Senior Lead, Applied Research
7 days ago
Senior Lead, Applied Research
Business Planning and Strategy Division
Full-time Permanent (Hybrid: 2 days/week in office, 3 days/week work from home)
Target Hiring Range: $104,754 - $117,848
Background:
The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) serves as the voice of the province's public hospitals, supporting them through advocacy, knowledge translation and member engagement, labour relations, and data and analytics with the goal of helping hospitals build a better health system.
The Business Planning and Strategy (BPS) division of the OHA is responsible for the entire business cycle at the association, from strategic planning to execution. The team is designed to enable the organization to effectively plan and execute its strategic and operational objectives.
The Applied Research and Long-Term Health Policy team strives to be proactive on core issues affecting Ontario hospitals and is attuned to the broader strategic questions facing the future of the province's health care system. We work to ensure Ontario's hospitals have a voice in shaping this longer-term vision.
The Position:
Reporting to the OHA's Senior Scientist, Applied Research and working closely with members of the Applied Research and Long-Term Health Policy team, you will:
- Work closely with the Senior Scientist, Applied Research to generate ideas and formulate research questions with a lens toward practical application of findings that will inform OHA's strategic thinking, applied research and future focused policy development. Areas of research include a high-performing health system; health system governance; hospitals as anchor institutions; social determinants of health; governance and civil society; AI and technology; equity, diversity and inclusion; Indigenous health; and hospital-primary care relationships.
- Assist and collaborate with goal setting and help develop, refine and implement OHA's Applied Research agenda.
- Conduct research studies and leverage data including seeking out funding opportunities and knowledge transfer opportunities.
- Monitor developments and trends in health, social and economic policy areas to identify opportunities and challenges to the Ontario health landscape.
- Complete and submit ethics applications.
- Identify grant opportunities, draft and submit applications.
- Conduct literature reviews, jurisdictional scans, systematic reviews, analyses and apply findings to inform the Ontario context.
- Contribute to the Applied Research life cycle:
- Identify a gap/problem or research opportunity.
- Conduct a preliminary literature review and concept development including developing a defined research question.
- Develop a research design and methodology (quantitative, qualitative or mixed-methods).
- Submit REB and/or grant applications as applicable.
- Implement the research plan – develop surveys, recruit study participants, facilitate interviews, administer surveys ensuring privacy and confidentiality where appropriate.
- Interpret and synthesize findings – qualitative or quantitative analysis, data management.
- Summarize and present KT materials - draft manuscripts, format and submit to peer-reviewed journals, draft briefing notes, slides or plain language summaries.
- Collaborate with teams across the OHA and engage with members and health system stakeholders as required.
- Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for leveraging and applying the research and determining subject matter experts.
- Support and lend your expertise to the growth of the team.
- Perform other research duties as required.
The Candidate:
The ideal candidate possesses a Ph.D. in Health Sciences, or other relevant discipline with 5-10 years applied research experience. You are 3-5 years out of academia, working with organizations such as a thinktank, non-profit, health care organization or government. You have proven success conducting literature reviews, publishing peer-reviewed manuscripts and obtaining large, highly competitive grants, well-developed project management skills and a strong mixed methods research background. Advanced data analysis skills are an asset – including experience with SAS/R/STATA. In addition, you have excellent communication, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
You are a highly motivated self-starter, dedicated team player who enjoys working in a forward-focused applied research and policy environment and can build successful working relationships.
To Apply:
Potential applicants are invited to submit a resume and covering letter by March 20, 2025. We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to the OHA and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
If contacted for an interview, please inform us should accommodation be required.
Application Process and Requirements:
All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. The successful applicant must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (as defined by the Government of Canada) or have a valid vaccination exemption pursuant to the Human Rights Code. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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