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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

**NB: Deadline extended, qualifications revised **

Canadian Women’s Health Network
BILINGUAL INFORMATION CENTRE COORDINATOR
Three quarter time (.75 EFT)

We are seeking someone to head our Women’s Health Information Centre and 
play an important role in CWHN’s communication and media program. You 
will be a leader in a vibrant national organization working to improve 
women’s health.

Qualifications:
Strongly conversant with the major health issues facing Canadian women 
today and with women’s health research.
Experience in education on women’s health, especially at the community 
level.
Detailed understanding of, and experience with library or information 
centre systems, preferably in a social service or health setting.
Strong writing skills, in both French and English, and experience in 
writing for the general public and for the Web.
Excellent computer skills including with Windows, Linux, word 
processing, html coding, VOIP and collaborative meeting software, RSS 
and e-mail, databases and searchable text-based software programs.

Responsibilities:
Maintain and develop a bilingual collection of hard copy and electronic 
resource materials on women’s health. This collection serves women’s 
health advocates, researchers and students, health professionals, 
government and NGO policy analysts and decision-makers, and members of 
the public across Canada.
Participate in CWHN knowledge transfer projects with researchers, 
bringing your ability to undertake quality assessment of health information.
Catalogue and maintain an on-line database of the collection’s holdings.
Provide reference services to researchers, members of the general 
public, and others.
Write articles, resource reviews, FAQs and other information materials 
for publication on the CWHN website, in CWHN’s Network magazine and in 
mainstream and specialized media.
Produce CWHN’s monthly bilingual e-bulletin and co-moderate CWHN’s email 
discussion list.

Salary range: $ 27,419 - $ 32,193, plus benefits, for .75 EFT. Located 
in Winnipeg, this is a unionized position, ongoing, pending renewal of 
funding in April 2008. Occasional travel required. More information is 
available from www.cwhn.ca (information disponible en français). Full 
job description available on request.

Please submit a resumé, a cover letter describing how your experience 
will contribute to an information management system as part of a 
knowledge brokering program in women’s health, and a sample of your 
writing. Send by fax (204) 989-2355; e-mail [log in to unmask]; or to the 
Canadian Women’s Health Network, 203-419 Graham Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3C 
0M3. Deadline: Nov. 17, 2006.

CWHN is an equity employer. Aboriginal women, women of colour and from 
language minorities, lesbians and women with disabilities are encouraged 
to apply. We are grateful for all applications; however, only those 
selected for interviews will be contacted.

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