Research Grants and Ethics Coordinator

RESEARCH GRANTS AND ETHICS COORDINATOR

**OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES**

**Competition No.** 25.08.221

**CATEGORY**

**SALARY**

**CLOSING DATE**
- Full-Time Continuing
- MSU Band D (Steps 1-8): $27.671 - $40.242 per hour. $50,361 - $73,240 per annum (Based on 35 hours per week).
- August 20, 2025

**About Us**:

- MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.

Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 19,000 full
- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

**Opportunity**:
Key responsibilities include:

- Maintaining the research opportunities database (removing expired opportunities, adding new information, providing content for the ORS newsletter);
- Monitoring award announcements for various funding agencies and ensuring institutional data is correct within third-party agency sites;
- Maintaining the researcher database to ensure efficient identification of specialties/expertise of researchers in connection to new grant calls
- Maintaining the active list of external grant sponsors in the PeopleSoft system;
- Responding to daily communications through the research ethics inbox and escalates requests as needed;
- Supporting committee and meeting management by assisting in member recruitment & appointment, drafting agendas, compiling meeting packages, ensuring quorum, attending REB meetings, and following up on action items in a timely manner, as appropriate; and

**SKILLS**:
You will have:

- Strong critical thinking ;
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills;
- Strong attention to detail skills;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Resourcefulness in accessing and interpreting grant and ethics guidelines
- Effective time management skills, ability to set priorities and work comfortably in a deadline-driven environment;
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills; and
- Excellent client service skills.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- A minimum of an undergraduate degree (in a research-based discipline).
- Experience in a university research environment, conducting research in a social sciences or natural sciences field as part of course work or advance research studies, would be preferred.
- Minimum of three years of related experience, preferably in a post-secondary environment with an understanding of the university research environment. An understanding of major research funding programs in Alberta and Canada. An understanding of human research ethics, and completion of the TCPS-2 tutorial is an asset.
- Technical skills: Excel (intermediate) Word (intermediate), PeopleSoft (intermediate)
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

**BENEFITS**:
When you become part of the MacEwan University team, you will enjoy a competitive salary. Our total compensation package includes:

- Competitive base pay
- Generous vacation time
- Secure pension plan
- Flexible benefits package
- Continuous learning culture
- Opportunities for career growth