Research Project Manager

Date Posted: 05/22/2025
Req ID: 42953
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Rehabilitation Sciences Sector
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00057941

Description:

About us:

Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.

Your opportunity:

The Rehabilitation Sciences Sector (RSS) in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine is a worldleader in the delivery of rehabilitation sciences health professional programs and research. The RSS is comprised of four essential departments: Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OSOT), Department of Physical Therapy (PT), Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI), and the Department of Speech-Language Pathology (SLP).

As Research Project Manager, you will provide research, knowledge mobilization, and administrative support to the Acquired Lab in the Rehabilitation Sciences Sector. Your strong research management skills and relationship building skills will enable you to contribute to project planning, data analysis, communications and overseeing project expenditures. You will foster and sustain positive collaborations with existing and potential collaborators, faculty, staff, students, and other end-users of research.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assessing needs and contributing to the planning of research goals, including selecting methods of data collection and analysis
• Developing project schedules including milestones, critical path, timelines, deliverables and reporting, maintaining project records and information on digital platforms
• Drafting summaries of research project results for knowledge transfer outputs such as publications, writing grant applications and drafting and submitting documents to the Research Ethics Board (REB) for approval
• Designing, pre-testing and formatting executing qualitative and/or quantitative research surveys, interviews and other research data collection methods
• Synthesizing technical, qualitative and contextual research data, analyzing reports for research papers including for systematic/scoping or other literature reviews
• Planning and estimating financial resources required for programs and projects, handling expense reimbursements
• Supervising the activities and workflow of research assistants; scheduling day-to-day project activities, overall lab management and lab meetings

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
• Minimum five years experience in clinical health research projects and programs
• Experience coordinating the research ethics board (REB) approval process
• Demonstrated experience supporting project initiatives through developing project schedules, estimating financial resources, assessing and selecting methods of data collection, coordinating meetings and maintaining communications and positive relationships with stakeholders
• Experience researching, identifying, and advising on new funding opportunities
• Demonstrated experience disseminating and interpreting granting agency procedures, as well as experience writing grant applications
• Experience writing communications materials for correspondence, project materials such as grants, documents and reports, and contributing to research findings that are published in academic journals
• Experience synthesizing complex research data, conducting literature/scoping/systematic reviews and summarizing statistical reports and summaries; delivering presentations and training to staff and stakeholder
• Experience with laboratory maintenance, including troubleshooting equipment issues and tracking license agreements
• Strong computer literacy with an advanced proficiency of MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint), RIS, and website management
• Demonstrated understanding of the research granting life cycle and knowledge of research ethics board process
• Ability to adapt to new ideas, learn quickly and exercise a high degree of judgement and initiative in decision-making situations while working with a variety of stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate (both written and verbal) with stakeholders
• Meticulous attention to detail

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Communicator
• Meticulous
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver

Please note that this role is a one-year grant funded term position.

Closing Date: 05/30/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Grant - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 13 -- $84,813. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $108,463. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching
Recruiter: Dinuka Perera

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.