Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Assistant

Posting Number

Job Title *

Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Assistant

Department/Faculty (BU)

Office of the Executive Officer, Schulich School of Business

Affiliation *

YUSA 2 PT

Casual (up to 24 hours per week)

Job Start Date

Job End Date

Posting Intent

YUSA-2: This posting is visible to all York University employees. All interested persons may apply. The hiring unit will first consider applications from members of YUSA 2 with seniority

Purpose

The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Assistant will assist the Event Team Leaders in the planning and logistics for the Schulich Community Start-up events, and VIP Guest Speaking and Dream Team Events. This position will also support data gathering and reporting requirements for the Executive in Residence.

Education

Some post secondary education. Preferably a current SSB student.

Experience

1-2 years' experience working in a busy office setting, ideally performing event planning and execution both face-to-face, as well as virtually through social media platforms/channels.

Skills

- Excellent customer service, research and data analtyical skills.
- A solid working knowledge of excel is required.
- Excellent and effective written and verbal communication skills (especially, with the ability to be concise and clear).
- Able to learn quickly, able to handle a high volume of customer service inquiries, be detail oriented and be able to multi-task.
- Ability to work with various computer software applicaitons

Additional Notes

- Excellent customer service, research and data analytical skills.
- A solid working knowledge of excel is required.




- Excellent and effective written and verbal communication skills (especially, with the ability to be concise and clear).
- Able to learn quickly, able to handle a high volume of customer service inquiries, be detail oriented and be able to multi-task.
- Ability to work with various computer software applications

The University welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), Indigenous Peoples and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation.

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PLEASE NOTE: This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Applications must be received by 11:55 pm EST on the posted deadline date, if applicable. Posting deadlines can be updated, or modified, at any time based on hiring needs. Please refer to the York U Career Portal when confirming posting deadlines.

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