Strategic Research Development Officer

About UsThe University of Toronto and its Academic Divisions are continually seeking to amplify the impact of their research and innovation activities. The university’s second largest division, U of T Mississauga has 18 academic departments and over 1,000 faculty and staff. The campus houses the Mississauga Academy of Medicine, Centre for Medicinal Chemistry, and Institute for Management and Innovation. With its distinctive interdisciplinary programs such as forensic sciences and biomedical communications, U of T Mississauga offers a broad array of continuing education programs and professional masters programs. We work together to spark life‑changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe‑ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron‑Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.Your OpportunityThe Strategic Research Development Officer is an integral member of the UTM research enterprise and acts as a resource and support to faculty and academic leadership. The incumbent will support UTM’s research community to advance UTM’s and the University of Toronto’s strategic research initiatives and activities. The position will work in collaboration with the Vice‑Principal, Research and Innovation (VPRI), and under the direction of the Director, Office of the Vice‑Principal, Research and Innovation.You will be responsible for developing and enhancing the research enterprise at UTM. Working closely with OVPRI and academic leadership and UTM faculty, you will identify opportunities for research funding, support the application development process for individual and collaborative funding opportunities, including team and interdisciplinary projects, and develop strategies for research partnerships/collaborations. You will support campus and faculty research endeavours at UTM by helping to draft and coordinate submissions for research funding, awards, and honours and helping to ensure that all submissions and applications meet University and sponsor standards and requirements. You will assist efforts to enhance the UTM research environment by cultivating relationships and partnerships across the university and within the division.Your responsibilities will include:Coordinating and guiding faculty applicants through various phases of the research funding or award nomination application process, including advising on potential challenges, developing application progress timelines, and tracking progress.Assisting with the writing and/or editing of research funding applications, award nomination content, press releases for the media, and other targeted communications to support strategic initiatives.Liaising with internal and external contacts to coordinate execution of seminars and workshops, and delivering such presentations to promote research initiatives, collaboration opportunities, and programs.Identifying, developing and executing strategies for research and innovation collaborations.Producing complex statistical and/or financial reports.Coordinating tasks for projects and other strategic initiatives with stakeholders.Planning and overseeing activities that enhance and expand research funding activity and effectiveness.Keeping well‑informed on research funding programs, application guidelines, policies/procedures and regulations.Essential QualificationsMaster’s Degree in the Natural or Life Sciences, or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.Minimum five years of relevant experience in an academic research environment required.Experience writing, editing and coordinating the creation of complex, multi‑stakeholder grant applications required.Expert understanding of Provincial, Canadian and International partnership‑based research funding programs and sponsors, such as ERA, ORF, CFI, NSERC, CIHR, etc. required.Experience organizing and facilitating workshops and training sessions required.Advanced computer skills (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint).Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Excellent organizational, analytical and problem‑solving skills.Excellent interpersonal, negotiating, and marketing skills.To be successful in this role you will be:ApproachableCommunicatorDiligentOrganizedResponsibleTeam player***Please note that one position is available for a term of approximately 11‑months***Closing Date: 01/09/2026, 11:59PM ETEmployee Group: USWAppointment Type: Budget - TermSchedule: Full‑TimePay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 15 — $97,348. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $124,491. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.Job Category: Administrative / ManagerialRecruiter: Desiray StewartLived Experience StatementCandidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position. #J-18808-Ljbffr