knowledge mobilization specialist - remote.

The Knowledge Mobilization Specialist champions a culture that jointly prioritizes excellence in discovery alongside knowledge mobilization, uptake, implementation, and impact. They will help build capacity for research development (from idea to impact) and research reach by partnering with, training, and empowering researchers and their teams to be deliberate and strategic with mobilizing outcomes within and beyond the academy and facilitating research impact.


Advantages
Exciting Growth Opportunities: Join a dynamic team at the forefront of innovation, where your skills will be continually honed and expanded. With our client, you'll have the chance to take on challenging projects and advance your career in a rapidly evolving industry.

Collaborative Environment: Work in a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters creativity and teamwork. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented professionals, share ideas, and contribute to groundbreaking solutions that make a real impact.

Responsibilities
The Knowledge Mobilization Specialist’s primary responsibility is to help academic researchers maximize research impact by building culture, capacity, and connections for knowledge mobilization. They will serve as a clear point of contact for researchers and a proactive internal partner across units.

•Projects and Capacity Building (45%): project management of portfolio relevant initiatives that are timebound within the period of the role. But also offer professional learning
opportunities and enable access to expertise, tools, and resources to build knowledge mobilization capacity at AU, as well as drive the inclusion of high-quality data related to
research impact and media engagement content within AU’s research information management system.
•Research Impact Planning (25%): connect and collaborate with researchers during project ideation to identify appropriate outcomes and impact goals and to develop actional
knowledge mobilization plans that extend research reach and facilitate research impact. Build individual and institutional impact literacy.
•Knowledge Mobilization Advising (30%): provide researchers with project and activity specific guidance throughout the research lifecycle, including during the development of
research funding applications. Also, assist researchers navigate the knowledge mobilization and research development ecosystems at AU and across the Canadian research
landscape.

Qualifications
•Minimum undergraduate degree in a relevant field (e.g., Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Media Studies, English) with complementary professional experience.
•Subject matter expertise in areas related to knowledge engagement, integrated knowledge mobilization, uptake, and implementation for academic and public audiences.
•Experience working in the Canadian university ecosystem, particular in spaces where they supported researchers and research projects.
•Minimum 3+ years experience (5+ years experience highly preferred) in research administration, knowledge mobilization, and/or communications within a higher education setting.
•Knowledge and experience with Tri-Agency (SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR) grant programs, with a focus on requirements, challenges, and opportunities for knowledge mobilization.
•Exceptional oral communication skills and practiced in developing and delivering engaging training sessions and consultations.
•Excellent written communication skills and experienced in creating cogent and compelling resources and reports.
•Superior interpersonal skills, capacity to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with researchers, and ability to provide critical and formative feedback.
•Takes initiative to build and maintain collaborative working relationships with researchers and members of other service units to create a community of practice.
•Capacity to work both independently and collaboratively while managing and adjusting a workflow with multiple demands and deadlines.
•Excels in working within a distributed team environment and takes initiative to collaborate and connect in a near virtual workplace.
•Experience in digital mobilization platforms, project management, open data, data analytics, and knowledge of research information management systems an asset.


Summary
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