Grant Coordinator

Job Description

Innovative manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles
Leader in transportation electrification in North America
It’s us!
Every day, in our own way, we help improve our environment and our society.

Come build the future with us!

Why you should join our team

• You’ll work in an exciting and constantly evolving work environment (you won’t get bored with us).
• Work/life balance: When you need to take time off for you and your family, no worries – and no questions asked.
• We totally understand. Your family and your health come first!
• Your hours are flexible, and we trust you.
• We offer stable work hours from 8 to 5 (No we’re not – just kidding! Your hours are flexible.).
• You want to change the view from your office window? No problem, we’re all for working from home.
• We are really open to having employees working remotely – we know it works!
• We offer (rock-solid) insurance coverage, and a great employee assistance program.
• You’ll see that your progress and your development are limitless.
• Are you looking for a company that offers opportunities for career advancement? Every week, many of our team members get promoted.
• At Lion, your career potential is limitless.

As part of your daily work, you would have to:

Under the leadership of the Grants Director, the Grants Coordinator will participate in the drafting of responses to calls for tenders, while taking the lead for some of them, by determining the approach, the documents to be used and the specifications of the vehicles to be verified. 

• Participate in the drafting of responses to calls for tenders, while taking the initiative for some of them: determining the approach, the documents to be used and the specifications of the vehicles to be verified;
• Produce documents on the commercial approach towards a market, towards an association which distributes the grants or incentives, or towards the politicians who establish the legislature;
• Be able to provide a technical analysis of specifications and produce the answers to questions;
• Be able to transform an idea, a strategy or a direction into an internal or external presentation or document;
• Monitoring of all grant opportunities across Canada primarily and as a supporting role for US market research;
• Identify new funding opportunities, contacts in prominent positions able to favor the adoption of funding for electric vehicles, etc;
• Maintaining constant contact with the people responsible for the various grant programs applicable to Lion;
• Assist the grant coordinator with migrating and update all documents from outdated platforms used previously;
• Assist with the creation of grant brochures for each state and update all existing documents that demonstrate the steps to follow for each grant;
• Registration and verification of passwords for all state platforms that award and publish calls for tenders as well as finding new platforms for Lion to register on :

1. Validation of contact lists by state and by vehicle type;
2. Improve monitoring tools and processes in place;
3. Participate in the drafting of responses to tenders, while also taking the lead on some of the RFP responses: determine approach, documents to be used and vehicle specifications to be verified;
4. Participate in the drafting of quotes for the sales department;
5. Any other related tasks.

 

If you read our description this far, it means you’re interested! Read on…

You have what it takes for this position if:

Knowledge

• Ability to research information ;
• English - first language.

Skills

• Innate sense of planning, initiative, dynamism and creativity;
• Have excellent communication skills with any third parties;
• Demonstrate exceptional skills in contact with the public.

Aptitude and Attitude

• Demonstrate autonomy, good judgment and have a sense of thoroughness, responsibility and discretion ;
• Demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and tolerance to stress ;
• Teamwork oriented.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or in relevant field ;
• 2-5 years of experience in a grant applications and/or project management ;

Work being done remotely, candidate preferred in British Columbia.

We can’t wait to talk with you!

You’ll see: at Christmas, everybody will be jealous when they find out you work at Lion.