Cheer Project Manager

CHEER Project Manager

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Job Summary

Reporting to the Nominated Principal Investigator, the CHEER Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management of a five-year Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) funded research project, the Canadian Collaboration for Child Health: Efficiency and Excellence in the Ethics Review of Research (CHEER). The project is focused on streamlining research ethics review and providing research ethics education for child health research across Canada. The incumbent will manage the implementation of the project including the overall project plan and activities, budget management, financial accountability, reporting, events/meeting coordination, and communications. The CHEER project manager will lead and supervise teams and working groups, supervise administrative support team members, and manage the hiring process for all incoming employees and contractors for CHEER. The incumbent will also present results, including preparing reports to the funder (CIHR), drafting and reviewing publications, and developing and delivering presentations at meetings and conferences. The CHEER Project Manager will contribute to completion of project deliverables and will ensure effective communication across the broad CHEER team and committees.

**Job Description**:

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Support the CHEER leadership in meeting the deliverables of the CHEER project, contributing to the development and implementation of a Canada-wide streamlined research ethics review program, a Research Ethics Board assessment program and educational resources.
- Lead and supervise teams and working groups contributing to the deliverables of the CHEER project. These teams and working groups include: the CHEER Research Ethics Board (REB) qualification team, MICYRN (Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network) national clinical trial navigators, and other groups as appropriate.
- Manage the CHEER REB Qualification Program, Supervise the CHEER REB qualification team members, which involves establishing and managing teams of 5 research ethics experts conducting on-site qualification visits, oversee the preparation and finalization of high-quality reports that are compliant with the established qualification manual and process.
- Establish performance standards, review and evaluate performance and contribute to conducting formal performance reviews on an ongoing basis.
- Assess staff training and development needs and ensures that employees receive training required to improve and sustain successful performance.
- Assist in developing educational content, policies, processes, training resources and tools to support project deliverables.
- Provide expert level guidance and advice to the PI regarding design and implementation of research strategy.
- Manage the hiring process for all incoming employees and contractors to the CHEER project, including selection and employment and contract negotiations.
- Manage the quality assurance program and ensure all CHEER deliverables fulfil grant objectives and are completed on time.
- Work closely with the lead organizations, Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO) and the Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN), as well as the Queen’s University Office for the Professional Development and Educational Scholarship (OPDES) to support the development and implementation of project deliverables.
- Develop, maintain and monitor a detailed project management timeline and task set, work with the team and committees to set priorities and project objectives.
- Develop the project budget and be responsible for monitoring and reporting, as per funder/institution guidelines, and in coordination with the Departmental Administrator in Public Health Sciences, liaise with the lead groups.
- Oversees the data collection required for evaluation of key metrics and synthesizes data, complies data into reports, databases, manuscripts, and presentation tools.
- Lead and conduct information gathering exercises as needed, including literature reviews, web searches and outreach, prepare background documents and other materials needed to advance project deliverables, review materials to ensure consistency and quality.
- Propose, draft, and review publications relevant to CHEER project activities.
- Develop and manage the implementation of the project performance management plan and key performance indicators, including preparing regular performance reports and progress reports as needed for funders and other stakeholders.
- Organize CHEER Te