Associate Director - INMD

ubc; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 107,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

UBC seeks an Associate Director for INMD to lead the Institute’s strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations. You will shape research priorities, manage budgets, and foster collaborations with national and international partners.

You will work closely with the Scientific Director and CIHR staff to implement programs, oversee operations, and ensure the Institute meets its goals. This is a term position ending December 31, 2029.

Qualifications

• Experience leading operations for a major institute or research unit.
• Strong budget planning and financial oversight capabilities.
• Proven ability to build partnerships and secure funding.

Responsibilities

• Lead Institute Operations, Strategic Leadership and Program Development.
• Coordinate nationwide research development, planning and evaluation of initiatives.
• Develop and manage external partnerships and funding opportunities.
• Oversee INMD's Research Priority Plan and ensure compliance with strategic goals.
• Represent INMD to stakeholders and promote Institute activities.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Budget Management

Partnership Development

Job description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level D

Job Title

Associate Director - INMD

Department

UBCO | Research | Jung | School of Health and Exercise Sciences | Faculty of Health and Social Development

Compensation Range

$9,599.75 - $14,385.50 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End Date

September 14, 2026

Job End Date

December 31, 2029

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.

Job Summary

As part of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) team, the Associate Director implements the vision and strategy for INMD to improve research within the mandate of the Institute. The Associate Director provides primary support to the Scientific Director in fostering and promoting the strategic initiatives of the Institute, working directly with the Institute and CIHR staff in Ottawa; senior federal and provincial government officials; Canadian and international researchers and trainees; senior staff of other CIHR institutes; and Institute inters holders to conceive, develop, implement and evaluate programs and projects to ensure the Institute meets its goals and objectives. The incumbent is primarily responsible to the financial, strategic, and operations aspects of the INMD on a day-to-day basis, and provides leadership to the INMD staff.

This is a term position, with the expected end date of December 31 2029.

Organizational Status

The Associate Director works independently and with authority to develop and implement best practices related to the financial and operational aspects of the INMD. This role receives direction from the Scientific Director, and provides oversight to all staff within the INMD. This position is responsible for and will oversee the work of all members of the INMD team, providing human resource, financial and operational support for all aspects of the Institute.

Work Performed

• Management of Institute Operations, Strategic Leadership and Program Development :
• Leading the nation-wide research development, planning, coordination and evaluation of various institute initiatives.
• Developing relationships with external partners including managing a portfolio for partnership agreements by helping to develop and implement strategies for securing financial support from new partners including identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding these relationships
• Developing and carrying out, in close collaboration with a wide range of researchers and other stakeholders in the Canadian public, private and voluntary health sectors, an organized program of interactive research planning, coordination and evaluation processes; these consultations, workshops, conferences will set priorities, develop consensus statements and requests for proposals, and build increased capacity for innovative, interdisciplinary health research across Canada
• Management of the Institute's Strategic Initiatives budget (INMD and partner funds) and oversight on the annual Institute operational and developmental budget (Institute Support Grant)
• Manages and coordinate the development of INMD's Research Priority Plan and ensure compliance of Institute activities to this plan, under direction of the Scientific Director
• Develops and carries out, in close collaboration with a wide range of researchers and other interest holders in the Canadian public, private and voluntary health sectors, an organized program of interactive research planning, coordination and evaluation processes; these consultations, workshops, conferences will set priorities, develop consensus statements and requests for proposals, funding opportunities and build increased capacity for innovative, interdisciplinary health research across Canada
• Representing the Institute to various stakeholder groups across Canada; acts as a link between external groups and committees
• Promoting the work of the Institute at national and global meetings and conferences
• Oversees peer and relevance review/validation of INMD funding awards
• Fostering and supporting effective collaborations with networks of expertise relevant to INMD's strategic priorit