SME - Urban Agriculture Research Analyst - Whitby, Canada - Durham College

Description

About Durham College:

Durham College (DC) is leading the way as a post-secondary institution, offering an innovative and transformative student experience and hands-on learning opportunities. With this focus top of mind for our students and our employees, DC is proud to be one of the fastest-growing colleges in the province and annually ranked as one of the GTA's Top 100 employers.

The college offers a wide range of market-driven programs across multiple disciplines, including culinary management, farming and horticulture, business, IT, construction and trades, science and technology, health care, engineering, social and community services, justice, media, art and design.

With a focus on experiential learning, DC graduates are known for having the skills and knowledge employers need. More than 104,000 alumni represent the college, both locally and around the world.

Serving the Durham Region and Northumberland County communities for over 50 years, with campuses in Oshawa and Whitby, the college offers over 12,500 full-time post-secondary and apprenticeship students access to more than 145 full-time post-secondary programs – including four honours bachelor degrees and nine apprenticeship programs. Led by over 1,860 full- and part-time staff, DC has an estimated annual economic impact of more than $913 million on Durham Region.

Duties:

The Urban Agriculture Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Barrett Centre of Innovation in Sustainable Urban Agriculture utilizes their background and experience working in or with the agriculture or food production industries to research, develop and prepare a positioning paper about urban agriculture within Ontario. The Research Analyst works independently and collaboratively as part of a team to meet with a range of stakeholders, both internally and externally, to a timely and professional collection, analysis, and reporting of data related to urban agriculture municipal policy are current and leading-edge in the urban agriculture space

The position's range of responsibilities includes:

• Meet with the external client and internal team members to understand and outline the purpose of the positioning paper, needs, and expectations, resulting in a Framework upon which to base the Position Paper
• Facilitate and report on external assessments with industry and stakeholders facilitated through interviews, focus groups and surveys
• Conduct data analysis and information gathering
• Prepare a comprehensive data analysis on stakeholder feedback
• Prepare a final Urban Agriculture Recommended Position (including recommended municipal planning & policy changes) based information and data collected
• Provide subject-matter expertise regarding urban agriculture, Ontario municipal policy, and data management best practices in order to develop a comprehensive urban agriculture positioning paper for Ontario municipalities

Qualifications:

1. A minimum of a 4 year degree in urban agriculture, management, or business
2. A minimum of 2 years of work experience in data analysis and management (or a combination of work and education)
3. A minimum of 1 year of work experience in agriculture (or a combination of work and education)
4. Project management/ leadership work experience is an asset
5. Experience having facilitated stakeholder interviews and data collection, including running focus groups, conducting surveys, and leading 1:1 interviews
6. Strong analytical skills and an ability to prepare clear, concise, and current projected-related documentation and reports
7. Experience working with internal and external client teams
8. Have a passion for urban agriculture
9. Ability to work independently and in a team, both internally and externally, to establish rapport, credibility, and build effective relationships to accomplish common team goals and objectives
10. Ability to work with confidence and with a strategic focus to manage competing priorities, and to ensure that agreed-upon goals & project-related work is delivered on time and achieves desired goals
11. Time and project management skills are required, to ensure that deadlines are met in a timely manner

Hourly rate: $40.00
Part-time support opportunity (classification): Temporary May 2024 to February 2025
Hours: up to a maximum of 12 hours per week (approximately 324 hours of work)

Please apply below by submitting your cover letter and resume to the online portal. Applications will be accepted until May 9, 2024. Competition number SP24-10.

Hourly rate: $40.00
Part-time support opportunity (classification): Temporary May 2024 to February 2025
Hours: up to a maximum of 12 hours per week (approximately 324 hours of work)