The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) is an independent, not-for-profit drug development and commercialization centre that de-risks discoveries stemming from publicly-funded health research and transforms them into viable investment opportunities for the private sector, enabling researchers from leading academic and health research institutions to advance promising, early-stage drug candidates. CDRD combines its drug development platform with a commercialization arm which licenses technologies from affiliated institutions and establishes working collaborations with other biotech and life sciences companies. The Government of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence program has recognized CDRD as a Centre of Excellence in Commercialization in Research (CECR).
Reporting to the Director, Project Management, the Coordinator, Project Management (12 Month Contract) will assist in the administration and ongoing maintenance of CDRD’s Project Management System including coordination of all project-related documents and information.
• Ensures appropriate and timely filing and distribution of project-related information, both electronic and hard copy.
• Maintains the project component of the CDRD database and intranet site.
• Compiles and communicates project-related information to other CDRD business units (e.g. Finance, Business Development, Communications etc.).
• Creates and maintains CDRD project management document templates.
• Assists in the development, documentation and communication of project management procedures..
• Prepares and distributes minutes from project and portfolio management meetings.
• Other related duties as assigned.
• A related Post Secondary diploma and a minimum 3 years directly related experience in a project management environment, preferably in the health sciences field.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and the ability to format large documents.
• Experience using relational databases.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work on multiple assignments simultaneously, prioritizing as appropriate.
• Self-motivated individual with excellent organizational skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project (or similar) and Microsoft SharePoint (or similar) an asset.
Please send your cover letter and resume in one document, in PDF format, to careers@cdrd.ca with subject line of “Coordinator Project Management”. Please ensure your submission is in one PDF document indicating your surname in the filename. For example: smithjohn-cover-resume.pdf.
We thank all interested applicants for their interest, however, only those applicants short-listed will be contacted for an interview.
Location: UBC
Application Closing Date: February 17, 2012