Crhesi Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator

**About Western**: Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference. **About Us**: The Faculty of Health Sciences is a large, diverse, and comprehensive unit, comprised of six Schools (Nursing, Kinesiology, Health Studies, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Communication Sciences and Disorders), a large Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and four Research Centres. The faculty has more than 3,200 undergraduate students and more than 800 graduate students (200 PhD students). The faculty is home to 4 world-class research centres, including; Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA), National Center for Audiology (NCA), Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion (CRHESI) and the International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS). In addition, the faculty, through the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, operates the H.A. Leeper Speech and Hearing Clinic. The faculty also is considering expanding its offering in interprofessional clinical experiences and programs. **Responsibilities**: The Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Coordinator supports CRHESI's knowledge sharing activities with and among academic and community partner organizations; it also supports, as needed and appropriate, research activities so as to develop tailored KMb plans. Given the number of projects within the CRHESI eco-system, the KMb Coordinator ensures that knowledge sharing strategies are developed congruent with CRHESI's desired role on the project, that CRHESI is appropriately engaged in projects that include full partnership, and that CRHESI facilitates initiation of, and is involved with, newly developing projects. The overall role of the KMb Coordinator is to develop and support relationships/create linkages between, and support partners in, their KMb efforts, and coordinate CRHESI's role, and that of its members, in achieving key outcomes including both community-relevant and academic outputs. - The KMb Coordinator works closely with the Research/Evaluation Coordinator. Together, the individuals in both of these roles will support the administrative functions of CRHESI. The KMb reports mutually to the Academic Director and the Community Director. The CRHESI Executive Committee provides guidance related to CRHESI activities that are supported by the KMb Coordinator. Note: The incumbent will have working space primarily at the CRHESI workspace at Innovation Works, downtown London but may also be required to work on campus in designated space. **Qualifications**: **Education**: - Masters degree in an equity-related field of study, such as health equity, social determinants of health, and/or marginalized populations - PhD degree preferred **Experience**: - Experience preparing knowledge mobilization plans, in consultation with producers and users of researchbased and other relevant knowledge - A record of successful community-based facilitation, needs assessment and knowledge sharing - Experience in initiating and sustaining relationships with community-based non-profit organizations, persons with lived/living experience, and/or government - A record of successful publication of research-based outputs, online and in other venues, using a variety of strategies (written, verbal, arts-based, etc.) - Experience in preparing and maintaining websites, social media accounts, etc. - Experience in project administration is preferred - To support the overall CRHESI mission of generating new knowledge and tailoring KMb plans accordingly, experience with program evaluation, including process and outcome evaluation using qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method research designs Skills, Abilities & Expertise: - Familiarity with techniques for planning, managing and coordinating research and KMb projects and with techniques for updating, managing and extracting data from a stakeholder databases - Project management skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously from conception to completion within tightly prescribed timelines and in collaboration with academic and community stakeholders - Well-developed critical thinking skills - Demonstrated ability to initiate, sustain, and maximize stakeholder relationships - Ability to ensure expenditures and resources are within allotments, and to make appropriate modifications when required - Ability to effectively engage in internal and external collaboration to identify common objectives, and implement an action plan to improve outcomes, and support collect