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Salary Range: $5,791.00 to $8,323.42 CAD Monthly

Contract: Full-time term position

Closing Date: August 14, 2024

About Population Data BC

Population Data BC (PopData) is a multi-university, data and education resource facilitating interdisciplinary research on the determinants of human health, well-being and development.

We support secure research access to individual-level, de-identified longitudinal data on 5.4 million residents living in British Columbia, linking data across various sectors such as health, education, early childhood development, workplace and the environment.

We are a key member of the International Population Data Linkage Network, through which we have promoted international research collaborations and fostered working groups on privacy and access to data. PopData is also one of 14 centres that comprise Health Data Research Network Canada (HDRN Canada), a research-enabling, distributed network that supports multi-regional, person-focused research.

Health Data Research Network Canada (HDRN Canada) and the SPOR Canadian Data Platform (CDP), the first initiative of HDRN Canada, are based at Population Data BC at the University of British Columbia.

Job Description

The Communications Coordinator reports to HDRN Canada’s Strategic Communications Manager, and is part of HDRN Canada’s Communications Team.

HDRN Canada’s Communications Team are staff members of Population Data BC, which is a part of the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

The Communications Coordinator will develop communications products for HDRN Canada, including report design and layout, graphic design, audiovisual design, and writing for various formats (web, print, social) and audiences (internal to HDRN Canada, public-facing, etc.).

Responsibilities

The successful candidate perform the following duties:

• Contributes to the HDRN Canada communications strategy by providing input based on experience and expertise, in consultation with the Strategic Communications Manager.
• Develops communications materials for dissemination both internally and externally, including articles, reports, promotional material, infographics, web and print visuals.
• Cultivates a common look and feel for all communications materials, ensuring accuracy, professionalism, clarity and consistency.
• Facilitates knowledge exchange between network member institutions.
• Liaises with stakeholders and experts internally and externally to assess and evaluate needs, and develops communication materials resulting from consultation with stakeholders/experts.
• Executes communications and knowledge mobilization strategies in collaboration with stakeholders, including through web, social media, and other digital channels.
• Works with the Communications Team to develop and disseminate related communications and promotional materials that support awareness of various research and data resources, as well as  training (e.g. website content, marketing materials, social media, reports, and plain language summaries).
• Disseminates research findings through various knowledge translation activities; takes research products/findings/evidence and translates them for the appropriate audience.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of relevant communications standards, products, and tools.
• Develops domain knowledge in the field of health data and cultivates a broad understanding of researcher access to data in BC, Canada and around the world to support a range of design and communication tasks and projects.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum four years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own.
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including excellence in the use of English grammar, spelling, punctuation, and technical terminology.
• Demonstrated understanding of communications and knowledge translation approaches, with experience in content design.
• Strong proficiency with web content and media management tools.
• Strong proficiency with design software (Adobe Creative Suite and Canva).
• Comprehensive computer literacy including demonstrated intermediate level skills with G-suite (drive, docs, sheets, Gmail).
• Strong ability to exercise tact, discretion, and judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to write in a variety of styles for a range of audiences.
• Ability to synthesize information to inform content design, delivery and communication.
• Strong understanding of how to function as a team player in a multi-stakeholder, pan-Canadian distributed network.
• Ability to understand technical terms and concepts.
• Exceptional attention to detail; strong proofreading skills.
• Demonstrated time management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multi-tasking and competing priorities.
• Exceptional initiative and willingness to learn new concepts and detailed procedures.
• Fluency in French is highly desirable.
• Experience in conference/event planning an asset.
• Must be positive in attitude and a team player.
• Ability to travel as needed.

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