Retail Innovation Challenge Research Assistant

McGill University•Montreal, QC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Research Assistant to support the Retail Innovation Challenge. The role involves attracting student teams to participate in the competition, maintaining a database of university contacts, assisting in writing the case study, collecting and summarizing data for the case, and ensuring the smooth execution of the competition's three phases. The competition runs from October 6th to October 31st, with virtual judging on October 18th and October 25th, and a live final on October 31st. McGill University is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. The university is an English-language institution located in Montreal, recognized for its excellence in higher education and research, and its commitment to sustainability.

Requirements

MMR, MBA, MMA students or U3 + of the McGill University BCom Degree program, with a concentration in Retail and preferably a focus on finance, analytics.
Strong critical thinking capabilities.
Ability to prioritize and multi-task.
Strong organizational skills.
Reliable, self-motivated with an ability to work autonomously and with others in a team.
Client-focused and service-oriented.
Strong desire to work in an entrepreneurial educational environment.
English (spoken and written).
Authorized to work in Canada.
Willing to work in the province of Quebec.

Nice To Haves

French (spoken and written) an asset.

Responsibilities

Use their network to attract student teams to participate in the competition, beginning in April (“Save the Date “with Consulting clubs across universities).
Maintain the BSRM RIC database of university contacts and update them.
Assist in writing the case study.
Assist in the collection of data and summarizing to be part of the data set to the case.
Assist in other tasks to make sure that all three (3) phases of the competition run smoothly over the course of the period October 6th to October 31st. These include virtual judging of Phase 1 finalists on October 18th and Phase 3 Finalists on October 25th and live final on October 31st.