CHEO
Program Associate, Ambulatory Care (Center of Healthy Active Living) - Temporary Part-Time (0.2) (until April 2027)
Ottawa, ON · Part-time
Sponsorship not specified$35k-$43kDetected 6 days ago
AccessibilityHRHRISCustomer SupportPatient CareSPSSResearchProblem SolvingTime ManagementMentoringPublic SpeakingMicrosoft Office
About the role
- The Program Associate has education and training in the field of child and youth with severe obesity evaluation and research, and knowledge exchange.
- Prepare reports and environmental scans on current evidence in the field of child and youth with Severe Obesity.
- Participate in training grant recipients and Centre stakeholders through webinars, workshops and community presentations
Responsibilities
- Facilitate and provide technical support to Centre stakeholders on implementing and evaluating evidence-informed practices and programs
- Assist service providers, agencies or communities in adapting current evidence into their practice, through coaching, support, training and linking with other partners
- Provide information, advice and support to potential grant applicants, applicants, grant recipients, peer reviewers and other Centre stakeholders on grant eligibility, requirements and deliverables
- Establish and maintain relationships and networks among various stakeholders
- Support the Centre's research projects and internal evaluation activities
- Create and maintain research and data files
- The Program Associate serves as a provincial resource to the Centre's partners and stakeholders on the implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed practices.
- The Program Associate also supports internal research and evaluation activities, serving as a staff consultant on Centre projects.
- Assist service providers, agencies or communities in building capacity for evaluating evidence-informed programs
Requirements
- Experience in program evaluation and measurement (Essential)
- Demonstrated knowledge of research and evaluation methods (Essential)
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment (Essential)
- Demonstrated ability to show initiative and problem-solving (Essential)
- Proven project and time management skills (Essential)
- Experience with computer software and technology (e.g., MS Office, SPSS) (Essential)
- Support the grants and awards program as required (e.g., proposal reviews, final outcomes report reviews, questionnaire development and analysis for internal program)
- Police Record Check (PRC) (Essential)
- Masters degree in a social science field and/or equivalent of education and experience (Essential)
- Experience working with community-based agencies, and skills in team building and facilitation (Essential)
- Experience building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders (Preferred)
- Communicate effectively and concisely, both orally and in writing (Essential)
- Bilingualism (English/French) (Essential)
- Please note you will be represented by the Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA).
Nice to have
- A minimum of two (2) years experience with child and youth (Preferred)
Skills
- Participate in the development of tools and resources on implementing and evaluating evidence-informed practices
Compensation
- Every year CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.
Benefits
- 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.
- 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.
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