Grants Development Coordinator II - Research Operations

Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless.

Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.

Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible.

The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.

Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.

This is a Temporary Full-Time position (up to 15 months)

Type:
Replacement

The Grants Development Coordinator II is a dedicated support role with a mandate to sustain and grow the research grants and awards portfolio at Women’s College Hospital. The Coordinator is responsible for: coordinating the pre-award application cycle of research grants and research awards nominations; providing comprehensive editorial and development support on applications; providing strategic, educational, and communications support on current and future opportunities;

and tracking, analyzing, and reporting on applications data. This role is responsible for developing and supporting the execution of support strategies and project plans for major institutional grant initiatives. The Coordinator serves as a key liaison with funding agencies regarding policies and procedures and communicates these requirements to researchers (including eligibility, financial, and partnership policies). The Coordinator ensures that WCH policies and risk ceilings are followed during the development and submission of all research grant activity.

The Coordinator liaises (respectively) with WCH Strategic Communications and WCH Foundation to disseminate funding opportunities and facilitate the inclusion of donor funding into research applications.

The Grants Development Coordinator II works with a great deal of independence, and maintains a leadership role on a number of portfolios. In their role, the Coordinator works one‑on‑one and in teams with hospital and university researchers, research staff teams, and agency funding officers to ensure that applications being administered at WCH are compliant and of the highest possible quality.

As a role model and champion you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

• Undergraduate degree in a related field required
• Minimum three years’ experience in an awards role, pre‑awards grants role, or a grant development role is essential
• Experience working with national and international granting agencies including the Tri‑Agencies, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs Secretariat, and National Institutes of Health
• Experience in grants‑related budget development
• Knowledge of the current federal and provincial research funding environment
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication…