Job Description

Salary Grade: Grade 12 - $107,685-$134,608 per annum with eligibility for performance pay

Job Type / Duration: Term, Full-time

Language Requirements: Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC

Job Location: 160 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Open to: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad

Closing Date: October 26, 2022

Special posting considerations

You must provide a cover letter that clearly expresses the basis of your professional and personal interest in the positions of # 1: Manager, Program Design and Delivery (PDD) branch; # 2: Manager, Initiative Management and Institute Support (IMIS) branch; and/or # 3: Manager, Science Policy (SP) branch. Your letter should also provide concrete and detailed examples that clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience criteria listed under the Essential Qualifications.

Applicants should also indicate in their application if they meet the Asset Qualifications. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties, you must list each education and experience criterion and write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience ensuring that clear details are provided. Failure to provide a cover letter and CV will result in the elimination of your application from this process.

CIHR offices are located in Ottawa, Ontario; however, CIHR employees are currently working within flexible work arrangements. As pandemic measures ease over time, some positions may continue to be carried out remotely. Operational requirements will determine the need for relocation and discussed as applicable with candidates.

Job Summary

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MAKING A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CANADIANS?

Join us as a Manager at CIHR and help shape the Canadian health research landscape. In these positions, we are looking for people who are curious and creative and bring a context-informed approach to program design and delivery. You feel energized by big-picture, strategic thinking and are excited by the prospect of ensuring that projects and programs align with - and stay ahead of - trends in health research and innovative practices in the research funding sector. You enjoy forming and maintaining productive relationships with partners and stakeholders and would like the opportunity to work closely with CIHR's Institutes. You have management experience (human and financial), including project management and can balance competing tasks and priorities. You are thoughtful about process design and attentive to details.

CIHR offers excellent conditions that set the agency apart from other employers. For instance, employees enjoy,

• A hybrid work model, with a great degree of flexibility, permitting staff to work remotely

and achieve better work/life balance;

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits and compensation, including a competitive salary scale, bilingual bonuses, and performance pay;
• An additional 3 days of leave with pay between December 26 and January 1;
• Seamless transition for public servants

If you are employed in the Federal Public Service and are considering applying, please click here for information on transitioning to CIHR.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLES

Position # 1 - MANAGER, PROGRAM DESIGN AND DELIVERY
The Manager position within the Program Design and Delivery (PDD) branch is essential to supporting the Director General in ensuring CIHR's mandate and strategic objectives are met by overseeing and monitoring grant funding competition planning, design and delivery (program reporting, program performance measurement, project management and oversight functions) and in providing leadership on program launch, delivery and peer review processes for CIHR's open funding programs and/or Tri-agency programs.

The Manager is accountable for the management of the human and financial resources for a division that is responsible for working collaboratively with CIHR Institutes/Initiatives as well as external funding partners on the competition planning, design and delivery of initiatives.

This work includes planning, designing, developing, and launching grant funding opportunities, contributing to the preparation of collaborative agreements for jointly administered initiatives, monitoring the planning, development and coordination of competition and peer review activities, and reviewing the post competition results to assess the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the competition design in meeting the objectives and funding targets, to support continuous business improvement

Position # 2 - MANAGER, INITIATIVE MANAGEMENT AND INSTITUTE SUPPORT
The IMIS Branch provides program management to Priority-driven Initiatives that investigate pressing health issues that are of strategic importance to our country.

In this position, you will directly supervise a team, work with other teams across CIHR, and report to the Director General, IMIS. The successful candidate will work closely with CIHR's 13 Institutes and many other partners and stakeholders to support meaningful progress towards goals outlined in the CIHR Strategic Plan 2021-2031.. You will be responsible for providing strategic advice and briefing materials to senior management, program management to assigned projects and Initiatives (including management of financial and operational resources) and developing and managing relationships with partners and stakeholders.

The environment can be high pressure and high volume, requiring a strong work ethic and organizational skills.

Position # 3 - MANAGER, SCIENCE POLICY
The Science Policy (SP) Branch is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring strategies and policies to further CIHR's work in the following science policy areas: knowledge mobilization; open science; research ethics; research excellence; and training and career support.

In this position, you will directly supervise a team and report to the Director General, SP. The successful candidate will work closely with other CIHR branches, Institutes, and tri-agency colleagues to ensure a consistent, coordinated approach to science policy and to provide advice in associated areas of expertise. The successful candidate will also represent CIHR during external engagements, and support meaningful progress towards science policy commitments outlined in the CIHR Strategic Plan 2021-2031. You will be responsible for briefing and advising senior management, managing projects and resources, and fostering relationships with partners and stakeholders. A strong work ethic and an equity lens are important for all work led by the Science Policy Branch.

Essential Qualifications

Please indicate in your cover letter how you meet the requirements outlined below. Specify in your cover letter which stream you are applying to and refer to the asset experience requirements specific to the position you are applying to by describing how you meet those additional requirements. Your cover letter should not exceed 4 pages.

EDUCATION

• Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field relevant to the position.

KNOWLEDGE

• Strong knowledge of the Canadian health research and health system landscape
• Familiarity with governance and performance measurement concepts and activities

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum three (3) years of experience in managing human and financial resources
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in developing and implementing programs, policies and/or guidelines, particularly in a grant funding setting
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in providing strategic advice, making recommendations, and preparing/presenting briefing material to senior management on complex issues
• Minimum three (3) years project management experience
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in planning and organizing stakeholder and public consultations/meetings, workshops, or knowledge mobilization events/activities and in fostering effective partnerships and collaborations, both internal and external

COMPETENCIES

• Communication (Oral and Written)
• Working with Others (Collaborating, Relationship Management and Developing Others)
• Critical Thinking
• Planning and Organizing
• Managing Excellence (Providing Vision & Strategy, Organizing Resources and Managing Change)
• Judgement
• Initiative
• Adaptability

Asset Qualifications

ASSET EXPERIENCE

• Experience engaging Indigenous communities and/or organizations in research or knowledge mobilization
• Experience in the management of grant funding programs
• Experience developing and implementing performance management frameworks.
• Experience in leading a team under complex and stressful conditions in an environment of multiple competing priorities
• Experience in strategic planning, health research priority-setting and research agenda development and content

Important Notes

1) Several term positions are currently available. A pool of pre-qualified candidates will also be established to staff future identical or similar positions within CIHR with various tenures (assignment, specified period or indeterminate), various security clearance levels and/or various linguistic profiles.

2) Application must be received through the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) - process number: J1022-0292

3) We would like to thank all candidates who apply. Only those selected for an exam/interview will be contacted. We will communicate with you regarding this process by email. Applicants should use an email address that accepts messages from unknown senders (some email systems block such messages). If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process

4) As an employer committed to equitable hiring and creating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued, CIHR collects self-declaration information from candidates. Count yourself in and self-declare by identifying to which employment equity group(s) you belong. CIHR is committed to the values and principles of employment equity. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, please inform us of accommodations (i.e., an alternative method of assessment, a technical aid, accessibility requirements, etc.) required at any stage of the assessment process, so that we can take the appropriate measures to facilitate your full participation.

5) From amongst those candidates that meet the essential criteria of education and experiences; CIHR may select a certain number of candidates that most closely meet the position requirements to participate in the next selection phase.

6) CIHR asks applicants to attach their second language evaluation results to their application if they are valid.

7) If you have any questions, please contact hrstaffing-rhdotation@cihr-irsc.gc.ca and clearly state the process number in the subject line of your e-mail.

CIHR

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system for Canadians. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 13,000 health researchers and trainees across Canada.