Cfi/bckdf Program Officer - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level D

Job Title

CFI/BCKDF Program Officer

Department

Senior Management | Research Support Services

Compensation Range

$7, $12,395.83 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

January 7, 2023

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Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

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Job Summary

UBC is a major research-intensive university in Canada, with an annual research budget of approximately $770million. The Office of the Vice President Research & Innovation (VPRI) oversees UBC s research infrastructure, strategy and international engagement.

The Institutional Programs Office (IPO) is an administrative unit of the Office of the Vice President Research and Innovation portfolio.

The IPO administers major federal and regional awards including Canada Foundations for Innovation (CFI), British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF), Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC), and Pacific Economic Development Canada programs.

The IPO provides both pre

Organizational Status

Reporting to the Managing Director, RSS, the incumbent works closely with the UBC CFI Advisor as well as faculty from all Faculties, Departments and Schools at all UBC campuses, and senior management within the Vice President Research & Innovation portfolio.

Work Performed

CFI Program Facilitation- Leads the planning and development of CFI and BCKDF funding opportunities.

This includes providing authoritative information on UBC and IPO administrative processes associated with CFI and BCKDF research funding opportunities, and providing direction and setting priorities and goals for each funding opportunity.

This will also include establishing work plans and timelines.- Advises on the alignment of research project and the funding program.

Provides guidance on the development of research budgets for the proposals, to ensure that all funding agency and university requirements are met.- Manages the development and delivery of IPO programs (e.g., internal review, Test Your Concept Sessions and CFI & BCKDF information sessions), with the aim of improving the research funding success of UBC.- Plans, manages and handles university-wide communications about the CFI and BCKDF competitions and processes at UBC including internal review, next steps meetings, and workshops. May coordinate the development and writing of complex, institutional funding proposals (i.e.

CERC, NCE Classic/CECR and Research Excellence Fund).

This may include handling communications for the development of the proposal.- Coordinate and support to the implementation of selected large-scale research projects. Plans and manages the internal review process for the CFI and BCKDF funding competitions.

This may include engaging both internal and external reviewers. Plans, manages and coordinates the delivery of educational programs across all campuses (e.g., information sessions, next steps meetings, Research Orientation Day for new faculty members) for the CFI and BCKDF funding competitions.

Recruits guest speakers (e.g., past CFI expert review and/or Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Committee members) and develops the programs in collaboration with faculties, departments and sites.- Provides strategic and editorial feedback on CFI and BCKDF grant proposals.- Creates and maintains an in-house library of successful CFI and BCKDF grant proposals obtained from UBC researchers.- Advises faculty at all UBC campuses (e.g.

Point Grey, Okanagan), on the review process and funding requirements.- Provides one on one consultation to faculty and associated team members with the aim of improving the strength and competitiveness of funding proposals.- Analyzes and interprets data, and makes recommendations.

This may involve presentation of trend analysis and interpretation to a group of academics/senior administrators or distributed in the form of a written document.- Performs other duties as necessary.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

An extensive degree of judgment and initiative is required to ensure accurate and appropriate decision-making in a variety of tasks and responsibilities.

Tact and diplomacy are essential to foster unit and multidisciplinary buy in on this highly effective process.

Providing incomplete or inaccurate information could result in misinformation and misstatements that would lead to an ineffective system not supported by Faculties/Depts.

, investigators or reviewers, the