Position: Knowledge Mobilization Specialist (Permanent, Full-Time)
Salary: $70,000 – $78,000
Apply by: June 4, 2026, at 1500 Eastern
Reports to: Director, Research & Knowledge Mobilization
To apply: If you are interested in this position, please submit your cover letter and CV to [email protected] by June 4, 2026, at 1500 ET. Children’s Healthcare Canada may review applications as they are submitted and interview potential candidates as they are identified. We aim to hire the ideal candidate as soon as possible. Apply early!
Overall job purpose:
The Knowledge Mobilization Specialist informs, supports, and advances CHC’s research and KMb efforts, ensuring CHC members and strategic partners have access to the best available child health, healthcare, and health systems evidence to inform decision making, and position CHC as a trusted source of credible evidence, subject matter expertise, and advice.
To that end, the KMb Specialist leads end-to-end planning, coordination, (co)development, delivery, evaluation, and quality improvement of SPARK KMb Program and its products and services, including
- SPARK Learning sessions/Series
- SPARK Conversations podcast mini-series
- SPARK Impact KMb consultation and support service for child health and health system researchers, related knowledge products, evidence-informed resources, and partnerships
Ideally, the KMb Specialist is
- A certified and/or experienced (minimum 3-5 years) KMb Specialist with experience in not-for-profit, healthcare, and/or academic environments.
- A creative, highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive leader with strong project management and communication skills who wants to create positive change in child and youth healthcare
- Most likely to thrive on a small, dynamic team in a fast-paced, collaborative, and professional environment
- A team player, willing to take on additional duties to support other teams and represents the organization in meetings and consultations with interest holders, including but not limited to senior leaders, healthcare professionals, health researchers, policymakers, and family partners.
Key responsibilities:
Knowledge Mobilization
- Engage, build, and maintain strong working relationships with CHC members, networks, partners, and researchers to ensure KMb products and services meet their needs and preferences, identify and help reduce barriers to the uptake, use, and impact of evidence, and support knowledge sharing and research impact
- (Co)Develop general and tailored KMb products (e.g., online learning events/series, podcasts, evidence summaries, infographics, tools, thematic content bundles) and services (e.g., KMb consultation/support service for child health researchers) and employ a variety of channels to share evidence with members and the broader child health community
- Lead KMb performance measurement, quality improvement, and evaluation efforts.
- Regularly review and synthesize evidence to inform strategic priorities and initiatives and ensure CHC remains current, evidence-informed, and impactful.
- Support efforts to identify and secure funding for CHC’s special grants and projects to further the Association’s strategic priorities and enhance CHC’s organizational capacity, health, and sustainability.
- Facilitate engagement and ongoing dialogue among researchers and healthcare professionals, health systems leaders, policymakers, and partners to inform CHC priorities, products, and services.
- Collaborate with internal colleagues to enhance the Association’s membership profile, networking, advocacy, and policy efforts
Program Management
- Manage the coordination, development, delivery, and evaluation (end-to-end) of Children’s Healthcare Canada’s products and services (see above)
- Identify, recruit, and engage speakers, subject matter experts, partners, and sponsors.
- Produce and edit knowledge products, including editing learning event and podcast recordings, and videos ensuring seamless technical execution, accessibility, and quality.
- Maintain and manage digital assets, including recording, transcripts, promotional materials, CHC YouTube channel.
- Produce performance reports and monitor engagement metrics (at least quarterly and as requested)
- Promote the program and its components (in close collaboration with the Communications Team)
- Support the SPARK: Impact workflow, including intake, scoping, planning, and delivery of KMb products.
- Support continuous quality improvement of CHC’s knowledge mobilization and digital systems infrastructure.
- Track and report on SPARK: Impact activities (e.g., letters of support issued, follow up on funding outcomes, uptake/impact of deliverables, key performance indicators).
Additional duties as assigned
- Support the development of Special Project grants and, if funded, their implementation
- Contribute to cross-team projects; typical of a small, agile organisation
- Collaborate with internal colleagues on cross-portfolio initiatives, events, member services, and special projects
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Master’s degree in health sciences or other relevant discipline
- 3-5 years of experience working in knowledge mobilization (KMb)
- Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating KMb plans & products
- Experience conducting evidence searches and environmental scans
- Demonstrated strong communication, partnership, co-development, and project management skills
- Proactive with demonstrated initiative in identifying and addressing challenges
- Keen attention to detail
- Flexibility, agility, and openness to change, improve, learn, and try new things
- Demonstrated time management, organizational, and prioritisation (of competing priorities) skills
Preferred:
- Certification in knowledge mobilization, or similar
- Technical proficiency, including video or podcast production, and post-production editing
- Previous experience in healthcare, academia, or not-for-profit sector
- Bilingual: Proficiency in both of Canada’s official languages
About Children’s Healthcare Canada
Children’s Healthcare Canada (CHC) is the national not-for-profit association serving children’s healthcare delivery organizations across the continuum of care. We exist to serve our members and accelerate excellence and innovation in health systems serving children, youth, and their families in Canada. With the combined strength of its members and strategic partners, CHC advances innovative, accessible, equitable, integrated, purpose-built systems of care for Canada’s eight million children and youth through knowledge mobilization (KMb), advocacy, and collective action.
The CHC team is small but mighty and we strive to create an inclusive, accessible workplace where all individuals feel valued, respected, and heard. Children’s Healthcare Canada offers:
- Full health benefits and pension packages
- Meaningful and rewarding work focused on improving children’s health and healthcare systems
- A passionate, smart, fun, and creative office culture
- Hybrid work – a balance of in-office (Ottawa, Ontario) and at-home work
- Strong leadership with a focus on training and mentoring to help you grow, expand your skills, and become your professional best
If you are passionate about improving children’s health and healthcare systems and excel at translating knowledge into meaningful action, we want to hear from you!