EDC Student / New Grad Position - Business Continuity - 0004NQ

Posting Date: May 10, 2024, 6:00:00 AM

Primary Location: Ontario-Ottawa

Job Type: Student/Co-op

Schedule: Full-time

Description

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a financial Crown corporation dedicated to helping Canadian businesses make an impact at home and abroad. EDC offers financial products and knowledge to help Canadian businesses confidently enter new markets, reduce financial risk, and grow their business.

When you join our team, you’ll be helping Canadian businesses learn the endless possibilities that open to them through export and help bring their vision, passion, and innovation to the world. Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 25,000 Canadian businesses and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide. You’ll work amongst the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success. And you’ll know that you’re making an impact every day – for businesses, for Canada and for the people you work with.

Are you ready to make an impact?

Join EDC, recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer, as we take on the risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world.

Position Overview:

EDC is looking for a dynamic and motivated emergency management and/or business continuity student to support the Business Continuity Management Program (BCMP) on the Business Enablement team.

The BCMP is a cyclical program that delineates and describes all activities related to business continuity within the organization. Each phase has elements that strengthen the ability of EDC and its employees to prepare to respond to disruptions and mitigate risk.

Responsibilities may include:

• Collaborate in the design and roll out of a training and awareness program

• Support the development and execution of BCMP exercises

• Assist in data analysis, including producing reports and PowerPoint presentations to display the data

• Supporting the construction and maintenance of a structured and repeatable reporting system, dashboards and SharePoint site

• Contribute to designing and defining requirements of a BCM tool

• Support various initiative communications and stakeholder relationships

• Actively participate in the advancement and maturity of all aspects of the Program

Our ideal candidate:

• A Student enrolled in an Emergency Management and/ or Business Continuity program

• Experience in exercise design and development

• Proficiency in PowerBI, Sharepoint or ServiceNow is an asset

• Has previous work term experience related to their field of study

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Motivated self-starter, good organizational and analytical skills

• Ability to work independently and within a team

• Enthusiasm to tackle any task, whether menial or complex

• Knowledge of both official languages is an asset

What can you expect from an EDC work term? Building cross-functional networks of colleagues, identifying and following through on opportunities for improvement and innovation, learning and growing constantly through coaching and mentoring, working in a high-performing, fast-paced and flexible environment facilitated by technologies and access to an in-house fitness center at our Ottawa headquarters.

This role may be performed from EDC’s headquarters in Ottawa, or from the Community Hub in Montreal, Toronto/Mississauga, Calgary, Vancouver, or Halifax.

How to apply

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. : Application deadline on www.edc.ca/careers : Jun 8, 2024, 5:59:00 AM EDC is committed to employment equity and actively encourages applications from women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and visible minorities. If selected for an interview, please advise us if you require special accommodation. Candidates must meet the requisite government security screening requirements. :

Req ID: 0004NQ