Research Manager

**Classification & Regular Hours**:
Hours per Week: 35

Salary Grade: 15

Please note, this is a wholly grant funded, 18 month temporary full time contract opportunity with benefits.

**About Western**:
**About Us**:
The Nootropic Foods Innovation, Brain Health and Lipid Bioinformatics Research Program is dedicated to improving agriculture productivity under control environment and field based production systems, food sustainability, nutrient security, nootropic/functional and plant based functional foods innovation or production, sensory perception, health benefit validation using animal or cell models of human health and diseases (Brain and Cancer), as well as support the community and industry to grow the health food sector of the province.

**Responsibilities**:
**Qualifications**:
**Education**:

- PhD in Analytical or Biological Chemistry with strong cellular biology, foodomics and/or lipidomics expertise or any equivalent combination of experience and education

**Experience**:

- 5 years of experience managing research initiatives/projects in an academic environment
- Experience managing and monitoring research budgets and supervising graduate students in a laboratory environment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

- Understanding of current directions and issues in cell biology, lipidomics, foodomics and functional or nootropic foods analysis
- In-depth knowledge of techniques for planning, managing and coordinating research projects, with competing priorities that involve a variety of stakeholders
- Familiarity with financial principles and budgeting with the ability to ensure expenditures and resources are within allotments, and to make appropriate modifications when required
- In-depth knowledge of the regulations and guidelines governing research in an academic environment and of best practices for reviewing and writing grant proposals
- In-depth knowledge of techniques for updating, managing and extracting data from a research database
- Ability to collaborate across internal and external boundaries to meet common objectives, improve outcomes and support work beyond one's own unit
- Communication skills with the ability to converse with, complete detailed analytics and reports for, and deliver presentations to all levels of the organization
- Ability to ensure confidentiality and privacy is maintained through the appropriate retention and destruction of information
- Attention to detail with an ability to retrieve, analyze and synthesize sizable amounts of data, while ensuring that information is accurate and comprehensive
- A desire to grow and advance skills, which is demonstrated by attending conferences and other professional development opportunities
- Ability to work within a flexible schedule to accommodate the research group’s events and activities
- Computer skills with the ability to learn and use relevant software that achieves required outcomes and is in line with best practices
- Ability to delegate work and provide team members with clear direction and support in meeting their objectives
- Ability to investigate defined issues, solicit input, and suggest remedies and alternative approaches that meet the needs of the situation
- Ability to research new avenues of funding from federal granting agencies, industry and other funding sources
- Ability to work independently and effectively as a member of the team to achieve research goals
- Familiarity with University research policies and practices

**Western Values Diversity**:
Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone 519-661-2194.

**Please Note**:
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.