Clinical Research Project Coordinator, Ches

**About SickKids**:
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

**Position Description**:
Full-time Clinical Research Project Coordinator (CRPC) in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences (CHES) program at Sickkids.

**Here's What You'll Get To Do**
- Prepare protocols for use including but not limited to ICES Project Activation Worksheets, Privacy Impacts Assessments, Dataset Creation Plans
- Organize science reviews and track deadlines
- Keep abreast of regulations and policies governing clinical research and communicating to staff and research team members
- Develop REB and institutional requirements. Submit documents to REB; following
- up on queries and changes. Prepare annual follow up for
resubmission, making and submitting changes based on protocol amendments as required
- Perform literature reviews and keep current with study literature
- Develop and monitor timelines for existing studies and balance the demands of multiple projects
- Design/develop promotional strategies
- Encourage and foster collaborative relationships with the team at SickKids, other participating centres and government and community agencies
- Recruit, train and supervise project staff
- Actively participate in departmental/program meetings or rounds to acquire and disseminate knowledge and to profile clinical research
- Develop, manage and forecast study budgets
- Develop in-services on study requirement

**Here's What You'll Need**
- Master's degree in Epidemiology, Health Science or a related field (e.g. Public Health, Health Policy) with a minimum of two years of experience in clinical research. Alternatively, you are a licensed healthcare professional with 3-5 years' related clinical research experience
- Certification as a clinical research associate (e.g., SOCRA accreditation) would be an asset
- Proven skills in grant writing, data and budget management
- Familiarity with statistical software packages
- Ability to function independently yet collaboratively within a team
- Effective communication, interpersonal, facilitation and project management skills
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Experience doing research using health administrative data using large datasets a strong asset
- A commitment to understanding and aiding in the pursuit of equity, diversity and inclusion objectives

**Employment Type **1.0 FTE, 1 year contract, with possibility of extension.

**Our Commitment to Diversity**:
The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital¿s receipt of all necessary documentation.

**How to Apply