, gain career clarity, network with potential employers, and find jobs they love.
Role
Who you are
- This role is a great opportunity for a motivated student looking to gain real-world experience in business and partnerships development, government relations, proposal writing, ed-tech, and experiential learning
- Registered as a domestic student in a recognized post-secondary institution
- Undertaking a placement that is recognized as work-integrated learning in connection with a course, degree, certificate, diploma, or other recognized program offered by the institution. The placement can be required or optional, for credit or not for credit
- In a full or part-time program from any program of study
- Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program (Business, Communications, Education, Public Policy, Political Science or related field)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent research and analytical abilities
- Interest in education, workforce development, or nonprofit/social impact sectors
- Curious and engaged in the building and enhancement of partnerships crossing the postsecondary, industry and government space
- Proactive, organized, and detail-oriented with a problem-solving mindset
- Bilingualism (English/French) is a plus, but not required
What the job involves
- Riipen is looking for a Strategic Projects Co-Op/Intern to join our Canadian Ecosystem Team
- This role plays a key part in Riipen’s goal to build a scalable work-integrated learning ecosystem supporting Canada’s workforce needs of the future
- During this internship, you will help the team build and foster relationships across Canadian post-secondary institutions and workforce development partners and support the putting in place partnerships which enable the design and launch of work-integrated learning programs that align with the country’s economic, talent and workforce needs
- Your efforts will enable postsecondary and workforce development partners to provide more meaningful experiential learning opportunities that connect learners like you to real-world industry experience, building their professional portfolio irrespective of where they are at in their professional journey: students, mid-career professionals looking to upskill and reskill or newcomers
- Help the team build and deepen a complex network of partnerships from across the Canadian postsecondary and workforce development ecosystem:
- Play a key role in mapping the Canadian postsecondary and workforce development landscape to identify trends and inform new partnership development
- Inform a deep dive and analysis of federal and provincial government frameworks as they relate to upskilling, reskilling, work-integrated learning and career readiness initiatives
- Play an instrumental role on the team in the strategic development, building and maintenance of an accurate pipeline of potential partners and funding providers
- Contribute to revenue targets by prospecting new leads through ecosystem research, landscaping and supporting cold and warm outreach
- Support the overall development and enhancement of government relations engagement at federal and provincial levels
- Join calls with prospective partners and clients to capture key insights and assist with follow-up communication and nurturing
- Build a deep understanding of the Riipen platform and help answer partner questions about the platform and articulate how Riipen can enable their programs
- Undertake research and draft content to support compelling grant proposals and funding applications to support partnership growth and revenue objectives
- Manage pipeline and track outreach and ongoing engagement activities and metrics in our CRM (HubSpot)
- Reporting To Jillian Murray
Application process
- Applied
- Hired
- Review
Our take
It’s a problem many graduates are painfully familiar with: you need experience to get a job, but you can’t land a job without experience. Riipen is a company helping to tackle this issue. Their platform offers post-secondary institutions the ability to connect their students to real-world problems and training, and to companies in search of new talent.
The company have helped over 100,000 students engage in applied learning, which historically might only have been accessed through an internship - typically freezing out students without the connections or resources to land one. So Riipen’s addressing inequality of opportunity in the post-secondary demographic, alongside streamlining the work of companies in sourcing talent.
With the economy still in recovery, and traditional ‘first job’ positions in certain industries curtailed, there’s an urgent need to reimagine what stepping onto the career ladder looks like. Riipen’s solution has been refined over the past several years, and is now well set to take advantage of this opportunity.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2021
$1.5m
LATE VC
Dec 2019
$3.8m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $6m
Company benefits
- Enhanced health & dental benefits
- Generous time off
- Choose your work environment
- Paid parental leave
- Paid learning opportunities
Company HQ
Downtown Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Dave Savory
(Co-Founder & VP of Experiential Learning)Previously a Franchise Manager at College Pro Painters, before moving on to work in Sales and Business Development at Travergence Interactive, and then Softree Technical Systems.
Dana Stephenson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously held various managerial roles in recruitment, marketing, and business at The Acquisition Group Enterprises, Advanced Air Supply, and The Moore Law Group. Subsequently worked as a sales rep at Beldon Home Solutions.
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