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

We facilitate the collaboration of individuals, groups and institutions representing the diversity of the community to pursue research questions and training opportunities to understand and prevent violence and abuse. We serve local, national and international communities by producing useful information and tools to assist in the daily work to prevent and stop violence towards women and children and vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities

The Implementation Coordinator will support research and administrative activities within the Knowledge Hub, which connects trauma and violence-informed health promotion projects across Canada under the direction of the Project Manager. The role will work with a group of French and English-speaking Community of Practice (CoP) members and project leads to establish relationships, identify themes, issues, and challenges that can be shared with the larger research group. The relationships will be developed through regular meetings (online and in-person when possible). The Implementation Coordinator will work with researchers and project managers to co-develop and execute knowledge mobilization products, and will provide support for projects to identify sustainability outcomes and explore ways to document collective impact. The incumbent will work with team members to identify possible webinar speakers and other resource people. The role will also conduct literature reviews and synthesize scholarly research.

Qualifications

Education:

• Undergraduate Degree required, Masters Degree in a relevant discipline preferred

Experience:

• 1 year of research administration experience

Skills, Abilities & Expertise:

• Ability to work across internal and external boundaries to meet common objectives, improve outcomes and support work beyond one's own unit
• Verbal communication skills to clearly express ideas in an objective manner, and adapt communication style to suit the situation and audience
• Written communication skills with an ability to complete detailed analytics and reports
• Ability to work in a manner that models best practices in confidentiality standards
• Attention to detail and proofreading abilities in English
• Ability to foster collaboration and respect among team members
• Interpersonal skills to liaise with Community of Practice members, staff, faculty and other members of the Western community
• Intermediate computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to plan and manage events of various sizes, including large-scale event facilitation
• Customer service skills with a desire to achieve results in a professional and timely manner
• Detail-oriented with an ability to function and process information with high levels of accuracy
• Ability to create a positive impression while interacting with others and responding to inquiries, by telephone, in person or electronically
• Results-oriented with an ability to handle many tasks and maintain a high level of individual and team performance

Why Western?

Western offers a broad and exciting variety of part-time and temporary employment opportunities with ample room for job exploration and growth. Within our beautiful campus, you are part of a progressive work environment that promotes work/life balance including access to our state-of-the-art recreation centre. Apply for an opportunity to be part of the Western community and contribute to its success!

Applying at Western

To ensure that your application is given full consideration, please complete all relevant sections of the application. In addition, you can choose to supplement your application with a cover letter and current resume.

Consideration of applicants will include an assessment of previous performance, experience, and qualifications. Applicants should have oral communication skills in English.

Western Values Diversity

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone 519-661-2194.

Please Note:

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. Please note that we intend to fill this position internally.