Research Operations Officer

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

**Date Posted**:11/10/2023
**Req ID**: 34929
**Faculty/Division**: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
**Department**: Ofc Vice Dean, Research & Health Sci Edu
**Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
**Position Number**: 00055861

**Description**:
**About us**:
Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.

**Your opportunity**:
The Office of the Vice Dean, Research & Health Science Education oversees all researchundertaken for the Faculty of Medicine and coordinates with its counterparts at the affiliated hospital research institutes for clinical research. This includes: grant proposal development, administering internal funding allocations, collecting and reporting on research productivity metrics, and managing core research facilities.

As the Research Operations Officer, you will provide oversight of and support to the research units at 777 Bay, housing a few departments within the Vice-Dean Research & Health Science Education portfolio. You will work with laboratory managers and leadership to ensure efficient, compliant, and consistent delivery of services to researchers in 777 Bay laboratories and to support the smooth transition of incoming laboratories. You will utilize your strong communication and operational skills in this role to enhance research space usage, develop standard operating protocols and ensure research continuity during these transitions.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Overseeing day-to-day operational needs for one or more labs, while ensuring standard operating protocols and guidelines are followed
- Planning and implementing workflow for the unit, including creating andediting standard operating procedures and scheduling the use of communal equipment and resources
- Analyzing and recommending plans for new equipment and the use of technical spaces and troubleshooting issues with lab equipment and/or facility repair/maintenance needs
- Generating reports on space utilizations by preparing draft statistical reports and summaries from data collected
- Determining logístical details required for internal moves
- Reviewing and assessing requirements needed to meet project timelines
- Analyzing and recommending plan and design of labs according to safety regulations
- Conducting routine lab inspections and determining logístical details required for commissioning and decommissioning of labs/facilities

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Master's Degree in health sciences or acceptable combination of equivalent experience working in a research lab. PhD preferred.
- Minimum four (4) years’ experience in an operational role overseeing day-to-day activities within a lab.
- Hands on experience troubleshooting issues within a lab environment (i.e. lab equipment)
- Experience implementing plans and process improvements for research by analyzing service delivery and/or internal processes then recommending improvements
- Knowledge of space planning for proper laboratory workflow
- Strong knowledge of the requirements for specialized lab equipment and health and safety protocols of research spaces; and demonstrated experience creating and editing standard operating procedures
- Experience preparing statistical reports and summaries on research space usage
- Ability to provide safety training and compliance, including keeping well informed on health and safety legislation
- Experience with various financial responsibilities, including managing project costs and obtaining quotes
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate with team members and clients
- Demonstrated initiative, ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, meet established deadlines, and achieve results in a highly complex environment
- Sound judgment, tact, patience, and sensitivity to the diverse needs of client
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to exercise a degree of flexibility and adaptability
- Ability to exercise a high degree of caution around health and safety practices

**Assets (Nonessential)**:

- Experience with space planning software

**To be successful in this role you will be**:

- Communicator
- Multi-tasker
- Organized
- Problem solver
- Tactful
- Team player

**This is a term position of 1 year.**

**Closing Date**: 11/24/2023, 11:59PM ET
**Employee Group**: USW
**Appointment Type**: Budget - Term
**Schedule**:
**Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone**:
**Job Category**: Research Administration & Teaching
**Recruiter**: Amanda Di Fonzo

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