Project Manager. Amr One Health Consortium, Faculty - Calgary, Canada - The University of Calgary

The University of Calgary

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Calgary, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Position Overview

Several thousand Canadians die every year due to infections with multiple drug-resistant bacteria, and the number continues to increase annually.

The long-term vision of the proposed Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - One Health Consortium (hereafter referred to as AMR Consortium) is to leverage the exceptional capacity and expertise present within Alberta to curb the issue of AMR using a transdisciplinary multisectoral One Health approach.

The AMR Consortium is a multi-university, transdisciplinary and inter-sectoral provincial research and policy initiative aimed at helping to prevent antimicrobial resistance through: 1) optimizing antimicrobial use; 2) enhancing surveillance systems; 3) developing effective infection prevention and control strategies; 4) training a generation of transdisciplinary-trained highly qualified personnel in One Health; and 5) working with stakeholders to produce evidence-based policy.

Position Description

Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):

Project Management:
In collaboration with the AMR Consortium Lead, assist in the strategic planning process and ensuring implementation of research plans as outlined in the AMR Consortium proposal
Liaise with Work Package leads and update the AMR Consortium Leads on Work Package status
Help convene and organize meetings to help initiate and advance overall AMR Consortium objectives, as required
Work with Work Package Leads and the Executive Committee to ensure archiving of all results in a secure, protected manner
Collaborates with world class medical professionals, internationally known physicianscientists and veterinarians, federal and provincial government, industry and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between AMR Consortium activities
Liaise across with AMR Consortium Principal Investigators to develop a crossprovincial communication strategy to facilitate offsite collaboration and knowledge sharing among AMR Consortium members, working closely with the KTEE Manager
Act as a liaison between the UofC Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UofC Cumming School of Medicine, W21C, University of Alberta, ProvLab Alberta, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Research Centre, Olds College, SAIT, Lakeland College, Athabaska University
Serve on the AMR Consortium Executive Committee:
Serve as a member of the AMR Consortium's Executive Committee to help ensure that all institutional research governance frameworks are followed
Organize regular Executive Committee meetings to monitor overall progress, the training program, knowledge transfer, outreach and commercialization activities
Help ensure accountability and progress of the Executive Committee in annual reporting to the Scientific Advisory Committee and Board of Directors
Consider, record and reconcile all declared and potential conflicts of interest of team members
Leverage the member institutions equity, diversity and inclusion action plans to ensure that gender and diversity targets are set and adhered to for trainees, project design and delivery
Working with the Executive Committee, the Manager will engage in a range of performance measurement activities, including:
Track (and enforce where necessary) achievement of goals, milestones and deliverables
Work with the team to produce annual reports relevant to Ministry of Economic Development and Trades goals for the AMR Consortium proposal
Produce reports for the Scientific Advisory Committee's annual meeting, including: financial and academic information, and progress information related to the milestones, outputs and outcomes outlined in the AMR Consortium proposal
Budget Management:
Direct and manage multifaceted, complicated budgets, and operations and measurement reporting requirements
Monitor spending within a comprehensive research financial budget, working closely with the Work Package Administrators, for both shortterm and longterm planning purposes
Review, present, and justify budget requests to research services and administration as needed
Responsible for being familiar with and approving all expenditures, assigning cost centers, monitoring compliance with budgets, and identifying and investigating potential problem areas and proposing solutions
Staff Management:
Overseeing a core team of direct reportsto administrative and/or research staff to support the AMR Consortium, including a Knowledge & Technology Exchange and Exploitation (KTEE) Associate
Liaising with a team of Work Package Administrators (administrative staff to help keep track of the resource use and costs associated with those work packages)
Projectspecific supervision of the activities of W21C research staff who are directly involved in the Work Packages for the AMR Consortium
Management of routine, sensitive, and complex human resource issues and requirements
Empower reportsto staff to grow and execute deliverables as par