RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MUHC
Position summary
Are you passionate about advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in research? Do you want to promote the scientific careers of women and Indigenous people?
Join the Integral Mentorship for Inclusive Science (IMIS) project. As the IMIS Coordinator, you will play a vital role in fostering an inclusive scientific community by organizing inclusive leadership and equitable research training, mentoring activities, career development workshops, facilitating partnerships and monitoring project impact to ensure project's objectives are met.
You will work closely with partners (Montréal InVivo, IHCT, CBHSSJB) to coordinate impactful events, monitor program success, and shape the next generation of inclusive researchers. If you are highly motivated and thrive in an independent role, this is your opportunity to participate in a meaningful change for women and Indigenous people in science!
General Duties
- Identify and propose speakers and create proposals for activities that will support the learning and development of skills and knowledge related to inclusive leadership and inclusive science.
- Research and review existing materials and resources for use in the training activities.
- Develop and coordinate a mentorship program supported by existing ones at The Institute and adapted to women and Indigenous trainees.
- Organize and facilitate regular meetings between partners to ensure proper ongoing coordination.
- Evaluate and monitor the impact of the program through feedback, reports or key performance indicators.
- Liaise and coordinate activities between the project partners and the RI-MUHC.
- Act as a point of contact for students involved in the project.
- Support the administration and awarding of knowledge mobilization scholarships and prizes.
- Support knowledge mobilization projects.
- Support project's communication (internal and external).
- Other related activities contributing to reaching the goals of the IMSI project.
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE:
- Demonstrated ability to develop training and activity proposals.
- Autonomy and strong initiative.
- Proven knowledge, commitment and growing interest in equity, diversity and inclusion topics.
- Proven creativity to offer solutions to the project's challenges.
- Assertive communication with mentees, mentors and partners.
- Skills to enrich the mentorship program and its monitoring, evaluation and learning processes.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, while balancing multiple priorities at a time.
- Creativity to contribute to sustainable results of the project.
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to handle non-routine matters and to deal with ambiguity.
- Great attention to detail.
- Respect to institutional and personal confidentiality.
- Respect for institutional procedures.
