Director, Indigenous Research

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level E

Job Title

Director, Indigenous Research

Department

Management | Indigenous Research Support Initiative

Compensation Range

$9,859.25 - $15,380.75 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

January 12, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is one of the world’s leading research universities—an institution inspiring people, ideas, and actions for a better world. With two main campuses (Vancouver and the Okanagan), more than 70,000 students, 20,000 faculty and staff, an annual budget approaching $4 billion, and over 400,000 alumni in more than 145 countries, UBC is a dynamic, globally connected university recognized for its research intensity and societal impact.

Under the leadership of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) and guided by the 2020 UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan, the Director, Indigenous Research designs, establishes and leads UBC’s institution-wide framework for Indigenous-engaged research. The Director develops the vision and operating model and provides strategic and operational leadership across the research lifecycle, pre-engagement and relationship building, ethics and protocol development, research conduct, knowledge mobilization, and data, to enable respectful, reciprocal partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations. The role aligns existing units and services on both the Vancouver campus and serves as UBC’s lead advisor on Indigenous research practices, Indigenous data governance, and community-based research enablement. The position works collaboratively with colleagues at UBC Okanagan.

Organizational Status
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation is responsible for administering policies and processes which facilitate research excellence at the University. The Director of Indigenous Research will report to the Associate Vice-President Research & Innovation, and will have broad latitude to engage in consultation on behalf of, and to set the direction for, the organizational infrastructure and management of Indigenous research support under the VPRI, guided by the relevant goals of the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan.

Work PerformedDesign, develop and promote frameworks for Indigenous research partnerships, including engagement strategies, ethical research strategies, the development and negotiation of protocol agreements, and provide training and mentoring on this framework for researchers in collaboration with faculties, schools, and other offices engaging with aspects of Indigenous research on the UBC Vancouver campus.- Design, establish and lead a central organizing structure that coordinates Indigenous research partnerships across UBC Vancouver, aligning with the VP Academic & Provost’s Office, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives, First Nations House of Learning, the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, Office of Research Ethics, and faculty Indigenous initiatives.- Collaborate with colleagues engaged in Indigenous Research Support at UBC Okanagan, especially around policies and practices that have an impact across campuses.- Provide leadership for Indigenous-engaged research at UBC, setting vision and direction across the full research life cycle (planning, pre-engagement, relationship development, ethics/protocols, data stewardship, knowledge translation, repositories).- Develop and implement staffing and operational plans for an Indigenous research hub within VPRI, sequencing near-term set-up and longer-term growth in collaboration with VPRI leadership and the UBC Indigenous research community.- Identify and implement structural and process improvements that advance the goals of the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan, updating policies, procedures, and supports as needed.- Lead university-wide partnerships, aligning internal stakeholders and external partners whose mandates intersect with Indigenous research to enable coherent, community-engaged practice.- Strengthen internal research pathways and networks by working with exis