Project Coordinator, BORN Temporary

Compensation Pay Range: $45.37-$53.39

Ottawa is built on un-ceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. The peoples of the Algonquin Anishinabek Nation have lived on this territory for millennia and we honour them and this land. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. CHEO also honours all First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and their valuable past and present contributions to this land.

CHEO is one of the few stand-alone, global leaders in pediatric health and is home to more than 6,500 staff, clinicians, scientists and researchers, as well as volunteers – all of whom work together to help children and youth achieve their best lives. Within its own walls and through partnerships with community providers, CHEO has transformed from a 20th century acute care hospital into a 21st century integrated child and youth health system.

Ranked in the top 1% of Canadian hospitals for the digitization of its clinical infrastructure, CHEO combines excellence in clinical care, research, and education to advance seamless care that’s provided where, when, and how it is needed. CHEO’s Research Institute is dedicated to world-class clinical, translational, and basic science research covering a wide range of children’s health concerns. CHEO has been named Canada’s best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and is ranked second among Canadian hospitals on its list of Canada’s Best Employers for multiple consecutive years.

For the 14th consecutive year in a row, the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers has recognized CHEO as a top employer in the National Capital Region. Every year CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.

The Project Coordinator contributes to the development, implementation, evaluation, and on-going coordination of activities related to BORN projects and initiatives. The incumbent will have demonstrated knowledge and experience in project management and coordination activities including excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), project development, project implementation, process redesign, project monitoring, project budget development/ management, communications, quality, risk and evaluation.

• Lead the integration and coordination of all projects to create consistent, coherent documentation used to guide both project execution and project control
• Coordinate changes across the entire project
• Develop project schedules including identifying activities to produce project deliverables, identifying dependencies, number of work periods, analyzing activity sequences, activity durations, and resource requirements
• Develop and monitor the project budgets including assisting in the process for determining resources and quantities and allocation of overall cost estimates
• Lead the development of all required project documentation, inclusive of job descriptions, terms of reference, criteria for admission and termination, etc
• Work with project teams to evaluate project performance, monitor specific project results and identify ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance
• Work with the project teams to identify, document, and assign project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships for the human resources for the projects
• Determine the information and communications needed by the stakeholders and ensure needed information is available to project stakeholders in a timely manner
• Collect and disseminate project documentation (e.g. status reporting, progress measurement, and forecasting).
• Assess and implement risk analysis activities and mitigation strategies for projects
• Ensure that team members are…