Research Assistant Ii Dept of Medicine Research

This position will reside in the Applied Education Research Operatives (AERO) group at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. AERO is a group of education scientists and researchers at Unity Health Toronto.

The Applied Education Research Operatives (AERO) is seeking a **Research Assistant II**. You will be working closely with the Principal Investigators on a variety of projects. This position performs research activities involving project design, collecting, summarizing or analyzing data. Tasks may include assisting in study administration, adhering to research protocol and working with the study investigators.

**Research Duties (55% of work time)**
- Collect and assist in the processing and compilation, verification, maintenance, and archiving of research data.
- Collect, transcribe, organize, quality control, and data enter study related data.
- Serve as the point of contact for external and internal partners for data collection purposes.
- Engage in data processing activities as needed for the project (i.e. Cleaning/coding data in specific programs).
- Conduct general coding/analysis of qualitative data.
- May assist research team with manuscript and report writing, including writing abstracts for papers, conferences, and 1-page summaries; and the creation of endnote files.
- Support manuscript preparation (providing overviews of methodology, and data collection metrics), and submission.
- Perform literature searches/data mining on requested topics through databases and provide relevant articles to PI or research team.

Recruitment and Coordination of Study Participants
- Act as the on-site point of contact for the studies at participating community/healthcare organizations.
- Provide feedback to participants and research staff and arranges follow-ups, as required.
- Develop / maintain trusted relationships with participants, on
- and off-site staff, community site contacts and stakeholders.
- Recruit study participants through various means, sometimes in collaboration with study team or staff at participating community organizations.
- Screen participants and obtain required documentation.
- Schedule data collection sessions with all consenting participants.
- Develop and maintain accurate records of participant¿s data and progress during projects (including eligibility criteria, recruitment info, sample collections, follow-up, and results of tests, and other relevant information).
- Collect data via multiple methods including but not limited to interviews.
- Follow strict protocols for participant interactions.
- Prepare reimbursement forms and payment requisitions for study-related invoices and expenses.
- Facilitate compensation of study participants under direction of study team/PI.
- Travel to participant sites as required.

**Administrative Duties (40% of work time)**
- Develop correspondence and other relevant documentation, including letters, memos, reports, invoices, abstracts, forms etc. to support the activities of the research team and Principal Investigator.
- Participate in database processing and management.
- Organize video/teleconference meetings for research studies, including contacting attendees and preparing meeting materials.
- Help log manuscript submissions.
- Maintain calendars, and manage complex scheduling requests.
- Prepare REB/CTO submissions relative to the initiation and conduct of individual studies. Register study protocols.
- Collect conflict of interest forms.
- Help maintain CVs of the PIs, and external partners.
- With support from study team/PI creates slides for webinars, written study reports scientific meetings, and conferences.
- General office (incld. virtual) duties, e.g. filing, mailings, courier services, photocopying, printing, scanning, distributing information etc.

**Day to Day Project and Staff Guidance Tasks (5% of work time)**
- May assist in training research students, new recruits (Research Assistant I¿s), summer students, Ph.D. students in collecting data, and coordinating summer student¿s schedules.
- May support onboarding and mentoring of incoming research assistants, providing them with resources to conduct their day to day tasks, answering all of their questions, supporting them as they integrate into the team.
- May handle operations of the research team (incl. Research contracts, research financial (invoices, p-card, payment requisitions forms), HR (payroll, job descriptions, interviews), budgets, education (courses), reporting deadlines, and overall day to day management of the team's resources (ordering supplies, manage office space).
- Performs Cross Functional and Other Duties as Assigned and/or Requested.
- All staff are expected to carry out their assigned duties and responsibilities in a manner which prioritizes patient and employee safety and confidentiality. Key accountabilities in this regard include:

- Strict compliance with patient/employee confidentiality practices and policies.
- Strict compliance with patient/employee safety