Research Coordinator | Temporary Full Time (1.0 FTE) | CHEO Research Institute

CHEO; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 49,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

CHEO RI is seeking a bilingual (English/French) Research Coordinator to lead a portfolio of clinical and community projects within the Precision Child Youth Mental Health Collaboratory. The role requires strong project management, data collection, and stakeholder collaboration to advance child and youth mental health research.

The position is a temporary full-time 1.0 FTE for one year, reporting to Co-Directors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychology, social work, sociology, health or research-related field (Essential)
• Minimum 3 years in project management/coordination within a health or research setting, or related work/academic experience (Essential)
• Outstanding project management skills with ability to meet timelines and deliverables (Essential)
• Experience in implementation science and/or knowledge mobilization (Essential)
• Extensive experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis tools (Essential)
• Proven experience with complex, multi-site projects (Essential)
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with diverse partners (Essential)
• Experience in youth and/or family engagement (Preferred)
• Knowledge mobilization in child and youth community mental health sector (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate research tasks for a portfolio of projects and manage logistics
• Ensure efficient operation of research protocols and activities
• Facilitate qualitative data analyses and participatory methods
• Lead recruitment and data collection, including questionnaires and focus groups
• Track participant progress and follow-ups
• Collaborate to develop data collection tools and store data; analyze results for reports
• Prepare proposals, standards, and knowledge mobilization materials
• Monitor progress to ensure timely completion
• Assist with project budgets and resource allocation
• Prepare publications, posters, and presentations for requests and conferences
• Facilitate communication with diverse project partners
• Introduce innovative coordination strategies to improve efficiency
• Perform other duties as assigned by Co-Directors

Skills

Project management

Qualitative data analysis

Quantitative data collection

Stakeholder engagement

Team coordination

Research coordination

Communication

Literature summarization

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychology, social work, sociology, health or research-related field

Tools

REDCap

Excel

Survey Monkey

SPSS

NVivo

Job description

Compensation Pay Range:

$0.00-$0.00

Summary:

Please send your resume with a cover letter to [e-mail] with the position title in the subject line. Although we appreciate the interest of all candidates, only candidates invited for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls please.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Posting # RI-26-054

Posting Period – November 11 to 25, 2026

TITLE: Research Coordinator

Precision Child Youth Mental HealthCollaboratory

New Position

TERM: Temporary Full-time (1.0 FTE),1year contract

SALARY: $35.48 – 46.56/hr, will be commensurate with skills and experience

REPORTS TO: Co-Directors, Precision Child Youth Mental HealthCollaboratory

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute Inc. (“CHEO RI”) is the research arm of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario – Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (“CHEO”) and an affiliated research institute of the University of Ottawa.

We respectfully acknowledge that CHEO RI is located on the unceded, traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabek People, who have lived on and cared for this land since time immemorial. We honour their enduring presence and the ways their culture and stewardship have shaped and continue to nurture this land. CHEO RI also recognizes and values the historic and ongoing contributions of all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

CHEO is a deeply trusted institution and workplace, widely regarded as a cornerstone of our community. CHEO RI advances this legacy by generating new knowledge and evidence to support CHEO in delivering world‑class care to children and youth. Our mission is to connect exceptional talent and innovative technologies to pursue life‑changing research for every child, youth, and family in our community and beyond.

CHEO RI has an immediate requirement for a bilingual (English/French) Research Coordinator.

We are looking for a detail-oriented and highly motivated Research Coordinator to lead a small portfolio of clinical and community-based projects conducted by the PCYMH Collaboratory; a unique research centre sharing ideas, tools, data, and skills between patients, caregivers, researchers, data scientists and clinicians to build innovative mental health care tailored to the needs of individual children and youth. The successful candidate will possess exceptional project management skills and the ability to create and implement research project workplans, while supervising others in research tasks such as summarizing scientific literature, corresponding with researchers, clinicians and community partners, and collecting research data. Strong communication skills are necessary as well as experience in developing strong partnerships with researchers, agency leaders, service providers, young people and family members to ensure the successful execution of a community-driven project.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the general supervision of the Co-Directors of the Precision Child Youth Mental HealthCollaboratory the Research Coordinator will:

• Coordinate research-related tasks for a small portfolio of projects, including managing project logistics, implementing research plans, and executing or overseeing research activities (e.g., data collection, analysis, report writing).
• Ensure efficient day-to-day operation of research protocols and project activities.
• Facilitate qualitative data analyses, including the use of participatory methods.
• Lead recruitment and in-depth data collection, including but not limited to the distribution of questionnaires and facilitation of focus groups.
• Track participant progress and coordinate follow-ups.
• Collaborate with various project team members to develop/refine tools for data collection and storage; oversee data collection and cleaning; and analyse and interpret results to produce project reports and presentations.
• Contribute to the preparation of proposals, standards, implementation material and/or knowledge mobilization products.
• Monitor progress of research activities to ensure they are completed on time.
• Assist with project budgets, ensuring responsible allocation of financial resources.
• Assist with routine data verification and quality control, ensuring data integrity and consistency with research protocols.
• Prepare publications, posters, and presentations to support information requests and for external conferences.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration with diverse project partners, including clinical, community-based, academic, and lived‑expertise partners.
• Introduce and implement innovative coordination strategies to improve efficiency.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Co-Directors of the PCYMH Collaboratory.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILL AND ABILITIES

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychology, social work, sociology, Health or research-related field (Essential)
• Minimum 3 years in project management/coordination within a health or research setting, or related work/academic experience (Essential)
• Outstanding project management skills with demonstrated ability to meet timelines and deliverables, and ability to manage competing priorities (Essential)
• Demonstrated experience in the field of implementation science, and/or knowledge mobilization (Essential)
• Extensive demonstrated experience using both qualitative and quantitative data collection approaches, analyses, and associated tools (e.g., REDCap, Excel, Survey Monkey, SPSS, NVivo) (Essential)
• Proven experience with complex, multi‑site projects (Essential)
• Strong interpersonal skills with the demonstrated capability to build and maintain relationships with a broad range of internal and external partners (Essential)
• Demonstrated experience in facilitation, consultation and engagement strategies, specifically youth and/or family engagement (Preferred)
• Demonstrated experience in knowledge mobilization within the child and youth community mental health, substance use health and addictions sector or related sectors (Preferred)
• Ability to work independently and on a multi-disciplinary and