The Opportunity
Are you passionate about building partnerships that expand learning opportunities? Do you enjoy collaborating across organizations and being at the center of communication and coordination?
We’re seeking a relationship driven professional to help engage industry, community, and training partners to deliver high quality, relevant learning experiences in a post secondary environment. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on collaboration and creating meaningful pathways between education and the workforce.
The Business & Community Development Department is recruiting for a Business Development Coordinator to join their team for a term starting as soon as possibile and ending on or before August 28, 2026.
This is an onsite position located at Keyano College, Clearwater Campus.
About Us
Keyano College is a comprehensive post-secondary educational institution located in Fort McMurray, nested in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on traditional Treaty 8 territory. We are a strategic community partner that meets both the training and talent upgrading needs of industry, as well as the personal enrichment and cultural needs of the Wood Buffalo community. We take pride in offering a safe work and study environment that embraces Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Our students and customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. That is why we are committed to hiring great people from a variety of backgrounds, because it makes our employee community stronger.
Duties & Responsibilities
What your day look like in this role:
- Manage and develop new and existing customer relationships through contract execution.
- Assist in creating a demand for Keyano College training solutions by establishing and maintaining relationships, as well as fostering collaborations and partnerships.
- Build budgets and proposals to address clients' needs.
- Collaborate with industry, indigenous groups, government, unions, labor organizations, social profits, and the general public to identify and respond to training needs within the region.
- Work closely with the Keyano College marketing department to implement multi-faceted marketing strategies for the Corporate Training Department.
- Assist to develop, initiate, and schedule plans to promote community and industry awareness of corporate education programs and courses.
- Provides administrative coordination for on campus business relationships, serving as a liaison with leaseholders and working collaboratively with Finance and Facilities to support contract administration, space use, and operational requirements.
Qualifications
- Post-secondary Degree in Business or other relevant fields of study
- 3 years of post-secondary education experience or relevant business experience
- Self-directed and goal-oriented
- Exhibit professionalism and sound judgment
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Be able to proactively develop strong working relationships with internal and external customers
- Class 5 Driver’s license is required
- Marketing knowledge with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A strong business sense and well-developed sales skills.
- Experience in Education and Training is considered an asset.
- Directly related experience with the development of proposals and business plans.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation is $6,342.39 per month as per the CUPE TS8 collective agreement with comprehensive health and benefit package.
- This position qualifies for additional payment of the Northern Living Allowance of $1,040 per month.
- Monthly vacation entitlement
- Life insurance is 2.5 times your annual salary
- Paid sick days
That’s not all – we offer various perks and discounts to our employees:
- Employee Service and Academic Achievement recognition
- Greatly discounted employee membership to the Syncrude Sports and Wellness Centre (our well-known gym and recreational facility).
- Tuition waiver for all employees and dependents to take courses at Keyano College to support your thirst for learning.
- Employee Discounts for the Keyano Theatre and the Keynotes Bookstore.
- Various other perks and discounts for insurance, hotels, car rentals, stores etc.
Additional Information
At Keyano College, we are committed to fostering an equitable, caring and resilient environment where everyone feels valued and connected to the common goal and the college community. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and encourage candidates who will contribute to the diversity of the College to apply.
We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue through the selection process will be contacted.
