Knowledge Mobilization Specialist

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

**Date Posted**:03/03/2023
**Req ID**: 30003
**Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Arts & Science
**Department**: School of Cities
**Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
**Position Number**: 00053409

**Description**:
**About us**:
The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

The School of Cities at the University of Toronto is one of a kind, created to address the pressing issues facing urban areas to better cities and urban regions. Wetake advantage of being located in one of the world’s most culturally diverse, dynamic, and vibrant cities. As the innovation centre for the new science of cities, the School of Cities is a solutions incubator for urban-focused researchers, educators, students, practitioners and the general public to explore the complex global challenges facing urban centres. A living laboratory, the school leverages urban data and lived experience to improve policy and decision-making, and collaborates with city leaders around the world to make local decisions that have real impact.

**Your opportunity**:
Knowledge translation is intended to focus on broadening the reach of scholarly work to affect changes in policy, community action, and industry decisions. That means meeting our audience where they are, helping them to understand esoteric concepts that might inform their work; advocating actionable changes based on research insights; supporting advancements that create real positive change for communities. For the School of Cities, knowledge translation is not just about repackaging scholarly work, it’s about answering the questions, “so what?” and “now what?,” in order to recommend actions. To that end, the work for us might take the form of a policy brief, a script for a video, a storyboard for a documentary, display cards for an exhibition, or an interview protocol for a podcast.

The Knowledge Translation Specialist will work with the core School of Cities team of staff and faculty, as well as becoming an addition to the teams of two of our affiliated transportation initiatives in particular: Mobility Network and Mobilizing Justice. They will work closely with the staff and faculty of these organizationsto amplify their academic work and connect with change-makers who are committed to improving cities.

This is a one-year term position with the possibility of extension.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Drafting documents for knowledge translation purposes
- Proofreading and fact-checking content
- Synthesizing technical, qualitative and contextual research data
- Formatting research results to be presentable and easily comprehensible
- Drafting summaries of research project results
- Fostering and maintaining positive relations with stakeholders to support knowledge translation activities
- Generating original concepts and writing copy
- Drafting storyboard content and presenting to clients as options

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Political Science, Public Policy, or closely related field, or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
- Minimum four (4) years recent and related knowledge translation, journalism, or public scholarship writing experience in the University, or urban/public policy research organization.
- Experience in knowledge translation of academic research, scholarship activity, working with granting agencies and organizations involved in urban affairs (cities, governments, private and/or public sector).
- Experience in policy writing and government relations communications.
- Experience organizing seminars, workshops, colloquia.
- Experience working in a matrix organization or reporting to multiple program leaders.
- Experience managing multiple projects and project teams.
- Demonstrated high degree of tact and sensitivity in dealing with multiple stakeholders within and outside the University.
- Superior research, writing and communication (verbal and written) skills, demonstrated ability to write and edit reports and to prepare and present ideas and analysis to a diverse range of audiences.
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet strict and competing deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal, collaborative skills; demonstrated ability to establish positi

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