Research Services Coordinator

Date Posted: 03/10/2025
Req ID: 42104
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Rehabilitation Sciences Sector
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: #

Description:

About us:

Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.

Your opportunity:

The Rehabilitation Sciences Sector (RSS) in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine is a world leader in the delivery of rehabilitation sciences health professional programs and research. The RSS is comprised of four essential departments: Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OSOT), Department of Physical Therapy (PT), Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI), and the Department of Speech-Language Pathology (SLP).

As Research Services Coordinator, you will work closely with RSS research leaders to help coordinate graduate research projects and support the RSS research enterprise. Your strong communication and relationship building skills will enable you to foster and sustain partnerships with existing and potential agencies, collaborators, sponsors, and faculty. You will play an essential role in ensuring our faculty are aware of relevant funding opportunities and in providing comprehensive administrative support to the grant application process.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Liaising with agencies, collaborators, industry sponsors, faculty and other stakeholders regarding funding applications
2. Researching and recommending new opportunities for external collaborations and partnerships
3. Developing project schedules, including milestones, critical path, timelines, deliverables and reporting
4. Drafting funding applications, formatting manuscripts and coordinating submission materials
5. Delivering presentations to promote programs, opportunities and initiatives
6. Supporting departmental research committee, including taking minutes, agenda preparation and follow-up items
7. Forecasting, planning and monitoring multiple complex budgets

Essential Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's Degree of Health Sciences or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
2. Minimum five years relevant experience in a clinical rehabilitation research environment
3. Experience managing research grants, including a demonstrated understanding of the research granting life cycle and knowledge of research ethics board processes
4. Experience researching, identifying and advising on funding opportunities
5. Experience interpreting and disseminating granting agency procedures, including NIH, CIHR and other granting agency guidelines, policies and procedures
6. Demonstrated experience writing and editing, including writing grant applications, correspondence, project materials, documents and reports, and contributing to research findings that are published in academic journals
7. Demonstrated experience with quantitative and qualitative research design studies
8. Experience supporting committees and coordinating events
9. Experience preparing budgets and monitoring and reconciling research accounts
10. Demonstrated experience building relationships with internal and external stakeholders and delivering presentations
11. Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite, Adobe Professional and statistical analysis software
12. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral
13. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, with academic leaders, committees and staff, in a fast pace environment to achieve department goals
14. Flexibility in adjusting to changing circumstances; demonstrated multi-tasking skills; ability to manage multifaceted, concurrent projects and tasks
15. Planning and coordinating skills with demonstrated ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and facilitate others to do so
16. Demonstrated ability to analyze, problem solve and exercise independent judgment based on sound principles and to take necessary action
17. Demonstrates initiative and creativity, and professionalism at all times

Assets (Nonessential):

1. Familiarity with the rehabilitation research community in the Greater Toronto Area

To be successful in this role you will be:

1. Adaptable
2. Communicator
3. Organized
4. Resourceful

Closing Date: 03/28/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

USW Pay Band 13 -- $84,813. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $108,463. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Recruiter: Andrea Varicak

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.