{"id":7683,"date":"2018-07-26T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/?p=7683"},"modified":"2018-07-24T10:14:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:14:26","slug":"the-important-role-of-project-administrators-in-cce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2018\/the-important-role-of-project-administrators-in-cce\/","title":{"rendered":"The Important Role of Project Administrators in CCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Working with an institution as large as a university can be a daunting, challenging task filled with moving parts and bureaucratic hoops to jump through.<\/p>\n

For a community organization, tackling the challenges that come with a partnership with a post-secondary institution can be time-consuming, particularly if it\u2019s relatively new territory. This is where administrators\u2014experts in things like financial reporting and institutional coordination\u2014come in.<\/p>\n

In CFICE\u2019s first four years, administrative duties were found to be a bit of a burden, particularly for community partners, who are often already stretched thin for time. In the Violence Against Women<\/a> hub, for instance, the academic co-lead took on an administrative role so that the community partner could have more time and energy for hub projects. \u201cAs a senior academic, the academic co-lead was less vulnerable to academic publishing pressures and thus able to take over these kinds of duties without jeopardizing her career,\u201d the year 4 summary report reads.<\/p>\n

While that division of duties worked in some ways, there were also challenges. Community partners at times felt that the academic co-lead had more control over things like drafting and soliciting proposals. \u201cIt does require trust and it does require consultation and comfort with handing over that responsibility to someone else,\u201d a community partner said.<\/p>\n

Hiring a professional administrator to handle the ins and outs of funding applications, university bureaucracy, and to advocate for the project can provide an opportunity for capacity building for both community and academic partners.<\/p>\n

\"Portrait<\/a>

Genevieve Harrison is CFICE’s Project Administrator.<\/p><\/div>\n

Having an administrator on your team \u201cis more important when you\u2019re dealing with an institution, because each department in an institution is a separate entity, and a separate landscape,\u201d says Genevieve Harrison, the administrator for the CFICE project. Administrators have \u201cthe ability to tie those things together\u201d and to \u201ckeep communication going,\u201d Harrison said.<\/p>\n

In addition to her role as the CFICE Project Administrator, Harrison wears many other administrative hats, including being the administrator for the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation<\/a>, (which houses the CFICE project).<\/p>\n

Harrison uses her skills to:<\/p>\n