Manager - Grant Applications, Development & Awards - Toronto, Canada - SickKids

SickKids

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

About SickKids:

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:

Here's What You'll Get to Do:

Application Administrative Support:_
Application Strategic Support:_
Manage and direct the process that ensures all funding opportunities, both broad and targeted funding opportunities, are routinely found and disseminated.
Ensure direct support is provided to Investigators through providing strategic support and institutional templates for major granting competitions, overseeing grant writing support including reading, reviewing, editing, and discussing specific scientific proposals and providing letters of support from Research Executive.
Manage, develop and oversee processes and best practices around Awards and Honours and oversee the administration and coordination of the Awards and Honours committee.
Ensure that Awards and Honours nominations are done in close collaboration with the Hospital CEO, the University of Toronto and other leaders where applicable.
People Management:_
Manage a team of 56 direct reports, directing ongoing training and mentoring to ensure a high level of staff productivity and quality of work in a deadlinedriven environment.
Manage staff workloads, support and serve as backup to staff in the event of absences or during peaks in volume. Serve as a navigator for the team in a continuously changing environment.
Other:_
Navigate and provide advice on complex, highly specialized or sensitive issues through troubleshooting, complex analysis and collaboration across departments.
Manage the review and revision of policies related to Research Applications, while identifying how specific policies are affected by broader department/institution changes. Develop processes to disseminate policy information and ensure compliance.
Serve as Institutional Representative with agencies, in making commitments, representations, and assurances to maintain eligibility with various granting agencies on behalf of SickKids.
Serve as Representative on various committees within SickKids and in the broader Toronto research community, with discussions regarding implementation of various institutional and agency requirements, such as Data Management, Research Security, etc.
Learn, develop, and implement new processes, tools, and procedures to allow the team to be more effective and efficient.
Other responsibilities as needed.

Here's What You'll Need:

Undergraduate degree related to either life science or business.
35 years experience in the grant funding environment academic, research or healthcare.
Advanced knowledge and experience with Canadian and International research funding agency policies, requirements, and processes.
Experience and proven ability developing and leading a team of professionals to effectively coordinate a high volume of diverse tasks with hard deadlines simultaneously.
Demonstrated ability to communicate, negotiate, and problemsolve with a diverse variety of stakeholders who may have conflicting interests and priorities.
General resourcefulness and ability to take initiative and quickly find, learn, and assimilate new information is a must.
A very high level and demonstrated literacy and numeracy skills is a must, including ability to quickly read, interpret, and synthesize granting agency policies, instructions, and terms and conditions and the ability to develop and review complex budgets.
Ability to communicate and negotiate effectively with Scientists, research staff, other SickKids business units, external public and private organizations.

Employment Type:

Temporary Full-time, 1.0 FTE, 24 months with modified health and dental benefits

Our Commitment to Diversity:

The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital po