Research Coordinator, Health Equity and Social Accountability

University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 53,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Saskatchewan seeks a Research Coordinator to support health equity research initiatives, focusing on community mapping, engagement, and program development. You will collaborate with the Vice-Dean of Research, manage milestones, and assist with environmental scans, baseline data, and grants.

You will work across populations and disciplines, balancing multiple deliverables, and contribute to written materials, meetings, and communications while ensuring research quality and

Qualifications

• Education: bachelor’s degree in health, social sciences, or related discipline.
• Experience: minimum of two years in research and/or community engagement and health equity projects.
• Skills: strong communication, planning, and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide research support, coordinate activities, and track milestones.
• Prepare written materials and proposals with the team and stakeholders.
• Engage communities and partners to advance health equity research.
• Ensure compliance with ethics and regulatory standards across projects.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with communities and university partners.

Skills

Independent work

Collaboration

Prioritization

Communication

Analytical interviewing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in health or social sciences

Job description

Research Coordinator, Health Equity and Social Accountability

Primary Purpose: The Research Coordinator role is to work under the direction of the Vice-Dean of Research, to support the initiation and growth of health equity, health services, and population health research studies with an initial focus on community mapping of engagement, equity and opportunity determinants in Saskatchewan. This individual is expected to assist with the support and implementation of research activities related to specific health equity, health policy, and social accountability. This person will assist with facilitating partnership connections and communications, conducting environmental scans, baseline data creation and collection, project grants, administrative support duties, meetings, writing, community engagement and the creation and implementation of work plans.

Nature of Work: As a valued research coordinator, this individual will build and maintain professional relationships to work collaboratively with community and university stakeholders, research staff and faculty as well as independently manage the smooth, effective and efficient research milestones.

The work is diverse and innovative. It will involve working on the initiation and launch of ideas into action, practice, partnership and policies. It will also involve working across populations, communities, partners, researchers and disciplines. The work will involve a mix of administrative and research tasks. The Research Coordinator will have a breadth of knowledge and experience in health-related research that could include but is not limited to population health, public health, community health, improvement science, clinical and health services. The successful candidate must have the ability to build relationships, navigate uncertainty, work well independently, is results oriented and adept at balancing priorities and multiple deliverables simultaneously and in a timely manner. The individual must exercise sound judgment and have advanced project management skills.

Accountabilities

• Provide seamless research support for the Research Manager, including communicating with team members and stakeholders, as well as organizing meetings.
• Track, support and coordinate research related activities, progress and outcomes
• Provide research support for the research portfolio including a structured workplan of deliverables with key milestones.
• Assist with developing, preparing and finalizing a broad range of written materials, including strategic documents, reports, literature reviews, funding proposals, both independently and in collaboration with the research team and key stakeholders and partners.
• Ensure the high quality of studies as per regulations stipulated by the Tri-Council and other granting agencies, Research Ethics Boards, and other oversight and regulatory bodies, and uplift health equity and social accountability research philosophies and methodologies.
• Generate data (mapping practices, policies and programs), conduct interviews, and analyze documents, literature to inform research program design and implementation
• Develop strong, collaborative relationships within the communities in Saskatchewan as well as nationally and internationally, to meet, grow and scale research activities and project goals.
• Participate in relevant meetings and committees at the organizational and regional levels related to programs of research.

Qualifications

Education: A level of education equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related health, social sciences, or related discipline from a recognized program.

Experience: A minimum of two years of related experience in research and/or community engagement and health equity projects/initiatives.

Skills

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Prioritization, problem-solving and presentation skills
• Ability to lead, adapt, and innovate
• Experience setting-up accountable process and organizing systems/structures
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong analytical and interviewing skills
• Proven ability to effectively work with decision-makers, across systems, communities and sectors to achieve solutions to unique and complex problems
• Ability to navigate change and ambiguity.
• Ability to apply design-thinking and generate solutions
• Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment, tact, diplomacy and confidentiality
• Highly proficient computer skills with excel and mapping software programs

Department: College of Medicine
Status: Term 1 year with the possibility of extension
Employment Group: ASPA
Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 0.5
Salary: The salary range, based on 1.0 FTE, is $53,091.00 - 82,954.00 per annum. The starting salary will be commensurate with education and experience.
Salary Family (if applicable): Specialist Professional
Salary Phase/Band: Phase 1
Posted Date: 10/26/2026
Closing Date: 11/9/2026 at 6:00 pm CST
Number of Openings: 1
Work Location: On Campus

The University of Saskatchewan aspires to be what the world needs and embraces equity, diversity and inclusion as foundational to excellence and innovation. We actively seek to create a welcoming environment where all individuals feel empowered to thrive, contribute, and grow. Applications from equity-deserving groups are encouraged as part of our ongoing efforts to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve: EDI Framework for Action.
We continue to grow our partnerships with Indigenous communities across the province, nationally, and internationally and value the unique perspective that Indigenous employees provide to strengthen these relationships. Verification of Indigenous Membership/Citizenship at the University of Saskatchewan is led and determined by the deybwewin | taapwaywin | tapwewin: Indigenous Truth policy and the Standing Committee in accordance with the processes developed to enact the policy. Successful candidates that assert Indigenous membership/citizenship will be asked to complete the verification process of Indigenous membership/citizenship with documentation.
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