Apply for Research Coordinator I, Knowledge Translation Wellness Hub at Unity Health Toronto in Toronto, ON, CA. This Full time on site position offers outstanding opportunities for career growth. The Team for Implementation, Evaluation and Sustainability (TIES) and Wellness Hub (WH), within the Knowledge Translation Program (KTP) at St.

Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, partners with patients, public, healthcare providers, community organizations, and policymakers to design, implement, evaluate, and sustain evidence-informed interventions that improve health outcomes and health system performance. Through implementation science, program evaluation, interest holder engagement, and applied research, the team advances innovative solutions that support equitable, person-centred care and strengthen the translation of evidence into real-world practice.

Administrative

Duties (50% of work time) Creates trainings, manuals, e-learning content as needed. Ensures maintenance, collection, transcription, and entry of study related data, in accordance with hospital and privacy regulations. General office duties e.g. filing, mailings, courier services, ensuring stocked and maintained inventory/supplies/equipment/software. Designs all source documents (templates, tracking files, forms, guidance documents) for the collection, and management of information/data.

Research Specific

Tasks (40% of work time) Plans, organizes, directs, controls, and evaluates the activities and operations of scientific research or quality control. day to day project management of timelines, resources, deliverables, and study tasks. Quantitative and qualitative data collection, including designing interview guides, co-development materials, surveys, selecting/screening test sample,



cleaning/coding data, and conducting interviews. Coordinates participants and helps with screening /recruitment.

Liaises with multiple internal and external interest holders at local and international levels, navigates interest holder relationships, and responds proactively to anticipated challenges. Contributes to the presentation of research related information: reports, proposals, publications, presentations, manuscripts, abstracts, newsletters, posters etc. Manuscript writing/revising; data analysis, including screening abstracts, and full text of research articles, and performs reference scanning for scoping, and systematic reviews.

Help develop processes, tools (project charters, workflow, Gantt charts), and resources to support team members, and projects. May participate directly in the design, development, and inspection of technical projects, or in the theoretical or applied scientific work of the department. Helps prepare specifications, presentations, and report preparations in consultation and negotiation with multiple interest holders.

Troubleshoots/solves logistical and technical obstacles. Support biological sample collection (Phlebotomy, dry blood spot testing etc.), processing and shipping according to TDG/IATA, if applicable. Maintains awareness of health and research news, events and current high-profile research activities.





Day to Day Project and Staff Guidance Tasks (10% of work time) May train, coordinate, and/or delegate tasks (including overseeing quality control of submitted assignments) to Research Assistants, casual staff, and internal/external collaborators. May recruit and onboard personnel (e.g. peer navigators, students) and oversee development and maintenance of staff competence in required areas. May help review the technical work of the department or project teams.

May develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the scientific and technical work performed in the department. Strict compliance with patient/employee confidentiality practices and policies. Appropriate identification, reporting and response to patient/employee confidentiality breaches in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Appropriate identification, reporting and response to patient/employee safety risks and incidents/events in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Undergraduate

Degree and 2 years of relevant experience, OR demonstrable equivalent combination of specialized education and experience. TCPS CORE 2 is an asset. (Good clinical practice certificate is an asset. (Basic understanding of implementation science, including applicable theories, frameworks, and models. Project coordination skills. Knowledge of Healthcare research.

Experience with plain language writing.

Experience working with a diversity of interest holders is an asset.

Experience in co-development is an asset.

Experience with research trials is an asset. Understanding of health research methodology and study design. Quantitative research experience. Qualitative research experience. #

📌 Research Coordinator I, Knowledge Translation Wellness Hub at Unity Health Toronto
🏢 Unity Health Toronto
📍 Toronto