DFCM Awards, Grants and Funds (AGF) Lead

Job description:

Position Summary 

The Department of Family & Community Medicine (DFCM) has had a long history of recognizing teaching and education excellence and supporting faculty members to pursue education research and leadership opportunities. DFCM faculty members have been recognized for their teaching excellence, innovation, leadership, mentorship and advocacy at the local, institutional, national and international levels.  

The DFCM Awards, Grants and Funds (AGF) Lead will chair the AGF committee.  The Committee will report to the DFCM Faculty Development (FD) Program Director and will have three key purposes:  

1. To promote, organize and oversee the selection process for FD program awards, FD Fund, and FD Educational Initiative Grant 
2. To promote, organize and oversee the selection process for the DFCM Awards of Excellence. 
3. To promote, identify, and select nominees for external awards  

The DFCM Awards, Grants and Funds (AGF) Lead will support the advancement of innovation in awards processes, knowledge translation and scholarship. 

Requirements 

The ideal candidate will have certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The candidate will possess excellent leadership, oral and written communication, as well as organizational and team building skills, a proven ability to lead and work well with others, and a strong commitment to faculty members and staff. The candidate will demonstrate dedication to faculty recognition and development to enhance delivery of a strong DFCM Awards program. The candidate will have relevant experience as a clinician and educator and in creating successful nomination packages, as well as demonstrate a commitment toward promoting scholarly activities in the discipline of family medicine. The candidate will be strongly committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, Indigeneity and accessibility, and to the reduction of implicit bias in all awards, grants and funds processes at DFCM.  

The candidate will have achieved, or be eligible for promotion to, the rank of Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. The position start date is November 1, 2024. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

Recognition and Awards 

• Facilitate faculty members’ awareness of all awards within the DFCM, across the Faculty of Medicine and external to the University of Toronto. 
• Review annually the criteria, focus and selection process for the FD program awards, FD fund, and FD Educational Initiative Grant. 
• Chair the FD Awards Committee. 
• Ensure that the criteria and focus of the DFCM Awards of Excellence meet the depth and breadth of the articulated strategic goals of the Department of Family and Community Medicine and are aligned with potential external awards 
• Chair the DFCM Awards Committee. 
• Advise and make recommendations to the Faculty Development Program Director on the selection of Departmental nominees (including faculty, staff and learners) to departmental, faculty, institutional and external education and teaching award competitions.  
• Ensure that awards are tracked in a database. 
• Organize and lead the annual DFCM Awards and Celebration Event. 

Collaboration, Partnerships, and Service 

• Develop a plan for timely and effective communication 
  • For informing sites, divisions and programs of faculty award deadlines and criteria. 
  • For receiving notices of recipients from other programs including Undergraduate program, Postgraduate program, Quality and Innovation program, Office of Education Scholarship, Global Health Program and Research Program 
• Develop an outreach process with programs, Hospital Chiefs, and Division Heads to identify candidates for award nominations.  
• Lead a robust process to identify individuals for nomination based on award ‘tracks’ (i.e. program award à DFCM award à Faculty of Medicine award à University of Toronto award à provincial/national award). This will be accomplished in collaboration with program directors, chiefs and the DFCM Academic Promotions Office. 

Reporting 

• The DFCM Awards, Grants and Funds Lead will report to DFCM Faculty Development Program Director 
• Prepare an annual report on progress and activities 
• Other reports as required 

Committees 

• Chair, DFCM Awards Committee 
• Chair, FD Awards, Committee 
• Member, Faculty Development Committee 
• Member, External Teaching and Awards Committee, Temerty Faculty of Medicine 
• Member, CFD Helen Batty Awards Committee, Temerty Faculty of Medicine 
• Attend Executive Committee by invitation 

Support 

Administrative support will be provided by a DFCM administrator. 

Appointment 

1. The position will be funded for approximately 1 half day per week. 
2. This is a three-year appointment. A mid-appointment review will be conducted at approximately the one-year point.  The appointment is renewable once after a satisfactory term review. 

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity, Accessibility and Fairness  

The University of Toronto strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.  

The University is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.  

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. Our search committee is committed to a fair process that will meaningfully reflect these commitments.  

To apply:

Interested Applicants  

Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, an EDIIA statement*, and a brief statement outlining your vision for the role.

Application Deadline: September 17, 2024 

Please send applications to: Dr. Allyson Merbaum, Faculty Development Program Director @ dfcm.chairsoffice@utoronto.ca 

For additional information, please contact allyson.merbaum@utoronto.ca.   

Department of Family & Community Medicine University of Toronto 
500 University Avenue, 5th Floor 
Toronto, ON M5G 1V7  

*Equity, diversity, inclusion, Indigeneity and accessibility (EDIIA) are important values at UofT. The search committee would appreciate a brief statement regarding your commitment to the application of these principles. You may wish to mention relevant contributions to EDIIA in areas such as leadership, faculty development, teaching, mentorship, scholarship and/or outreach.  

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