Job Description

Position Overview

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine invites applications for a Project Manager, AMR One Health Consortium. This Full-time Fixed Term position is for approximately 13 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.

Several thousand Canadians die every year due to infections with multiple drug-resistant bacteria, and the number continues to increase annually. The long-term vision of the proposed Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - One Health Consortium (hereafter referred to as AMR Consortium) is to leverage the exceptional capacity and expertise present within Alberta to curb the issue of AMR using a transdisciplinary multisectoral One Health approach.

The AMR Consortium is a multi-university, transdisciplinary and inter-sectoral provincial research and policy initiative aimed at helping to prevent antimicrobial resistance through: 1) optimizing antimicrobial use; 2) enhancing surveillance systems; 3) developing effective infection prevention and control strategies; 4) training a generation of transdisciplinary-trained highly qualified personnel in One Health; and 5) working with stakeholders to produce evidence-based policy.

Reporting directly to the Manager of , the Project Manager will serve a senior role in planning and development of the AMR Consortium. The incumbent will be a key liaison with other academic, funding, and implementation partners (federal and provincial government, industry, health and agricultural sectors, veterinarians and physicians) with varying backgrounds, expertise and expectations. The incumbent will oversee the operations of the AMR Consortium, and collaborate with the applicants, partnering institutions, collaborators and industry partners to ensure the project is implemented and stays compliant on spending and reporting.

Position Description

Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):

• Project Management:

• In collaboration with the AMR Consortium Lead, assist in the strategic planning process and ensuring implementation of research plans as outlined in the AMR Consortium proposal
• Liaise with Work Package leads and update the AMR Consortium Leads on Work Package status
• Help convene and organize meetings to help initiate and advance overall AMR Consortium objectives, as required
• Work with Work Package Leads and the Executive Committee to ensure archiving of all results in a secure, protected manner
• Collaborates with world class medical professionals, internationally known physician-scientists and veterinarians, federal and provincial government, industry and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between AMR Consortium activities
• Liaise across with AMR Consortium Principal Investigators to develop a cross-provincial communication strategy to facilitate off-site collaboration and knowledge sharing among AMR Consortium members, working closely with the KTEE Manager
• Act as a liaison between the UofC Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UofC Cumming School of Medicine, W21C, University of Alberta, ProvLab Alberta, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Research Centre, Olds College, SAIT, Lakeland College, Athabaska University
• Serve on the AMR Consortium Executive Committee:

• Serve as a member of the AMR Consortium\'s Executive Committee to help ensure that all institutional research governance frameworks are followed
• Organize regular Executive Committee meetings to monitor overall progress, the training program, knowledge transfer, outreach and commercialization activities
• Help ensure accountability and progress of the Executive Committee in annual reporting to the Scientific Advisory Committee and Board of Directors
• Consider, record and reconcile all declared and potential conflicts of interest of team members
• Leverage the member institutions equity, diversity and inclusion action plans to ensure that gender and diversity targets are set and adhered to for trainees, project design and delivery
• Working with the Executive Committee, the Manager will engage in a range of performance measurement activities, including:

• Track (and enforce where necessary) achievement of goals, milestones and deliverables
• Work with the team to produce annual reports relevant to Ministry of Economic Development and Trades goals for the AMR Consortium proposal
• Produce reports for the Scientific Advisory Committee\'s annual meeting, including: financial and academic information, and progress information related to the milestones, outputs and outcomes outlined in the AMR Consortium proposal
• Budget Management:

• Provide guidance in preparing detailed budgets and justifications for funding applications to leverage the work of the AMR Consortium
• Direct and manage multifaceted, complicated budgets, and operations and measurement reporting requirements
• Monitor spending within a comprehensive research financial budget, working closely with the Work Package Administrators, for both short-term and long-term planning purposes
• Review, present, and justify budget requests to research services and administration as needed
• Responsible for being familiar with and approving all expenditures, assigning cost centers, monitoring compliance with budgets, and identifying and investigating potential problem areas and proposing solutions
• Staff Management:

• Overseeing a core team of direct reports-to administrative and/or research staff to support the AMR Consortium, including a Knowledge & Technology Exchange and Exploitation (KTEE) Associate
• Liaising with a team of Work Package Administrators (administrative staff to help keep track of the resource use and costs associated with those work packages)
• Project-specific supervision of the activities of W21C research staff who are directly involved in the Work Packages for the AMR Consortium
• Management of routine, sensitive, and complex human resource issues and requirements
• Empower reports-to staff to grow and execute deliverables as part of their career trajectories
• Conduct appropriate professional development and performance management reviews
• Accountable for the performance management of 2 or more direct reports
• Develop HR plans to ensure the AMR Consortium members can meet objectives, and adapt plans and priorities to meet research and operational challenges

Qualifications / Requirements:

• A Master-level degree in public health, veterinary medicine, or health-related discipline is required; a PhD in public health, veterinary medicine, or health-related discipline is ideal
• Required knowledge of financial systems and controls (federal, provincial and local), budget management, and project management according to the PMBOK framework
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible management experience in a related field is required; Alberta experience is an asset
• Familiarity with and/or experience in the health or agricultural sectors; government; UofC; Industry; and health sector stakeholders, preferably in the context of antimicrobial resistance
• Ability to work independently, confidentially, and to accept responsibility for complex and sensitive decision-making as it relates to the overall conduct of the AMR Consortium
• High degree of analytic ability to manage the financial and human resources aspects of the position
• Current knowledge of laws and regulations pertaining to research administration
• Ability to interpret, analyze and disseminate critical information to AMR Consortium and other stakeholders
• Strategic, global thinker with a deep commitment to promoting positive impact through research and policy, and the ability to influence, inspire confidence, build consensus and work successfully with varied audiences
• Previous experience and demonstrated successes in building coalition or alliances of partners and developing robust multi-disciplinary collaborations
• Demonstrated track record of success in building, leading, facilitating, and managing partnerships; demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of health and agricultural experts, stakeholders and thought leaders
• Well-developed understanding of the health and agricultural landscape in Alberta and key issues in partnerships, with the ability to recognize emerging issues, assess opportunities, and coordinate stakeholders

Application Deadline: March 3, 2023

We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.

Additional Information

This position is classified in the Research Career Band, Level 4 of the Management and Professional Staff Career Framework. Management and Professional Staff (MaPS) Positions are currently under review as part of the Alberta Labour Relations Board exclusion review process. Visit the for more information.

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