Research Officer

Job title: Research Officer

Job description: Date Posted: 10/30/2023

Req ID: 34718

Faculty/Division: Faculty of Pharmacy

Department: Faculty of Pharmacy

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number: 00054899

Description:

About us:

With nearly 1,000 undergraduate and over 140 graduate students walking the halls of our iconic building, the University of Toronto’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is a recognized global leader in the fields of pharmacy education and research. Together, we are moving science and health through a focus on excellence and innovation.

With over 180 faculty members including, researchers, clinician scientists, clinical educators and community, hospital and affiliated experts, we are the top faculty of pharmacy in Canada and ranked among the top globally. We are committed to offering leading-edge pharmacy education programs and driving innovation and discovery in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Your opportunity:

Under general direction of one Principal Investigator (Dr. Lisa McCarthy), the Research Officer will have the opportunity to work on a variety of research projects related to focused on reducing medication-related harm and optimizing people’s experiences with their medications, through approaches like deprescribing and optimizing care transitions.

The Research Officer will work as part of a multivariate stakeholder environment both independently and as part of collaborative multi-disciplinary focused research groups supporting various projects. This support includes coordinating project logistics and timelines, communicating with various internal and external stakeholders, and managing data collection and analyses of various research studies within Dr. McCarthy’s portfolio.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assessing needs and contributing to the planning of research goals
• Assessing and selecting methods of data collection and analysis for research projects
• Developing project schedules including milestones, critical path, timelines, deliverables and reporting
• Writing grant applications
• Overseeing the data collection and analysis processes
• Drafting documents for knowledge translation purposes
• Drafting and submitting documented procedures to the Research Ethics Board (REB) for approval
• Conducting systematic literature reviews
• Planning and estimating financial resources required for programs and/or projects
• Directing the activities of casual staff

Qualifications:

Essential Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in health sciences or social science, health services research, public health,

or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum five years of experience coordinating research projects multi-site research projects focused on health-care across several provinces
• Experience working with and knowledge of health care systems across Canada
• Experience with behaviour/implementational sciences frameworks and principles
• Experience with qualitative research methods (focus groups, interviews)
• Experience conducting knowledge syntheses, particularly scoping and rapid reviews including devising and implementing search and selection strategies and conducting document reviews
• Experience drafting summaries of research results and preparing presentation materials,

reports and documents for knowledge translation purposes

• Demonstrated experience coordinating research projects, advising on project design, and

implementing mixed methods evaluations featuring advanced qualitative research methods and descriptive quantitative research methods

• Effective project coordination, time management and organizational skills, including ability to prioritize and manage several projects simultaneously
• High Proficiency with MS Office Suite such as Word, PowerPoint, SharePointand Excel
• Proficiency with research management and analysis software such as NVivo, SPSS, Covidence, Zotero
• Effective analytical skills and strong initiative and commitment to research work
• Strong communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders

To be Successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Self-motivated
• Team Player

NOTE: This is a two (2) year term position.

Closing Date: 11/08/2023, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: USW

Appointment Type: Budget – Term

Schedule: Full-Time NOTE: This is a two (2) year term position.

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

USW Pay Band 14 — $88,290 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $112,911. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching

Recruiter: Blythe Campbell

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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