Program Manager - Toronto, Canada - SickKids

SickKids

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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About SickKids

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Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.

As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education.

Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.

SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description

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The Program Manager, Knowledge Mobilization and Patient Engagement will facilitate the development and implementation of the CHILD Cohort Study¿s knowledge mobilization and patient engagement activities.

The program manager will be responsible for supporting researchers, staff, and partners across the CHILD network with respect to best practice in patient engagement and knowledge mobilization activities, including the development of funding programs to support them.

This is a fixed term, position for 2 years, with the possibility of extension.

The CHILD Cohort Study is a national birth cohort study involving over 3,300 Canadian infants and their families.

The Study explores how genetics and early childhood environmental exposures impact the development of asthma, allergies, and other chronic childhood diseases.

The Study has clinical sites in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto, with the National Coordinating Centre (NCC) located at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Here Is What You Will Love

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A focus on employee wellness
with our new
Staff Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Selfcare helps us support others.
A hospital that welcomes and focuses on
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.**:
The opportunity to
make an impact. Regardless of your role or professional interest, you will be making a difference at SickKids and contributing to our vision of
Healthier Children. A Better World.

The opportunity to work with diverse groups of people including patients, families, and staff from across Canada.

Here Is What You Will Do

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Drive knowledge mobilization (KMb) and patient engagement (PE) across CHILD with guidance from the KMb lead and PE lead by providing innovative evidencebased processes for ensuring meaningful engagement and knowledge dissemination.
Participate in projects that focus on improving the quality of care delivered to patients and families through impactful engagement and codesign.
Develop and manage annual workplan with specific goals, deliverables, and outputs.
Provide expertise and advice to researchers, staff, and partners across the CHILD network with respect to best practice in KMb and PE and the development of funding programs to support PE and KMb activities.
Codevelop and modify existing PE and KMb resources and materials including training, templates, modules, and other resources.
Support daytoday PE and KMb activities including arranging meetings, implementing resulting actions.
Promote and support KMb and PE across CHILD stakeholders.
Provide education to staff about the role of advisors and assist in identifying opportunities for patient and family engagement.
Deliver presentations internally as well as externally.
Collaborate with site staff, community leaders, and CHILD staff to:
develop tools to support engagement in research,
establish and coordinate governance structures and processes,
deliver communications, and
prepare key performance indicators and reports for leadership.
Here Is What You Will Need

A Master¿s degree in a healthrelated discipline
Several years of professional experience related to PE, KMb, communications, program coordination and/or program evaluation.
Solid understanding of PE and KMb theory and/or practice.
Ability to communicate with, build rapport and relationships, and meaningfully engage with knowledge users and CHILD community members.
Strong interpersonal and active listening skills.
Strong organizational skills, with an ability to schedule and manage multiple priorities.
Ability to develop agendas, background materials, and minutes for meetings, workshops, and conferences.
Outstanding collaborative, solutionsoriented approach, and interpersonal skills.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organizational, time management, multitasking, and prioritization skills.
Strong computer skills including Zoom, Teams, MS Word, Excel, and Powe