Partnership Officer

International Development Research Centre

Ottawa, Canada

IDRC is home to people who share a passion for international development research. We look for employees who believe that knowledge and innovation can help solve the world’s most critical challenges.  IDRC is home to people who share a passion for international development research. We look for employees who believe that knowledge and innovation can help solve the world’s most critical challenges.  

Take a minute to see if your profile fits IDRC:  

You have:  

  • A Master’s degree in business or public administration, international development, economics, marketing, or finance. A Master of Business Administration (MBA) will be considered as an asset.  
  • Proficiency in French and English (reading, writing and speaking).
  • Recent experience in fostering and maintaining client relationships and partnerships within a variety of both research and non-research-based environments.   
  • An in-depth understanding of organizational level business growth management strategies.  
  • An enhanced knowledge of negotiation, marketing, and advertising tactics, which have been proven to be successful in relation to partnership network expansion.  

You are:

  • Aligned with the IDRC’s culture and value statements:  At IDRC we are respectful, intentional and accountable.  
  • A professional with a demonstrated track record of building new connections within your respective field.  
  • Competent and comfortable in the communication, negotiation and coordination of organizational initiatives and projects.  
  • Driven by an ability to increase your organizations wider footprint via business networks including those within both the private and public domain.  
  • A collaborator in a team environment with strong interpersonal skills, comfortable within a multidisciplinary group of people from diverse cultures.    
  • Qualified to establish, manage, and monitor relationships with diverse and experienced stakeholders.  

You are interested in:  

  • Providing strategic advice on organizational relationships, business development and external relationship management.  
  • Negotiating international agreements, contracts or memoranda in a fast-pace and innovative research environment.  
  • Facilitating business growth through the application and implementation of proven relationship development strategies.  
  • Maintaining existing client partnerships of the Centre, to ensure progress of on-going project initiatives.  
  • Joining an organization that values and models diversity, inclusion, and equity.  

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