Research Project Manager

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**Job Summary**

**CONTEXT**:
Coordinated out of Queen’s University, the Indigenous Hockey Research Network (IHRN) is a collective of researchers and community partners in pursuit of a radically different vision of Canada’s national winter sport, wherein hockey is not only safer and more inclusive but expressive of Indigenous values and an incubator for anti-racism and decolonial change. The IHRN, which includes 14 university partners, 16 community partner organizations, and over 25 university-based and community-based researchers, is co-directed by Dr. Sam McKegney at Queen’s University and Dr. Janice Forsyth at University of British Columbia.

**KEY REPONSIBILITIES**:

- Provide leadership and manage all operational aspects and day-to-day operations of the Indigenous Hockey Research Network, in consultation with the Co-Directors and in partnership with community partners
- Serve as the primary liaison for the research team, community partners, and internal and external stakeholders; ensure on-going and effective communication within the broader research team and with community partners
- Develop, maintain, and monitor a detailed project management timeline and task set; recommend and design research plans; and set priorities and project objectives
- In consultation with project leads and the Co-Directors, develop project budgets and be responsible for monitoring and reporting, as per funder/institution guidelines
- Ensure appropriate compliance with financial record keeping and reporting requirements; analyze information for budget evaluation
- Develop and prepare project materials, including printed and online recruitment materials, educational materials, and policy papers, in consultation with Co-Directors
- Develop briefing notes, correspondence, reports, presentations, proposals and other short
- and long-term planning documents, that are often sensitive and/or confidential in nature
- Support the maintenance of a social media presence
- Ensure research projects run in accordance with research protocol, and keep track of projects according to determined timelines
- Establish research schedules, monitor project progress, evaluate data, and make recommendations to resolve research problems where necessary
- Plan, coordinate, and run research gatherings (including yearly gatherings of the IHRN Advisory Council, Indigenous Hockey Research Summits, and smaller, project-level research gatherings)

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- A Master’s or PhD degree in a relevant field (including but not limited to Indigenous Studies, Kinesiology, Sport Studies, Sociology, Policy Studies, Literary Studies, History, Education, Cultural Studies).
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience in high-level coordination of complex research projects. Preference will be given to applicants with experience working in community-engaged and community-driven research contexts, particularly in relationship with Indigenous community partners.
- Demonstrated experience working with Indigenous communities and organizations.
- Previous work in a university research environment is considered an asset.
- Knowledge of Queen’s University structure and financial/computing/administrative systems, procedures, policies and regulations is considered an asset.
- Experience with any of the following will be considered an asset: oral history production, film production, web design, communications, policy making.
- Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience

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