Program Manager, EGAP (term)

University of Toronto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Toronto seeks a Program Manager for the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) initiative. This role involves developing strategies for research collaborations, managing budgets, and overseeing projects. A Master’s degree and five years of program management experience are required. Strong communication skills and the ability to engage diverse stakeholders are essential. This is a full-time, two-year term position with a salary range of $97,348 to $124,491.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of experience in program management and governance.
• Experience in a global research and evaluation network.
• Proven project management skills.
• Experience in developing research proposals and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop strategies for research collaborations.
• Build relationships with partners of strategic importance.
• Develop project timelines and deliverables.
• Monitor and analyze complex budgets.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Data analysis

Project leadership

Communication skills

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

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Date Posted: 08/14/2025
Req ID: 44794
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of Political Science
Campus:St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00058080

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

The Department of Political Science is a community of established and emerging scholars, ranked among the world’s best, with the largest and most prestigious PhD program in Canada. Our mission is to encourage our students to think broadly, critically and internationally about the core features of democratic and global citizenship. This is accomplished by drawing on a Canadian perspective, the University’s intellectual culture and the city’s diversity to address the most enduring questions of politics, locally and internationally.

Your opportunity:

Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) is a research, evaluation, and learning network with worldwide reach with the goals of promoting rigorous knowledge accumulation, innovation, and evidence-based policy in various governance domains. EGAP’s membership includes over 300 leading academic researchers and practitioners of governance innovations from 43 countries around the world. The EGAP Secretariat is based in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada.

The Program Manager is a key member of the EGAP Secretariat and provides oversight of program operational activities, administrative items, and projects.

This is a two-year term opportunity.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying, developing and executing strategies for research and development collaborations
• Building and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance
• Developing project schedules including milestones, critical path, timelines, deliverables and reporting
• Keeping well-informed on research funding programs, application guidelines, policies/procedures and regulations
• Fostering and maintaining networks to build capacity and collaboration
• Forecasting, planning and monitoring multiple complex budgets and overseeing contracts, grant awards and related agreements
• Conducting detailed data analysis to inform management decision making
• Directing the activities of a single ongoing staff-appointed employee

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's Degree required.
• Minimum five years of experience in program management and governance in academic settings, with some experience supporting a global research, evaluation, and training-focused research network.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing plans and processes for managing complex global-reaching research program operations.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and fostering positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including experience cultivating successful partnerships with government, academic, and other not-for-profit organizations to advance research and training outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience developing research proposals, briefing documents, narrative and financial reports, grant applications and contracts.
• Experience with forecasting, planning, and monitoring complex budgets. Experience reconciling and reporting on complex funding accounts.
• Proven project management skills, including the ability to set priorities, leverage and adjust allocation of limited resources, meet deadlines, liaise with global stakeholders, and resolve disputes.
• Experience supervising and leading staff in a unionized environment.
• Superior communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, and proven success working across diverse cultural contexts in the Global North and Global South.
• Sound understanding of grant application procedures and granting agency requirements around topics of governance, institutions, cumulation of knowledge, and researcher-practitioner collaboration, and proven experience advising others.
• Demonstrated abilities in cultivating and fostering networks of contacts and interests.
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve issues in a creative and effective manner.
• Exceptional ability to exercise judgement and independent decision making.
• Ability to act with tact, discretion and maintain confidentiality.

To be successful in this role you will be:

Closing Date: 08/22/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Grant - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 15 -- $97,348. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $124,491. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building aculture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectivelyaddress and serve the interests of our global community. Westrongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples,Black and racialized persons, women, persons withdisabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities.We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment toequity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverseperspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential tostrengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please seehttp://uoft.me/UP .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please [e-mail] .