Research Coordinator in Indigenous Health

**Department** Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Women and Children's Health Research Institute

**Salary range** $60,043.50 to $82,308.05

**Hours per week** 37.5

**Grade** 9

**Posted date** November 8, 2024

**Closing date** November 22, 2024

**Position Type** Full Time - Trust Funded

**Description**:
his position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).

This position has a term length of one year plus a day and offers a comprehensive benefits package which can be viewed on our Benefits Overview page.

**Location - **This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

**Working at the University of Alberta**
- The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all FirstPeoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community._

The University of Alberta is a community of knowledge seekers, change makers and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to over 14,000 faculty and staff, more than 40,000 students and a growing community of 300,000 alumni worldwide.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross-section of people — from our students and community members, to our renowned researchers and innovators, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger and more just. Learn more.

**Working for the Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI)**

The Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI) was founded in 2006 as a partnership between the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, with core funding from the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation (SCHF) and the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation/Alberta Women's Hospital Foundation (RAHF/AWHF). Through the generous contributions of both foundations, WCHRI has been able to support the research excellence, training and development activities of investigators from a wide range of clinical and academic disciplines, all focusing their efforts on improving health outcomes for women and children in our province.

WCHRI is the only research institute in Canada - and one of the few in the world - to focus on women's and children's health, including perinatal health. The Institute is considered to be a national authority and leader in women's and children's health issues. The scope and complexity of WCHRI is extensive -supporting over 430 members from 14 faculties and three colleges across the University of Alberta.

**Position Summary**

Under the direction of the Research Associate in WCHRI, this is a senior-level, Research Coordinator based at the University of Alberta. The Research Coordinator tasks will support research and knowledge translation activities for the Maskwacis portion of the Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (I-HeLTI). I-HeLTI is a CIHR-funded, multi-year, multi-community cohort study involving mothers, fathers, children and other family members in 23 Indigenous communities in Alberta and BC.

This Research Coordinator will also support other related research guided by the Maskwacis Wakhohtowin Research Group (WRG) and partners at the University of Alberta. The WRG includes community-based and university-based team members. This position will work in collaboration withother WCHRI staff involved with community-led Indigenous health research.

The position will be instrumental in supporting WRG research activities and building and maintaining relationships within the multiple communities and many stakeholders that are part of I-HeLTI.

**Duties**
- Under mínimal supervision, works collaboratively with the Senior Community-based Research Coordinator and other members of the WRG to design and conduct complex scientific research specifically related to Indigenous family health, including pregnancy, maternal, paternal and child health outcomes and related areas of inquiry; organizes and prepares source documents, data collection forms, charts, electronic data entry, screening logs and assists with advertising research projects and activities.
- Adheres to OCAP principles, Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPs), standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), and all other applicable regulatory requirements; prepares Human Research Ethics Board (HREB) submissions, including informed consents and maintains trial-related documents, manages ethics approval renewals, and responds to issues arising from ethics reviews; ensures all aspects of privacy and data integrity are adhered to in accordance with the ethics approval, community research agreements, and the Health Information Act.
- Helps to maintain an overall schedule combining deliverables for all projects; monitors activities and timelines to ensure deliverables and objec