Company: CAMH

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Wed, 14 May 2025 00:36:31 GMT

Job description: Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.To learn more about CAMH, please visit their website at:To view our Land Acknowledgment, please clickJob Description:Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.To learn more about CAMH, please visit their website at: .To view our Land Acknowledgment, please click .The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) was established in 1993 as the research and evaluation component of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy with initial funding from the province and in-kind contributions from the academic community. Over two and a half decades, we have become a key player in the tobacco control community in Canada and internationally. OTRU is located within the Institute of Mental Health Policy Research (IMHPR) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).OTRU is seeking a full-time, 12-month contract, Research Coordinator to support a range of research, evaluation, implementation, and quality improvement related activities. This role requires a well-organized, highly energetic and motivated individual who will work closely with a team of community members, people with lived/living experience, research personnel, Scientists, and Directors to support the implementation of a research study (Smoke-Free Connect) funded by Health Canada to implement online and in person activities to provide community connectedness among people trying to quit smoking living in rural and remote areas.The candidate will be responsible for a range of activities that include, but are not limited to:

• Stakeholder engagement, including liaising with community agencies, program decision-makers, and new and existing program implementers.
• Coordinate and supervise people with lived experience coordinating local community engagement activities across the country.
• Designing project workflows, data collection tools for interventions, and other knowledge translation materials (including surveys, client engagement messaging questionnaires, and social media posts).
• Working with open source software, such as REDCap, including programming surveys.
• Liaising with technology vendors, including software developers and platform service providers, to develop statements of work, validate solution builds and monitor vendor performance obligations.
• Supporting the entire lifecycle of data collection, including entry, auditing, quality control, and accuracy assurance.
• Conducting literature reviews and summarizing evidence into various formats (scientific papers, reports, briefs, proposals and presentations for diverse audience groups).
• Supporting research study planning and implementation across the life cycle of the study including preparing proposal submissions to, and ensuring compliance with, CAMH’s Research Ethics Board and Quality Project Ethics Review; study recruitment and enrollment, data management tasks, data analysis, study implementation, monitoring and compliance related tasks, quality assurance-related tasks.
• Tracking project workplans, coordinating team meetings, completing project progress reports and performing other administrative and non-administrative duties as required.
• Supporting the “Build in Public” approach providing insight into the development process through social media posts and knowledge translation products.

The successful candidates will be aware of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusive Principles in Research as well as committed to being respectful, ethical, culturally-sensitive, and mindful of necessary practices related to research and evaluation. The successful candidate will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork, and complies with all applicable policies, regulatory and legislative requirements. Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders is very important in this position. This position is located at 250 College Street.The successful candidate must possess a Masters level degree in a health-related field, with at least two (2) years of relevant experience. The candidate will have familiarity with research-related processes and procedures as well as data-capture system support.Key qualifications include:

• Knowledge and understanding of research design, data collection methods, strategies for data management
• Strong knowledge of ethical conduct of research in human participants, including GCP and TCPS
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders, as well as people with lived and living experience with substance use
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team environment
• Demonstrated experience developing and administering data collection tools using online data capture platforms such as REDCap (experience in a clinical/research environment is an asset
• Experience conducting literature reviews and knowledge of university library databases and reference management software
• Experience with Quality Assurance procedures
• Experience preparing research ethics applications
• Creativity and strong knowledge translation skills; ability to translate complex information into a variety of engaging formats for diverse audience groups including social media
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills
• Excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail and determined attitude towards ensuring accuracy and integrity
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to coordinate diverse individuals, teams, and people with lived/living experience within the community
• Familiarity with project and workplan coordination; facilitating team meetings
• Ability to work effectively independently and collaboratively within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team environment
• Knowledge of nicotine and tobacco dependence interventions are an asset
• Fluency in both French and English would be an asset, but only English fluency is required.

CAMH is a fully affiliated teaching hospital and research institute of the University of Toronto. As a CAMH employee, you will contribute to our mission by supporting teaching, research, and clinical care across the hospital.CAMH is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our commitment is to foster a workplace, teaching, and learning environment that is inclusive, respectful, and free from discrimination or harassment.CAMH strongly encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples; Black and other racialized communities; LGBTQ2S+ communities; women; and people with disabilities, including those with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges.We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Thank you to all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If you require accommodations during the application or recruitment process, please let us know.