Knowledge Translation Coordinator

**About Durham College**:
Durham College (DC) is leading the way as a post-secondary institution, offering an innovative and transformative student experience and hands-on learning opportunities. With this focus top of mind for our students and our employees, DC is proud to be one of the fastest-growing colleges in the province and annually ranked as one of the GTA’s Top 100 employers.

The college offers a wide range of market-driven programs across multiple disciplines, including culinary management, farming and horticulture, business, IT, construction and trades, science and technology, health care, engineering, social and community services, justice, media, art and design.

With a focus on experiential learning, DC graduates are known for having the skills and knowledge employers need. More than 104,000 alumni represent the college, both locally and around the world.

Serving the Durham Region and Northumberland County communities for over 50 years, with campuses in Oshawa and Whitby, the college offers over 12,500 full-time post-secondary and apprenticeship students access to more than 145 full-time post-secondary programs - including four honours bachelor degrees and nine apprenticeship programs. Led by over 1,860 full
- and part-time staff, DC has an estimated annual economic impact of more than $913 million on Durham Region.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
This position, reporting to the Director of Applied Research and working closely with other team members, is responsible for facilitating the sharing of the growing body of knowledge related to teams and research centres within the Office of Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ORSIE). Key duties include the establishment of a communications strategy to translate knowledge, development of communication products and tools, the creation of processes and tools for knowledge sharing, coordinating ORSIE’s social media channels, event planning, and producing an internal monthly e-bulletin.

**Planning, evaluation, tracking, and reporting**
- Identify knowledge translation needs and priorities, specifically at the departmental level as well as individual teams and research centres, working collaboratively with managers and researchers.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate strategies to meet those needs.
- Evaluate knowledge translation activities on an ongoing basis, revising and refining efforts to ensure maximum effectiveness and impact.
- Maintain records to track all activity levels on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
- Collaborate with the Communications and Marketing Department to leverage resources and maximize impact.
- Provide functional supervision to a team of work study students, assigning work based on student skillsets and departmental needs.

**Social media**
- Develop, implement, maintain, and monitor ORSIE’s social media strategy.
- Lead communications and engagement on all ORSIE social media channels.
- Create engaging social media content to increase post performance and increase recognition of the Durham College and ORSIE brands.
- Advise on social media trends, platforms and tools.
- Guide, mentor and coordinate work study students who are hired to support communications and outreach

**Events and outreach activities**
- Support public engagement and knowledge translation events by providing guidance, input, and expertise.
- Support ORSIE outreach activities by creating presentation slide decks showcasing ORSIE team expertise and available resources for prospective partners, college community, external conferences, etc.
- Working closely with the appropriate ORSIE management rep, lead the organization of ORSIE special events that celebrate successes and opportunities relating to engagement, including booking platforms, venues and/or equipment, printing materials, and providing photography and videography support. This includes multiple TechTalk events over the course of a year; annual flagship events such as ORSIE expo, Enable AI Summit, and the like.
- Coordinate logistics and requirements for tours of the Centre for Innovation and Research for external stakeholders.

**Written communications**
- Analyze technical documents, research activities and data into appropriate communications products for advocacy and external information sharing across diverse types of stakeholders.
- Develop written reports such as stakeholder feedback reports, protocol briefs, research briefs, abstracts summaries, and research highlights to enhance knowledge translation.
- Write content and/or edit digital communications, including webpages with interactive media.
- Publish a monthly e-bulletin on ORSIE news, events and success stories for the campus community.

**Administration**
- Covers front office area (CIR113) in the event other staff are in meetings/taking their break(s)
- Other duties as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- A minimum of a three-year advanced diploma in public relations, marketing, Journalism, graphic design
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