Research Coordinator

McMaster University; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, is seeking a Research Coordinator to implement, monitor, and report on multiple projects focused on child and youth mental health. You will support protocol development, data collection, and team coordination across sites, with emphasis on rigorous methods and respectful engagement with participants.

Working with investigators, you will design data systems, manage budgets, prepare reports, and present findings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Requires 4 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with community-based participatory research preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement, monitor, refine, analyze, coordinate, and report on several research projects.
• Review and interpret published literature.
• Coordinate activities of research staff and resources.
• Develop estimates of time and resources.
• Oversee data collection, entry, verification, management, analysis and reporting.
• Use statistical software to analyze data and interpret results.
• Design and maintain databases and data collection tools.
• Troubleshoot computer problems.
• Write data management and operations documentation.
• Liaise between project centre and remote sites.
• Conduct structured project participant interviews.
• Ensure research material adheres to protocols.
• Develop promotional strategies and materials to encourage participation.
• Present at meetings, seminars, and conferences.
• Keep participants informed through reports and newsletters.
• Manage project budgets and financial projections.

Skills

Research coordination

Data management

Literature review

Interviews

Statistics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Statistical software

Job description

The Offord Centre for Child Studies within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University are leaders in advancing child and youth mental health research. Based in Hamilton, Ontario and affiliated with McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster Children’s Hospital, our teams bring together faculty researchers and staff committed to improving outcomes for children, families, and communities.

Through innovative research, compassionate, person- and family-centred care and comprehensive education, our teams focus on research that will shape policy and systems locally and globally. Together, we are dedicated to advancing knowledge and making a meaningful impact across the lifespan.

Working alongside two Principal Investigators, the successful Research Coordinator will have the opportunity to support two projects: one focused on co-design of a family strengthening intervention with and for Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories, and the other focused on co-evaluating the equitable standards for transitions to adulthood for youth in care. Both projects will involve close partnership with government and non-profit organizations and the use of participatory and mixed methods approaches in co-design and evaluation.

Job Summary:

The Research Coordinator (I) is responsible for implementing, monitoring, refining, analyzing, coordinating, and reporting on several research projects. Acts as a resource for the development of protocols, study documents, operations of study management, and management techniques.

Purpose and Key Functions:

• Apply specialized knowledge and scientific principles to review, critically appraise and interpret published literature.
• Write sections of scientific papers, funding proposals, and abstracts.
• Coordinate the activities of research staff and resources to ensure that the project progresses in accordance with predetermined timelines.
• Develop estimates of time and resources for research projects.
• Oversee the collection, entry, verification, management, analysis, and reporting of data.
• Use statistical software to analyze data and interpret results.
• Design and maintain databases, data collection forms, error-checking methods and related programs for efficient collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Troubleshoot moderately complex computer problems.
• Write data management and operations documentation for projects.
• Liaise between the project centre and remote project sites and personnel.
• Conduct structured project participant interviews.
• Ensure that the relevant research methodology is applied and all research material is handled in accordance with established protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Participate in the development of promotional strategies and related materials to encourage participation and support for research projects.
• Consult on protocol development, student organization, and data management activities.
• Develop presentations and present information and training sessions to project personnel and project participants.
• Present at meetings, seminars, and conferences.
• Keep project participants informed of project progress through regular reports and newsletters.
• Implement and maintain research project budgets. Create financial projections and make adjustments to research project budgets throughout the fiscal year.
• Exercise appropriate controls, monitor, and reconcile accounts.
• Conduct literature searches.

Supervision:

• Provide lead hand supervision and be responsible for the quality and quantity of work of others.
• Ongoing responsibility for supervising up to 9 casual employees at any one time.
• Provide orientation and show procedures to others.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.
• Requires 4 years of relevant experience.

Assets:

• Experience and skills in community-based participatory research, mixed methods, co-design, knowledge mobilization/translation, and partnership-engaged research.
• Bilingualism (English and French), experience working with Indigenous communities, and/or lived experience of care preferred.
• Experience working with the Mosaic financial system is desirable

Additional Information:

• Experience with thesis development, academic writing and scholarly research methodologies.
• Extension of work dependent on continued funding.