Project Manager

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

This is a part-time position at 40% FTE (14 hours per week). Salary indicated above will be prorated accordingly.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. 

- Manage the research project budget including forecasting, implementing, monitoring and ensuring compliance with various funding sources as well as UBC.

- Planning, developing, writing and editing reports to funding agencies.

- Identifies funding sources; pursuing potential funding and research partnerships.

- Writing and producing financial and narrative reports for partners.

- Developing and implementing research project plans, timelines and strategies for the research project.

- Developing and implementing processes for the efficient administration, organization, and operation of the research project, including project proposals, protocols, priorities, work plans and timelines.

- Managing the production and dissemination of research project outputs, including publications, liaison with First Nations data governance organizations and all other knowledge translation activities.

- Organize and run bi-weekly meetings for project team and community partners.

- Organize and manage semi-annual community engagement workshops.

- Develop and manage relationships with various community partners, including First Nations

- Communicating project goals, directing research and production outputs, and working with partners to disseminate findings.

- Managing requests from media outlets including determining appropriate resource/expert from the partnership team, and facilitating connection.

- Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates knowledge exchange strategies using web-based platforms that are tailored to the focus of the project.

- In consultation with the PI and research team, the Project Manager will lead the development of the websites and some of the research outputs. This also includes, but is not limited to, designing, maintaining and updating the project website using the content management system, incorporating additional content development and design, and reporting on the digital analytics.

- Enrollment in a graduate degree in Geography or Earth Science.

- Experience in managing project budgets, demonstrated experience in grant funding application and in research project management.

- Demonstrated experience in working with Indigenous governing bodies, according to protocol.

- Academic or professional experience in researching and writing about geohazards.

- Ability to analyze and interpret data.

- Ability to gather, record and organize information.

- Ability to analyze problems, identify key information and issues and effectively resolve these.

- Ability to exercise sound judgement including the exercise of tact, discretion and confidentiality.

- Effective oral and written communication, organizational and time management skills.