Reporting to the Director of Research, Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Research Manager is responsible for providing senior level research support to the Department.
The Research Manager is required to demonstrate effective judgment and efficiency with an exceptional level of collaboration and communication, while managing the complexities of multiple projects undertaken by the Department. The incumbent works closely with the Department’s researchers, researchers from collaborating universities, knowledge users, stakeholders and other units. The incumbent ensures an appropriate two-way flow of ideas, information and knowledge, and develops strategic linkages to advance research collaborations.

The nature of this position may require overnight travel, evening and weekend work both within the province and nationally.

Job Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provides senior-level administrative support to the department through managing, planning and co-ordinating diverse projects, activities, performing research and analysis to prepare presentations, reports, research project summaries and manuscripts.
• Assists in the development of research programs. This includes conducting systematic literature reviews of selected research topics, developing data extraction plans and forms, validating and checking the quality of studies, tabulating extracted studies and providing final reports.
• Supports the PI in production and submission of grant applications for internal/external funding opportunities. This includes identifying potential funding opportunities and preparing grant applications by gathering and compiling supporting documentation. Ensures applications are complete, accurate, meet the objectives of the funding agency, are compliant with agency guidelines, and are submitted on time.
• Helps develop and write co-author scientific papers and presentations under the direction of the PI. This includes the designs and submission of peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, posters, and oral presentations for events.
• Works closely with biostatisticians/analysts as needed to facilitate processing and analysis of abstracted data and prepares results for presentation.
• Facilitates and participates in investigator meetings, research program meetings, and conferences
• Ensures internal and external project meetings are properly prepared. This includes setting agendas, preparing and disseminating required materials, tracking meeting/workshop registrations and payments, arranging for access to training materials, ongoing communication, follow-up with participants, securing venues, catering and accommodations and ensuring appropriate equipment is available.
• Ensures ethics approval and compliance with privacy legislation; correspond and liaise with outside agencies including hospital personnel, medical records departments at provincial hospitals, Research Ethics Boards, co-investigators, and collaborators as required to advance study objectives.
• Undertake other duties as required by the Department or designated Principal Investigator to carry out research objectives.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Graduate degree in social or health sciences with experience in an academic, research or medical setting relevant to the position.
• Minimum of five years of experience in health research, development and analysis, project management, change management, and strategic communications.
• Demonstrated professional experience or academic work in a health studies environment leading projects.
• Strong communications background, with experience in research, proposal writing and presentation preparation.
• Consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

SPECIAL SKILLS:
• Ability to handle sensitive personal health information and research ethics and release of information processes is preferred.
• Advanced computer and software skills including use of computers for data analysis and word processing, spreadsheet, and database management; (MS Office, MS Access, Adobe Acrobat, Medline and Reference Manager) and skills using graphics and Internet software.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and interpretive skills. Ability to synthesize information from a wide variety of sources.
• Demonstrated ability for successful grant proposals or manuscript submissions
• Strong organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Proven ability to think and act strategically, creatively and dynamically in a high-pressure work environment, with tight timelines. Planning skills to propose new initiatives and to improve efficiency of current service or operation.
• Ability to manage multiple demands, manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a deadline driven, highly visible environment.
• Empathy and understanding to address complex concerns and issues. Ability to use tact and diplomacy in resolving interpersonal conflicts.
• Understanding and sensitivity to diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Health Canada Division 5 requirements would be an asset. If not already completed, willingness to complete training once hired is required.

DECISION MAKING:
• Determine deliverables and appropriate format of information required for granting agencies.
• Determine survey content required to collect suitable data.
• Determine how to instruct programmers to analyze data.
• Interpret information about patients from medical records and make judgments on that information.
• Determine when crucial data for meeting study objectives is missing and take the necessary steps to acquire this data.
• Determine how to adapt procedures to solve research problems or to gain new perspective.

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