Description
Area: Impact and Assessment
Duration: 2 years
Start Date: Dec 15, 2024 or until suitable candidate found
Salary: $60,000 + benefits
The Department of Community Health Sciences in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in Impact and Assessment.
Job Description:
Within the newly established Research Impact Design Lab, the goal is to advance the science and practice of impact and assessment. The focus is to build a transdisciplinary network of experts and practitioners across three strategic pillars: Research Scholarship; Training; Experimental Action Lab. A partnership approach will be taken to leverage expertise internally to the University of Calgary as well as externally at a national and international level. If you see yourself as having an entrepreneurial mindset, are creative and want a career as an impact professional this is for you. The benefits of this unique post-doctorate is that you will receive hands on specialized training, given access to international experts and provided with practical experience and tools to realize and assess real world impact. This opportunity a good fit for those who wish to have a career in impact and provides unique skills either to continue in academia or transition to a job outside academia. There is opportunity to be involved in these three areas with a primary focus on the training and research scholarship:
- Training and Development
- Support curriculum development, develop and prepare training materials using the latest tools, facilitate and deliver impact training both in person and virtually
- Research Scholarship
- Support publications on the science and practice of assessing impact, realizing and optimizing real world impact
- Experimental Action Lab
- Support partnered studies in the field that involves project management and coordination as well as support publications of key projects. The purpose of the lab is to code sign, plan, implement, test and scale impact assessments and interventions to realize real world impact
An impact Network that supports and advises on these three pillars will be built out. The network will include alumni, mentors and coaches and also partners who may be interested in participating in international projects and field work.
Qualifications:
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- Completed Ph.D., that can be from Health, Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, Computer Science, Business, Evaluation, Interdisciplinary/Transdisciplinary research
- Practical experience in assessing or realizing impact is an asset
Application Details:
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The deadline for submitting applications are November 30th.
The terms and conditions of employment are covered under the UCalgary and PDAC Collective Agreement. To find out more about postdoctoral scholar program at the University of Calgary visit our Postdocs website.
To learn more about postdoctoral scholar opportunities at the University of Calgary, view our Postdoc Careers website.
About the University of Calgary
UCalgary is Canada’s entrepreneurial university, located in Canada’s most enterprising city. It is a top research university and one of the highest-ranked universities of its age. Founded in 1966, its 36,000 students experience an innovative learning environment, made rich by research, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial thinking. It is Canada’s leader in the creation of start-ups. Start something today at the University of Calgary. For more information, visit ucalgary.ca.
About Calgary, Alberta
Calgary is one of the world’s cleanest cities and has been named one of the world’s most livable cities for years. Calgary is a city of leaders’ in business, community, philanthropy and volunteerism. Calgarians benefit from the strongest economy in the nation and enjoy more days of sunshine per year than any other major Canadian city. Calgary is less than an hour’s drive from the Rocky Mountains and boasts the most extensive urban pathway and bikeway network in North America.
The University of Calgary has launched an institution-wide Indigenous Strategy committing to creating a rich, vibrant, and culturally competent campus that welcomes and supports Indigenous Peoples, encourages Indigenous community partnerships, is inclusive of Indigenous perspectives in all that we do.
As an equitable and inclusive employer, the University of Calgary recognizes that a diverse staff/faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers that have been historically encountered by some people in our society. We strive to recruit individuals who will further enhance our diversity and will support their academic and professional success while they are here. In particular, we encourage members of the designated groups (women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible/racialized minorities, and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities) to apply. To ensure a fair and equitable assessment, we offer accommodation at any stage during the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. Questions regarding [diversity] EDI at UCalgary can be sent to the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (equity@ucalgary.ca) and requests for accommodations can be sent to Human Resources (hrhire@ucalgary.ca).