Required Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of related experience
Preferred Qualifications:
·Excellent written and oral communications; ability to edit professional reports, communicate professionally with clients and students, and prepare marketing content.
·Experience analyzing complex business challenges in a wide variety of industries.
·Ability to apply critical thinking skills to projects that may span multiple industries including education, manufacturing, technology, science, agriculture, software, and also retail, non-profits, and startups.
·Ability to guide student consultants in researching, analyzing, synthesizing, and executing on client projects.
·Project management experience; overseeing multiple projects at one time.
·Experience working with student teams; facilitating leadership experiences, attending meetings between clients and students, and overseeing student team project progress.
·Proficiency with software platforms including Microsoft Suite, Qualtrics, market research databases, and Workday.
·Past experience with CyBIZ Lab.
Job Description:
The Iowa State University CyBIZ Lab provides the opportunity for cross-functional teams of undergraduate and graduate students to work on business and organizational projects. Students gain hands-on experience working to solve real business problems, and companies and organizations receive potential solutions to business issues from a perspective outside the company.
CyBIZ Lab services are available to existing businesses and corporations, new businesses, startups, university departments, and non-profit organizations. Consulting and startup projects are fee-based and priced according to complexity and timeframe.
The individual in this position will be a self-starter with business and industry project experience. The successful candidate will apply their business acumen to support the CyBIZ Lab program through student recruitment, working with and mentoring student teams, reviewing and editing student-created surveys and professional reports, analyzing data, and preparing students for executive-level board presentations. This individual will be comfortable in the business environment, speaking to industry leaders, interacting with clients, giving public presentations, networking with potential partners, and processing program metrics.
Level Guidelines
• Intermediate-level position with solid professional and/or technical skills working under general supervision to achieve goals
• Applies broad, working knowledge of the principles of the field to moderately complex, difficult, and varied problems and issues
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action and resolve problems
• Responds to a broad range of inquiries and requests
• May provide training and/or direction to lower-level staff
• May lead projects of moderate scope and complexity
• Provides guidance to students