Job: Writer/Knowledge Transfer Specialist

Position: Writer/Knowledge Transfer Specialist
Centre for Research on Inner City Health
Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital

Part-Time, Contract: 60%-80% FTE (negotiable)
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Contract Period: April 20, 2009-May 1, 2010
Deadline to Apply: March 20, 2009

Position: Reporting to the Director, Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, the Writer/Knowledge
Exchange Specialist will support and implement a range of activities in fulfillment of CRICH’s
knowledge transfer goals and objectives. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: writing research synopses and summaries for non-academic target users; communicating CRICH’s vision, mission; coordinating KT events and symposia; utilization of new media for communication;stakeholder relations (government, community, media, public).

Knowledge Required: at least two of the following:
- social disadvantage/poverty/urban health issues;
- health services research/public health research
- principles of business writing, technical writing, writing for media
- knowledge transfer principles

Skills and Experience: superior public communication/marketing skills (verbal, written), project management expertise, experience in technical writing/writing for government and other nonacademic audiences; web content management; government relations or community engagement experience; capacity to learn new issues quickly.

About KT at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health
Most issues studied at CRICH span multiple policy sectors and are relevant to diverse
stakeholders. Our KT challenge is to identify pathways and evidence-based interventions linking health care, housing, social services, immigration, education, corrections, and other sectors. To ensure that our research is relevant, timely, and useful, we work in partnership with community agencies, public policy organizations, and decision-makers.

About the Centre for Research on Inner City Health
The Centre for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH) at St. Michael’s Hospital is Canada’s only
hospital-based research organization focused on the health consequences of urban life and social inequality. Across a range of health conditions and in spite of universal health care policies, lower income populations are at greatest risk of illness and experience greatest unmet need for health care services. CRICH generates scientific evidence and tools to illuminate health barriers and reduce health disparities. Our research priorities include: health-promoting neighbourhoods, health effects of homelessness and underhousing; and evaluating health services for marginalized groups. Genuinely transdisciplinary, CRICH scientific strengths include economics, ethics, geography and GIS, health services research, medicine, psychology, and psychiatry, and social epidemiology. One third of CRICH faculty members are front-line physicians at St. Michael’s Hospital, providing a direct link between population research and patient care. CRICH is affiliated with the University of Toronto and is part of the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. CRICH is supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to conduct research to help ensure that Ontarians have equitable access to care services, regardless of who they are, where they live, or what they own.

Applications for this position should include a cover letter, resume, and portfolio of three writing samples that demonstrate your capacity to convey research evidence to non-academic audience.

Submit your application to:
Kelly Murphy
Director, Knowledge Transfer and Partnerships
Centre for Research on Inner City Health
Keenan Research Centre
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto ON
M5B 1W8
murphyke@smh.toronto.on.ca