{"id":5903,"date":"2019-11-25T14:24:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2019-11-25T14:24:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:24:58","slug":"job-posting-applied-research-coordinator-food-insecurity-action-initiative-job-id-36016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-5903","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Applied Research Coordinator, Food Insecurity Action Initiative (Job ID: #36016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job alert!<\/p>\n<p>The SEEDS Sustainability Program, UBC Wellbeing Secretariat, together with the recently formed Food Insecurity Action Team (FIAT), are launching a new university-wide multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary<em> Food Insecurity Action Initiative<\/em>, and are <strong>hiring an Applied Research Coordinator<\/strong>. The successful candidate will support the launch of this new university-wide multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary<em> Food Insecurity Action Initiative<\/em>, to lead a new student-led applied research cluster on food insecurity solutions on our campuses.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of anyone who might be interested or think would be a good fit, including recently graduated students, alumni or those in your professional communities, we would really appreciate if you could <strong><u>please help us and share this opportunity with your networks<\/u>. <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are especially looking for someone with experience in fostering interdisciplinary collaborations and in applied research pertaining to food insecurity, food system sustainability and\/or heath. Demonstrated project management experience and knowledge of community food systems, community health issues, and\/or health promotion strategies. Details below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Job Posting Details:\u00a0 <\/strong>(Job ID#36016) via UBC careers site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staffcareers.ubc.ca\/36016\">http:\/\/staffcareers.ubc.ca\/36016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> The application closes on<u> Dec 8, 2019<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> Applied Research Coordinator, Food Insecurity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Department:<\/strong> SEEDS Sustainability Program, Campus + Community Planning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hours:<\/strong> Full-time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong> \u00a01 year, potential to be extended to 2 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working primarily in applied research and partnership coordination, the candidate will develop and coordinate a new student-led applied research cluster on food insecurity, taking a Campus as a Living Lab approach to investigate, evaluate, and share knowledge for food insecurity supports and\u00a0 solutions on our campuses.<\/li>\n<li>This position operates within Campus and Community Planning (C+CP) and reports to the Manager, SEEDS Sustainability Program. The incumbent will work closely with a corresponding new position of Food Insecurity Project Manager within the UBC Wellbeing Secretariat, and works collaboratively with members of the Food Insecurity Action Team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key work performed: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitate the co-creation of applied research projects pertaining to food insecurity and sustainability through Interdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange workshops, committees and meetings with a diversity of students, staff, faculty, and community partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for any help you can provide us with promoting this job posting!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>Liska and the SEEDS Team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liska Richer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Manager, SEEDS Sustainability Program<\/p>\n<p>Community Development | Campus and Community Planning<\/p>\n<p>The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus<\/p>\n<p>Main Office #3331 -3<sup>rd<\/sup> Floor, 2260 West Mall, CIRS Building | Vancouver, BC\u00a0 Canada V6T 1Z1<\/p>\n<p>Phone 604 822 3270 \u00a0| \u00a0Cell 604 722 5056<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Liska.richer@ubc.ca\">Liska.richer@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustain.ubc.ca\/SEEDS\">www.sustain.ubc.ca\/SEEDS<\/a> | \u00a0<a href=\"www.planning.ubc.ca\">www.planning.ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ubc_candcp\">@ubc_candcp<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/support.ubc.ca\/projects\/seeds-sustainability-fund\/\">Donate to SEEDS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job alert! The SEEDS Sustainability Program, UBC Wellbeing Secretariat, together with the recently formed Food Insecurity Action Team (FIAT), are launching a new university-wide multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary Food Insecurity Action Initiative, and are hiring an Applied Research Coordinator. The successful candidate will support the launch of this new university-wide multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary Food Insecurity Action&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5904,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions\/5904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}