Job Description
The Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), is seeking one full-time, contract (12 months) Research Coordinator. The Research Coordinator will work collaboratively as part of a team of researchers of the Ontario Node of the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM). As one of the five Nodes across Canada, the Ontario CRISM Node (OCRINT) conducts evidence-based research to improve interventions and systems for people who use substances and focuses on research on prevention and treatment interventions for substance misuse (primarily illicit drugs and non-medical use of pharmaceutical drugs), and knowledge translation of related research and evidence.
The Research Coordinator will report to the OCRINT Research Manager and Scientific Lead/Node Manager to support a longer-term mixed-methods research evaluation of two of Toronto Public Health’s Supervised Consumption Sites. To facilitate this project, the Research Coordinator will be responsible for all project-related activities, including data collection, analyses, and results write-up. This role requires a well-organized, highly energetic and motivated individual who will work closely with internal and external stakeholders as well as people with lived and living experience with drug use.
This position will be located at 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, with fieldwork to be conducted at other locations in downtown Toronto as required by the needs of the project. The project includes the following primary activities:
- Conducting ethnographic fieldwork (e.g., in-person site visits twice weekly to collect data)
- Conducting surveys with community members (e.g., approaching community members and soliciting participation in a brief REDCap survey)
- Conducting qualitative interviews with staff members and clients of the supervised consumption sites
- Conducting basic statistical analyses of quantitative data (e.g., descriptive statistics)
- Conducting literature reviews and summarizing evidence into various formats (scientific papers, reports, briefs, proposals and presentations for diverse audience groups)
- Drafting all results for publication to peer-reviewed journals
- Completing project progress reports and performing other administrative and non-administrative duties as required
Job Requirements
The successful candidate must possess a Masters level degree in a health- or sociological-related field, with at least two (2) years of relevant experience. Knowledge related to addictions, drug policy, and supervised consumption sites is considered an asset, as well as experience interacting with individuals in academic, research, and community health service settings, including people with lived and living experience with drug use. The successful candidate will have demonstrated research skills, particularly as it relates to qualitative research including interviewing and analysis. The successful candidate will also have strong writing skills, as demonstrated through authoring academic publications and/or reports. Candidate must possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Key requirements include:
- Experience conducting qualitative interviews and data analyses (e.g., use of NVivo or similar software, coding transcripts, thematic analysis)
- Experience conducting literature reviews and knowledge of reference management software (e.g., Endnote or similar)
- Experience preparing research ethics applications
- Experience developing and administering data collection tools using online data capture platforms such as REDCap
- Experience conducting quantitative data analyses (e.g., basic frequency counts)
- Excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail and determined attitude towards ensuring accuracy and integrity
- Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills (e.g., can seamlessly navigate semi-structured interviews with participants)
- Excellent written communication skills (e.g., experience writing academic manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals as well as reports for key stakeholders)
- Ability to work effectively independently and collaboratively within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English