{"id":6516,"date":"2021-01-26T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ief-fie.ca\/staging\/?page_id=6516"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T18:06:25","slug":"contact-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ief-fie.ca\/staging\/contact-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Page Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/ief-fie.ca\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Front-Page_Colour-left-2021.png&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||33px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;67px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;zoom&#8221; animation_intensity_zoom=&#8221;4%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; 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Grants Officer is responsible for the vision, coordination, management, communication and execution of the CANIE Awards, and Microgrants that are awarded through the Innovators &amp; Entrepreneurs Foundation. With a passion for supporting entrepreneurs, they liaise with applicants, sponsors and community partners to award funds to the most talented entrepreneurs in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Responsibilities<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>CANIE Awards &#8211; Innovators &amp; Entrepreneurs Foundation<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Provide strategic oversight, coordination, and management of all aspects of assigned awards and funding programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Coordinate all logistics of awards ceremonies including overall vision, venue logistics, participant logistics, management of support personnel and the execution of all ceremony details on the day of.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Confirm, communicate, and arrange logistics with key speakers for awards ceremonies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Write scripts for award ceremony hosts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Develop all communications and marketing elements of the awards programs including copy writing and graphics. Partner with communications personnel as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Key point of contact for all award applicants; responding to applicant questions and providing updates on application details and process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Establish and coordinate adjudication committees that select award winners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Receive and process all program applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Partner with CEO to allocate and track program budget.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Organizing all board materials for the IEF Board of Directors. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Microgrants &#8211; Innovators and &amp; Entrepreneurs Foundation<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Grow and manage microgrant program by developing overall strategy and implementing actionable steps to achieve strategy goals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Develop communications plan to promote the program to entrepreneurs and ensure that the steps to apply are clearly conveyed to applicants. 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