C.H.R.I.M., Max Rady College of Medicine
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Position number: 37857
Date posted: May 29, 2026
Research Coord and Implementation Lead - Tech 5 (AESES)
New Project Part-Time (Grant Funded)
Work schedule:
0-35 variable hours/week
Salary:
$28.46 to $40.88 per hour
Appointment Dates
July 6, 2026 to November 30, 2027
For more information please contact: Kelly Ross, CPHR - [email protected] (2047893968)
MINIMAL FORMAL EDUCATION REQUIRED:
- Masters degree in a related mental health study area with two years = directly-related experience.
OR
- Bachelors degree in a related discipline with five years = directly-related experience
OR
- Completion of a Community College course in a related discipline with six years = directly-related experience.
EXPIERENCE:
- 2 years of directly related experience in research coordination and implementation is required.
- Experience managing family mental health research ethics submissions, implementation activities, stakeholder engagement, and project operations required.
- Experience in research study start-up, including research ethics, is required.
- Experience in patient engagement is required.
- Experience working with community organizations, health systems, or policy stakeholders preferred.
- Previous experience with working with an interdisciplinary research team is preferred.
- Experience coordinating project budgets and/or processing finances is preferred.
- Experience working with website and/or eHealth platforms-related projects preferred.
- Training in clinical skills and family mental health programming is an asset.
- An acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Demonstrated leadership, organizational, and project management skills are required.
- Must be conscientious, organized, personable, and socially skilled with experience working on teams is required.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills are required.
- Knowledge and experience using social media platforms is required.
- Ability to work both collaboratively and independently is required.
- Ability to utilize online tools for communication and collaboration in carrying out activities such as Zoom, MS Teams, OSF, Slack, and Google docs is required.
- Problem solves, organizes results and monitors project progress is required.
- Demonstrates interpersonal, critical thinking, conflict resolution and decision-making skills are required.
- Satisfactory work record, including satisfactory attendance, responsivity to feedback, and punctuality, is required.
OTHER JOB-RELATED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in a health care environment an asset.
- Must successfully complete and pass research ethics training (CORE) and personal health information training (PHIA).
- Must be successful in specialized research tools training.
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in administrative practices.
PROJECT LEADERSHIP, OPERATION & COORDINATION:
- Independently coordinates and oversees multiple concurrent research and implementation projects within a complex interdisciplinary research program.
- Develops and maintains project management systems, operational workflows, implementation timelines, and tracking procedures to ensure successful completion of study objectives and contractual deliverables.
- Coordinates project activities across multiple stakeholders including investigators, trainees, clinicians, health systems leaders, community organizations, and external partners.
- Manages and leads team meetings, establishes follow-up processes, tracks action items, and ensures accountability for deliverables.
- Oversees research ethics board submissions, amendments, renewals, regulatory documentation, and compliance activities.
- Monitors project progress and proactively identifies operational, implementation, recruitment, or communication barriers; develops and recommends solutions to the PI.
- Coordinates and delegates work to research assistants, students, and project staff; provides ongoing training, mentorship, feedback, and quality assurance.
- Supports onboarding and orientation of trainees and staff within the research program.
- Develops reports, summaries, presentations, and operational updates for funders, investigators, collaborators, and partner organizations.
- Coordinates procurement, purchasing, reimbursements, contracting processes, and reconciliation activities using University systems and grant procedures.
- Participates in grant development and supports preparation of grant submissions, implementation plans, workplans, and project documentation.
- Maintains project databases, documentation systems, records management procedures, and communication logs.
- Contributes to development of standard operating procedures and administrative systems to improve efficiency and sustainability of research operations.
- Supports a collaborative and inclusive team environment that promotes innovation, professionalism, accountability, and continuous quality improvement.
KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION & IMPLEMENTATION:- Works with researchers, patients/research participants and other knowledge partners (clinicians, decision makers, policy makers) to apply knowledge translation and implementation science principles to research in family mental health.
- Manages, under the guidance of the PI, the creation of strategic planning and timeline documents for knowledge exchange
- Collaborate with team members on knowledge translation products that may include reports, presentations, social media and other innovative dissemination methods as appropriate.
- Develops implementation plans for clinical research and follow-up contracts to bring mental health programs into health service systems.
- Acts as a knowledge broker by building and maintaining relationships with community organizations, clinicians, policymakers, practitioners, and other partners.
- Facilitates the exchange of research evidence between project teams and external stakeholders to inform policy and practice.
- Collaborates with researchers to identify key messages and adapt content for different audiences.
- Develops dissemination materials such as policy briefs, infographics, newsletters, website updates, and social media posts.
- Organizes and deliver outreach events, webinars, and workshops to engage diverse audiences. Draft content under the direction of the PI for grant submissions.
- Drafts necessary forms of communication media, including status reports, bulletins, newsletters, educational resources, etc. to support the success of the projects and edits based on feedback from scientific and clinical leads.
ADMINISTRATIVE:- Monitors the study budget, including but not limited to the number of hours spent on study tasks.
- Provide summaries of study progress, including but not limited to approvals, recruitment and study costs monthly and as requested.
- Organize, note take and be responsible for task management / follow up for all study related meetings.
- Orders and restock supplies as needed and uses UM infrastructure (Concur, FAST, etc) for accounting.
- Coordinates task delegates and review of team work to integrate into strategy.
- Provides feedback to team members on work quality and advises on areas for improvement.
- Edits other team members’ work.
- Manages documentation, organization, and communication between partner institutions and collaborators.
- May be required to perform related duties not exceeding skills and capabilities as required.
The University of Manitoba is committed to the principles of equity, diversity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).
If you require accommodation supports during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] or 204-474-7195. Please note this contact information is for accommodation reasons only.
Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the protection of privacy provisions of "The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act" (Manitoba). Please note that curriculum vitae will be provided to participating members of the search process.
