Regional Coordinator, CB2 Platform Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Computer Science Robert Beiko $65,000 year, inclusive of benefits 35 hours/week Full-time Regional Coordinator Position: Site: Department: Reports To: Salary: Hours: Status: The Canadian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CB2) Platform is a CIHR-funded initiative designed to establish a pan-Canadian network of training and community sites in six provincial regions with the aim to increase bioinformatics, computational biology, and data science capacity among researchers.Led by Bioinformatics.ca which is currently hosted by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), the CB2 Platform will consist of a centralized platform for the management of bioinformatics, computational biology and health data science training opportunities. The platform will also coordinate the management of CB2 career supporting activities including mentorship, professional skill development, awards, and community-building activities. The CB2 Platform aims to grow CB2 capacity among all health and life-science researchers, especially Early Career Researchers and equity-deserving professionals. Dalhousie University is seeking a Regional Coordinator to take on coordination of the CB2Platform's bioinformatics, computational biology and data science training and community building activities across the Atlantic Provinces. As a national initiative, this high-profile position will help realize the CB2 Platform's goals to create an innovative training platform and thriving bioinformatics, computational biology and data-science community. The role involves identifying and championing the training needs of the Atlantic region, and bringing innovative training programs to your entire region and its diversity of audiences, as well as coordinating these offerings with the platform's other regions. Training offerings may be from the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops, Carpentries or other providers who meet the core requirements of the CB2 Platform. The role also involves developing and promoting career and community building activities that extend and support the learning experience beyond the classroom and engages diverse and underrepresented audiences. Primary Responsibilities include: Training Program Management: - Actively participate in the national coordination of training activities and progress with the platform's Training Program Manager and other Regional Training Coordinators to harmonize activities and strengthen impact; - Identify training communities within the region, and identify / co- develop programs that support the educational needs of these communities; - Support the integration of CB2 with academic programs within the region; Manage the regional logistics (e.g. advertising, faculty identification & coordination, cloud compute, manage participants, prepare prework & logistics) and facilitate the delivery (e.g. prepare GitHub for materials, secure venue & setup, catering, arrange AV & IT, badges, certificates, survey, post materials) of the CB2 Platform training offerings across training sites in your region, whether in-person or virtual, coordinating with other regional coordinators for distributed events; Community Program Management: - Actively participate in the national coordination of career- and community- building activities and progress with the platform's Community Program Coordinator and other Regional Training Coordinators to harmonize activities and strengthen impact; - Build relationships with existing community groups across your region including underrepresented audiences to identify their career and community building needs; - Work with existing community-building programs to enhance and promote their career and community-building programming. Create new local communities and programming where there is none using CB2 Platform templates and success models; - Develop and deliver innovative career and community building programming that elevates the participation of underrepresented and equity- deserving communities in bioinformatics, computational biology and data science. Operational Management: - Act as the key liaison for regional communication of CB2 Platform training and community events; - Manage the regional budget for individual training and community events in the context of the overall regional budget in keeping with CB2 Platform, stakeholder and institutional fiscal requirements; - Seek, author, and submit funding applications to enhance the activities the CB2 Platform can offer. Seek and establish agreements with sponsors of CB2 Platform training or community building activities; - Maintain records of regional training and community-building activities, performance and impact metrics. Provide comprehensive reports to host institution, funding organizations,governing bodies, and stakeholders at regular intervals. - Perform other activities that arise over the course of development and delivery of the CB2 Platform over the coming years. Required Qualifications: - You have at a minimum a Master's degree or equivalent in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics or computer science, or recognized equivalent; - You have excellent English communication skills, written and verbal, to facilitate effective communications with CB2 Platform stakeholders, collaborators, faculty, training participants and community members; - You are highly self-motivated, able to work independently, and work well as a part of a local and national team; - You have excellent organizational and time management skills. Assets: - Experience in adult learning, teaching, training, public outreach, or planning events in science. Ability to foresee learner needs, plan ahead and provide a welcoming, supportive learning environment; - You are comfortable facilitating and hosting training and community events, delivering presentations and workshops to scientific and a variety of audiences; - CIHR, Genome Canada, and/or NSERC grant writing knowledge and experience; - Excellent computer skills, specifically in Windows, MacOS and Unix/Linux, but also with conferencing and communication apps, as well as spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software; - Experience with R/Rstudio and GitHub. Dalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (especially Mi'kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. In accordance with our Employment Equity Policy, preference will be given in hiring processes to candidates who self- identify as members of one or more of the equity-deserving groups listed above. For more information, including details related to our Employment Equity Policy and Plan and definitions of equity-deserving groups please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity Dalhousie offers a range of benefits to Grant-Paid Employees. Details can be found at https://www.dal.ca/dept/hr/Total-Compensation/Benefits/Grant-Paid%20Employees/Grant-Paid- Employees.html Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV, and the names and contact details of three references as a single PDF file to wanda.danilchuk@dal.ca. Review of applications will begin on September 9, 2024 and continue until the position is filled. John Archibald (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)