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Request For Proposal
Contract:

Student Experience Specialist

The Firecircle Ltd

Special Project: Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship

PROPOSALS DUE BY: May 10, 2023

About Firecircle

Firecircle is Canada’s only online Tourism and Hospitality business development hub.

Firecircle is focused on supporting new and existing entrepreneurs to plan, launch, grow and strengthen tourism businesses in their communities. We do this through a unique combination of accessible online learning resources plus virtual group and one-to-one business mentorship and coaching for our members.

Along with Firecircle’s online membership programs, Firecircle recently announced its latest project, Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship. From March 2024 through

March 2025, this unique three-year project, funded in part by the Government of

Canada’s Sectoral Initiatives Program (SIP), is an intensive business development program founded on Firecircle’s innovative 5x5 Method™ and customized to empower 1,000 tourism and hospitality entrepreneurs from across Canada to envision, launch and grow their best business ideas through a series of animated online and live video workshops, step-by-step guidance and expert, sustained mentorship. Firecircle’s innovative hybrid live and digital workshops and animated videos are the fast track to sustainable visitor, market and export-readiness.

The new resources being prepared and delivered through the Transition to Tourism

Entrepreneurship program are targeted at the needs of Indigenous, rural, Northern and Francophone entrepreneurs as well as entrepreneurs with disabilities seeking to start a business or recover their existing operations.

Firecircle’s Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship Project helps people in Northern, and Rural and Remote communities in Canada strengthen their existing Tourism and

Hospitality businesses or start new ones. This project has a particular focus on supporting Indigenous and/or Rural and Remote entrepreneurs who may also be

Francophone or entrepreneurs with disabilities.

Specifically, over the course of the project, we will be working to support:

• Existing Indigenous entrepreneurs to pivot or re-launch Tourism and

Hospitality businesses

• New Indigenous entrepreneurs move into the Tourism and Hospitality industry by planning new businesses
• Existing entrepreneurs in Rural and Remote communities to pivot or re-launch

Tourism and Hospitality businesses

• New entrepreneurs in Rural and Remote communities move into the Tourism and Hospitality industry by planning new businesses
• Entrepreneurs with disabilities to access Firecircle business planning resources
• Francophone entrepreneurs to access Firecircle business planning resources

Project Overview

To support the size and complexity of our “Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship” project, Firecircle is seeking the contract services of additional Business Mentors for our Ignite Team to help with group and individual business mentorship, coaching and ultimately member success.

This contract position will report directly to the Lead Coach at Firecircle and will help us to help provide group and individual live virtual coaching and business mentorship required to support participants in the TTE project.

The responsibilities and tasks associated with this contract include:

• Orientation on, and proficiency in, Firecircles proprietary 5x5 MethodTM tourism and hospitality entrepreneur accelerator program
• Managing Learner Incentives Program - Tracking learner progress and sending out digital and physical incentives (gift cards, letters of encouragement, etc)
• Monitor areas of difficulty - Monitor Learner progress and document areas of difficulty. Propose changes to process to aid in supporting Learners through areas of difficulty.
• Webinars and Live Calls - Organize and Lead virtual live group meetings to review Learners experiences, solicit feedback and make recommendations.
• Track course completion and Certificates - Track learner progress and send final certificates to those completing the program.
• Bi-Monthly Meetings - Attend bi-monthly meetings with Operations team to review processes, progress and recommendations.
• Professional Development - Participate in the paid-for professional development workshops and courses being delivered to coaching, mentorship and facilitation team to address Indigenous, Rural/Remote, entrepreneurs with disabilities and Francophone entrepreneurs to enhance the success of these participant groups

• Success for this project will be measured, in part, by the following outcomes:
• Support participants in the TTE project in communities across Canada
• Participants supported to complete the training
• Participants supported to create a final business plan
• Participants qualify for see loan or grant funding toward their business
• Participants supported with incentives
• Existing entrepreneurs are supported to adjust business

Resources available to support this position include:

• Access to the Firecircle 5x5 Method business planning tools
• Access to the Firecircle Business Plan Template
• Access to the Firecircle Financial Template
• Access to a team of Tourism and Hospitality industry experts
• Access to digital meeting and scheduling software
• Access to our expert, lead Firecircle coach and business mentor
• A collaborative, creative team of tourism business experts and educators
• Paid-for professional development opportunities

Budget

The budget for this contract is $43.00 per hour, depending on experience, for up to 21 hours of work per week. The term of the available contract will run from date of contract until March 31st, 2025. This contract has a maximum budget of up to $35,714 +GST per year.

Assets and Experience
You might be a great fit for this contract if:

• You get great satisfaction from helping people do their best
• You are comfortable in the digital space, use technology, and work online effortlessly
• You are curious about what makes people tick, why different people have different needs and what those needs are
• You’re interested in psychology and education
• You enjoy learning, have a growth mindset and have some experience with online learning platforms

Previous experience that may help you in fulfilling this contract includes:

• Group and individual mentoring, coaching and/or business advisory experience
• Managing small teams and/or cohorts of people (in educational environment)
• Online learning experience
• Business or Education background

In the coming year, we will be translating our program into French and updating our resources to work more effectively with people with hearing and vision disabilities.
The ability to speak French fluently and/or any experience working with business owners/entrepreneurs with disabilities is a major asset.

Proposal guidelines
Project proposals should speak to the following:

1. Why are you or your company a good fit for Firecircle?
2. What experience do you or your company have:

• working in business
• working in the Tourism and Hospitality industry
• working in professional coaching and or mentorship
• working with online learning systems

3. Who is the main point of contact for this project?4. How does this project fit into your overall schedule, ensuring that you have time to fulfill the project tasks.
Proposal Submission Process
Any questions can be directed to careers@thefirecircle.ca up to 48 hours before the submission deadline.Please submit a proposal supported by examples of past relevant work and current resume. Your proposal must contain a quote for the scope of work as you

understand it from this Request for Proposal.

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following:

• Demonstration of experience working with the Tourism and Hospitality

Industry.

• Demonstration of experience working with target groups of Northern and

Indigenous (urban, rural, remote), and/or Francophone (anywhere in Canada), and/or rural and remote markets (with populations under 250,000) and/or entrepreneurs with disabilities (anywhere In Canada)

• Examples of previous related work and references.
• Demonstration of organizational capacity to carry out the scope of work.
• Value perceived in the fees quoted in your proposal.

Please submit proposals by May 10th, 2024 to careers@thefirecircle.ca

Firecircle will review all proposals and will reply to the successful bidder within two

(2) weeks of the submission deadline.

Learn more about us:
● Website: https://thefirecircle.ca/

● Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirecircleTourism

● IG: https://www.instagram.com/firecircle_entrepreneur/

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $43.00 per hour

Expected hours: 21 per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Online Education: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: Remote

Application deadline: 2024-05-10
Expected start date: 2024-05-17