Grant Writer

Would you enjoy interacting with entrepreneurs and discovering their growth projects? Would you like to help their technology companies secure funding and watch them grow thanks to you? If so, Emergex needs you to prepare grant applications for our clients across Canada!

Emergex is looking for a contractual consultant to prepare grant applications for our client projects. As a pivotal link between our clients and governments, you will be at the heart of the action!

Who we are

Founded in 1994, Emergex SR&ED Consultants is a firm of 20+ employees and consultants specialized in financing technology companies through the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) and EBusiness (CDAE) tax credits, the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) and the latest government grants.

Our values: excellence du service client, axé résultats, expertise, qualité, fiabilité et efficacité. À travers un sondage confidentiel auprès de ses employés, Emergex a mérité une certification officielle qui reconnaît l’excellence en gestion des ressources humaines et la qualité de l’environnement de travail.

We Offer

• Contractual consultant position. Hours will vary according to the workload and the calendars of various grant programs.
• Flexible schedule and a hybrid office / remote work that respects work / life balance
• Access to Communauto shared cars for personal use at privileged group rates

Your Challenges and Functions

• Explore and understand our clients’ growth (or grant-eligible) projects
• Understand a selection of grants to effectively explain them to clients and verify their eligibility
• Research government websites and engage with officials to build relationships, in order to identify grants that are either currently funded or will be available soon
• Document and organize the information gathered or learned about the grants and the stakeholders
• Gauge government officials’ interest in the project and the availability of funds
• Collect and prepare financial, technological, logistical information, as well as human resources and investments required for each grant application
• Ensure compliance with Emergex deadlines, methodology, processes, and quality standards
• Earn clients’ trust and obtain their collaboration
• In summary, help our clients secure as much funding as possible!

Your Profile

• You must be able to handle intense bursts of efficient work followed by quieter periods. When a grant opens, it is often a matter of days before the funds are fully committed and it closes!
• Results-oriented, problem-solving and customer service skills
• Highly organized, attention to detail and quality
• Reliable, autonomous, proactive, efficient, and flexible
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French and English
• Interpersonal skills to enrich relationships and collaborate with stakeholders.
• At least 3 years of experience in client relationship management and project coordination
• College studies in administration, commerce or equivalent experience

Asset

• Work experience in an SME, preferably a professional services firm
• Valid driver’s license for occasional client visits

Send your resume preferably in Word format to rh@emergex.com, specifying the reference code in the original ad, otherwise the name of the website where you first saw it.