Missions and Programs Coordinator

at  Calgary Economic Development

Calgary Economic Development (CED) is an opportunity-maker, helping to spark and fuel Calgary’s growth. Our job is to connect people with resources that can help them grow their careers or businesses, thrive in new locations or markets, and feel at home in our community. We offer a wealth of information to help everyone succeed and we tirelessly promote Calgary, in Canada and around the world. We’re exhilarated about our role in shaping and sharing Calgary’s story as the Blue Sky City.

JOB SUMMARY

The Missions and Programs Coordinator – Trade contributes to the success of the Trade team by providing support in event planning, administrative tasks, and performance tracking for both inbound and outbound delegations.
This role will also be responsible in assisting the Specialist – Trade in developing a local export programming calendar in collaboration with the Government of Alberta and support its execution with the trade team.
This is a full time contract ending on March 30, 2026.

LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU

You are detail oriented, with strong event management skills. You are looking to gain experience in cross sector development, trade and export, and international relations.
You are looking for a position that will combine your extraordinary organizational skills with broad business experience as you grow in your career. You are unbelievably organized and get a thrill from checking things off your to do list.
You have a passion for our city and are excited at the prospect of working on projects that build on the energy of our community. You are collaborative and thrive in a fast-paced environment and can manage multiple projects with ease.

EDUCATION :

• Post secondary education any of Business Administration, Marketing, Communications or International Business is a nice to have, but not a requirement.
• Minor in FNCE or ACCT is beneficial

EXPERIENCE :

• Minimum of 1 year of experience.
  Note: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

CED offers more than a competitive base salary to our employees. We have a comprehensive benefit plan that includes 100% employer paid benefit premiums, RRSP’s, a health care spending account, and a generous vacation and flex time policy. We are committed to our employee’s mental health and offer resilience training with Headversity, free counselling with an EAP program, in addition to paramedical coverage through our medical benefits plan.
CED encourages and supports life-long learning and professional development. Employees are encouraged to access up to $2500 per year of funded professional development training opportunities. If you are looking for purpose driven work and are interested in joining us on our mission to diversify Calgary’s economy, we invite you to apply.

• Collaborate with the Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) and trade team on all venue booking, catering orders, and event logistics for Inbound + Outbound delegations and trade programming as needed.
• Track all Government of Alberta Jobs Economy + Trade funded events
• Support in the intake of delegations to CED - hosting logistics, scheduling meeting space, ordering catering, securing travel such as bus rentals, etc.
• Provide boots on the ground event support for TAP cohorts and recruitment events.
• Support the Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) Coordinator + Specialist, Trade on all contracts, financial invoices, event budgets etc.
• Support the Trade team and mission leads through:
• Outreach communication via Slack, email, on networking events.
• Advertisements and marketing material
• Contract communications for all logistics through external vendors and internal contracts team
• In market research prior to mission to develop mission activities
• Support the TAP + Trade team on all internal and external grant + KPI tracking, data entry, CRM reporting and Trade Programming schedules.
• Contribute to information collection of new trade deals alumni companies have completed throughout the year in order to track Key Performance Indicators (KPI) progress
• Support TAP and Trade Specialists on communication with our marketing contact for inbound Trade related projects
• Post card and Business card creation
• Website development
• Research binders
• Additional ad hoc marketing requirement