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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

12

Job Family:

Research and Program Support

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

School of Psychology_Jude Mary Cénat_PM

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted:

June 26, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

July 06, 2025

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NR4 - 35 hrs

Salary Range:

$61,615.00 - $77,019.00

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health (ICBH) based at the School of Psychology in the Faculty of Social Sciences is looking for a full-time Intermediate research coordinator. As Canada's first academic research Centre entirely dedicated to the study of the biological, social, and cultural determinants of health of Black communities in Canada, the ICBH provides a leading research and training space, based on excellence and interdisciplinarity, to guide the efforts of federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal agencies to understand, reduce and eliminate racial health disparities. The ICBH addresses health disparities observed among people from Black communities, deficiencies in training for health professionals and research, and gaps in care and public health policy concerning them. Its mission is to promote health equity for Black communities through rigorous, interdisciplinary, innovative research and community and social engagement.

Purpose:

Primary responsibility for the execution of the basic investigative tasks of the research project(s) and contributing to the ongoing management, progress evaluation, and information dissemination relating to the project(s) of the Centre.

Typical tasks and duties:

Project management

• Assists with welcoming, training, guiding, and supervising students and research staff.
• Organize and organize participant recruitment
• Ensures compliance with University and sponsor regulations.
• Ensures compliance with ethics approvals.
• Creates and maintains computer data sets and databases, including participant database.

Project administration

• Develops, implements and maintains physical and electronic filing systems, especially for data management.
• Carries out general project administration and communication duties as required by the project.
• Plans and arranges meetings with research subjects, focus groups, teleconferences and other research activities; takes and prepares minutes.
• Plans and arranges meetings, teleconferences and other research related dissemination events.
• Tracks expenses, including participant reimbursements.
• Tracks laboratory and other operational supplies; requests or acquires equipment or supplies necessary for the project.
• Assists with the preparation, writing, translation (English and French), of key documents including ethics applications, project reports, manuscripts for publication, abstracts, scientific posters and presentations by providing technical content in support of such documents.

Organize and / or participate in information dissemination activities

• Assists in the organization and implementation of research dissemination events including conferences, seminars and workshops.
• Assists in the organization of and development of material for, and implements research coordination events including conferences, seminars and workshops amongst project investigators and stakeholders.
• Attend and contribute to relevant research and research dissemination meetings.
• Assists with any other duties required by the research project or management of the research lab.
• Support the creation of tools for promotion, awareness and knowledge transfer ( e.g, social media, newsletters, fact sheets, presentations).

Knowledge, skills, education and experience:

• Undergraduate degree related discipline (public health, population health, health sciences, etc.); graduate degree is an asset.
• One to two (1 – 2) years experience in research and administration positions.
• Intermediate computer skills and experience using MS Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Access).
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, to work under pressure, to effectively manage overlapping duties and to meet deadlines.
• Ability to attend to detail and display resourcefulness.
• Strong organizational, time management, coordination and facilitation skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills as well as the ability to work in a team environment.
• Advanced written and verbal skills in English or French. Bilingualism, spoken and written, is preferred.

Key Competencies at uOttawa:

Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.

Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.

Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.

Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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