Research Manager

2 months ago


Kingston, Canada Queen's University Full time

Research Manager

About Queen's University

Queen’s University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting. We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.

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Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Research, Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Research Manager is responsible for providing senior level research support to the Department.

The Research Manager is required to demonstrate effective judgment and efficiency with an exceptional level of collaboration and communication, while managing the complexities of multiple projects undertaken by the Department. The incumbent works closely with the Department’s researchers, researchers from collaborating universities, knowledge users, stakeholders and other units. The incumbent ensures an appropriate two-way flow of ideas, information and knowledge, and develops strategic linkages to advance research collaborations.

The nature of this position may require overnight travel, evening and weekend work both within the province and nationally.

**Job Description**:

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Provides senior-level administrative support to the department through managing, planning and co-ordinating diverse projects, activities, performing research and analysis to prepare presentations, reports, research project summaries and manuscripts.
- Assists in the development of research programs. This includes conducting systematic literature reviews of selected research topics, developing data extraction plans and forms, validating and checking the quality of studies, tabulating extracted studies and providing final reports.
- Helps develop and write co-author scientific papers and presentations under the direction of the PI. This includes the designs and submission of peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, posters, and oral presentations for events.
- Works closely with biostatisticians/analysts as needed to facilitate processing and analysis of abstracted data and prepares results for presentation.
- Facilitates and participates in investigator meetings, research program meetings, and conferences
- Ensures internal and external project meetings are properly prepared. This includes setting agendas, preparing and disseminating required materials, tracking meeting/workshop registrations and payments, arranging for access to training materials, ongoing communication, follow-up with participants, securing venues, catering and accommodations and ensuring appropriate equipment is available.
- Ensures ethics approval and compliance with privacy legislation; correspond and liaise with outside agencies including hospital personnel, medical records departments at provincial hospitals, Research Ethics Boards, co-investigators, and collaborators as required to advance study objectives.
- Undertake other duties as required by the Department or designated Principal Investigator to carry out research objectives.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Graduate degree in social or health sciences with experience in an academic, research or medical setting relevant to the position.
- Minimum of five years of experience in health research, development and analysis, project management, change management, and strategic communications.
- Demonstrated professional experience or academic work in a health studies environment leading projects.
- Strong communications background, with experience in research, proposal writing and presentation preparation.
- Consideration will be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

**SPECIAL SKILLS**:

- Ability to handle sensitive personal health information and research ethics and release of information processes is preferred.
- Advanced computer and software skills including use of computers for data analysis and word processing, spreadsheet, and database management; (MS Office, MS Access, Adobe Acrobat, Medline and Reference Manager) and skills using graphics and Internet software.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrated strong analytical and interpretive skills. Ability to synthesize information from a wide variety of sources.
- Demonstrated ability for successful grant proposals or manuscript submissions
- Strong organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Proven ability to think and act strategically, creatively and dynamically in a high-pressure work environment, with tight timelines. Planning skills to propose new initiatives and to improve efficiency of current service or operation.
- Ability to manage multiple demands, manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a deadline driven, highly visible


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