Project Coordinator - 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 A

Job Title

Project Coordinator

Department

Implementation Team | Human Early Learning Partnership | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$5, $7,485.33 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

April 3, 2024

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

Job End Date

Mar 31, 2025

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff, and students.

Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

JOB SUMMARY

The Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) is a collaborative research and knowledge mobilization centre that cares about improving child well-being.

We are an interdisciplinary team of faculty, staff, and affiliates dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children, youth, and their families and promoting equity from the start.

Having established itself as a well-respected and internationally renowned research centre for over 20 years, HELP maintains strong relationships with school districts and other key partners in community and in the health, social service, and municipal sectors.

These relationships have allowed the centre to make an impact at multiple levels, ranging from government policy and investment to regional and community development and service planning, to local school district programs and initiatives.

Working at HELP is an opportunity to be involved in data collection and research, as well as community partnerships and engagement.

HELP offers hybrid working arrangements, a beautiful campus environment, not to mention a friendly and collegial atmosphere with opportunities to work collaboratively with a number of teams on projects.

HELP is grateful to work from the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

This position will coordinate key project deliverables of the Human Development Program of Research in specific relation to the Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (CHEQ), Early Development Instrument (EDI), and Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) research projects, and future research projects.

The purpose of the CHEQ, EDI and MDI research projects is to facilitate greater understanding of the experiences, developmental health, well-being, and assets of children through population-based data collection and community mapping.

The incumbent provides coordination and support for tasks related to implementation of the CHEQ, EDI, and MDI which are standardized child development research tools, and future related research projects.

ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS

This position reports to the Core Projects Director and ensures that data collection processes are smooth and good working relationships are maintained with external school and community partners.

The incumbent will interact closely with HELP's Knowledge to Action, Data Management and Analysis, and e-Systems & Reporting teams. The incumbent collaborates with HELP's Leadership team and Faculty; as well as students and staff at HELP.

WORK PERFORMED
Research Administration Functions

Ensure appropriate agreements are in place with participating school districts, independent and Indigenous schools: coordinate distribution of agreements, monitor receipt of signed agreements, track and record of all agreements completed.
Participate in planning and preparation for data collection.
Engages with school districts and schools as they collect data.
Attends meetings to define strategy, goals and scope of project and follows up on action items.
Organizes and administers training and engagement webinars.
Contributes to regular, annual project ethics reviews and updates.
Participate in regular HELP meetings related to research and operations.

Data Collection Functions

Advise and respond to issues and questions related to the implementation of each project, raised by schools and school districts.
Monitor and ensure confidentiality throughout the data collection process.
Work with the Project Leads to prepare recruitment information and materials for school districts, independent and Indigenous schools.
Test, analyze and monitor electronic data collection systems for efficiency, data se