Senior Research Associate- Collaborative Digital Research

University of Toronto; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 61,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Toronto Mississauga seeks a Senior Research Associate to lead in managing the Collaborative & Digital Research Space. This role involves promoting interdisciplinary research collaborations, overseeing research projects, and supporting funding applications. Ideal candidates should have a PhD and display strong leadership in collaborative research efforts. Applications are encouraged from those who thrive in dynamic academic environments.

Qualifications

• At least five years’ experience conducting research after obtaining a PhD.
• Expertise in collaborative humanities and interpretive social science scholarship.
• Experience as a project/team lead required.

Responsibilities

• Manage interdisciplinary research space and foster collaborations.
• Plan and schedule research project work in the Collaborative & Digital Research Space.
• Assist researchers with funding applications and project reports.

Skills

Superior communication

Organizational skills

Self-motivated

Ability to multi-task

Collaborative work

Project leadership

Coordination skills

Education

PhD in humanities or social science

Job description

Date Posted: 05/29/2025
Req ID: 43047
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM:Ofc of the ViceP Research&Innovation
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Description:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

POSITION SUMMARY

The UTM VP Research & Innovation is committed to supporting the full range of UTM scholars’ research agendas, and seeks to advance the work of those engaged in collaborative, public-facing, interdisciplinary research, including those in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

The Collaborative & Digital Research Space (CDRS) at UTM will be a nexus for interdisciplinary scholarship in social science and humanities disciplines. The UTM VP Research & Innovation invites applications for the position of Senior Research Associate, Collaborative Digital Research to take a leadership role in managing this interdisciplinary research environment. The incumbent will be responsible for the day-to-day programming and use of CDRS, establishing the space as a dynamic, enriching research environment, and fostering and coordinating research collaborations across the humanities and interpretive social sciences at UTM.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

The successful candidate will report to the Associate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation – Strategic Initiatives, and will work independently to:

• Promote UTM as a base for interdisciplinary research collaborations involving humanities and social science researchers;
• Direct the booking of the co-working space;
• Program roundtables and workshops on interdisciplinary humanities and social science topics that will assist UTM researchers as they develop new research projects and collaborations;
• Facilitate introductions and connections between researchers;
• Identify, foster, and maintain new interdisciplinary research directions for the humanities and social sciences at UTM;
• Assist with planning and scheduling research project work in CDRS;
• Support researchers with the preparation of funding applications and project reports;
• Facilitate and implements upgrades and maintenance of IT systems in CDRS;
• Supervise work-study students and interns, as required.

As an important member of the VP Research & Innovation portfolio, the incumbent will be expected to participate in the review and/or preparation of grant/award applications, and to promote a wide range of UTM research activities. At all times, the individual is expected to support the overall research mission of the campus, and specifically the initiatives of the Office of the VP Research & Innovation.

The incumbent will be expected to perform research with a high degree of independence and will design, direct, execute, analyze and present in written and oral forms novel investigative studies that build on and/or take advantage of the incumbent’s academic expertise.

EDUCATION

PhD in a humanities or social science discipline.

EXPERIENCE

At least five (5) years’ experience conducting research following receipt of doctorate, with expertise in collaborative humanities and/or interpretive social science scholarship. Experience as a project/team lead required. Must demonstrate expertise in programming research spaces, and ability to lead and manage scholarly and non-scholarly projects.

OTHER

Superior communication and organizational skills; self-motivated with an ability to multi-task; ability to work in a collaborative group; ability to lead a project and co-ordinate small teams of researchers.

**Please note that there is one (1) position available on a term basis ending April 2026**

Closing Date:06/06/2025,11:59PM ET
Employee Group: Research Associate
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:R02 -- Sr. Research Associates $61,510 - $107,439 - $124,864 (open)
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching