Data Access Coordinator (Health Research)

Location: hirify.global Hospital Site, Vancouver, BC, Canada; the role supports research activities at the hirify.global Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research Laboratory and may involve Indigenous community settings.

Salary: $5,692.25–$8,179.50 CAD monthly.

Company

hirify.global is a university research institution conducting health research through the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, the hirify.global James Hogg Research Centre, and the Faculty of Medicine.

What you will do

• Coordinate the planning, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing operations of qualitative and quantitative health research studies.
• Recruit participants, obtain informed consent, conduct qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations, deliver study interventions, and collect quantitative data.
• Facilitate data access, data governance, data quality, regulatory compliance, analysis, reporting, and knowledge translation activities.
• Liaise with investigators, community research partners, research staff, participants, and stakeholders on enrollment, protocols, study participation, and operational issues.
• Code and analyze research data using statistical analysis software, conduct interim analyses, and prepare presentations, reports, manuscripts, and academic outputs.
• Coordinate research grant applications, including proposals, consent forms, questionnaires, budgets, CV updates, and contributions from co-investigators and research partners.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline.
• At least two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives that conflict with one’s own.
• Commitment to improving awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Ability to work ethically and follow the Tri-Council Policy Statement concerning ethical conduct for research involving humans and OCAP when working with First Nations and Indigenous Peoples.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload, manage multiple assignments, meet deadlines, communicate effectively verbally and in writing, and work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work safely and competently with diverse research populations, including participants in Indigenous community settings.

Nice to have

• Experience with multidisciplinary, multi-site research teams and collaborative community-based projects.
• Experience with statistical programs and basic research data analysis.
• Geospatial analysis experience.
• Knowledge of and experience writing and coordinating research grant proposals.
• Knowledge of community health issues and qualitative and quantitative research methodology.
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultures, social issues, and services.
• Experience preparing and submitting academic research applications to ethics boards.
• Experience preparing documents, reports, and communication materials.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to diversity issues.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time staff position within a non-union research environment.
• Work under the general direction of the Principal Investigator and Research Manager while exercising considerable independence.
• Opportunity to coordinate and mentor research assistants, students, and technicians.
• Collaboration with clinical, community-based, environmental, and administrative research partners.
• Participation in research meetings, workshops, symposia, user groups, academic conferences, and community events.