Assistant Project Coordinator

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Staff - Non Union Job Category Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants Job Profile Non Union Hourly - Research Assistant /Technician 4 Job Title Assistant Project Coordinator Department Moe Laboratory Research Support | Department of Emergency Medicine | Faculty of Medicine Compensation Range $33.09 - $38.82 CAD Hourly Posting End Date July 9, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date July 14, 2027 This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University. At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. Job Summary The Project Coordinator will primarily support a national study of emergency department opioid overdose prevention, managed through the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine. The incumbent will oversee all activities related to the planning, coordination, management, and timely completion of tasks related to the Evaluating Microdosing in the Emergency Department (EMED) study evaluating buprenorphine/naloxone provision from emergency departments. Other responsibilities include translating study protocols, monitoring study processes, and developing systematic methods for data collection. The Project Coordinator will monitor study progress, produce reports, assist with financial management for research accounts, and ensure that standard operating procedures are followed to ensure quality control for the EMED study. Organizational Status The vision of the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine is to be a provincially integrated Department committed to clinical and academic leadership in the creation and exchange of knowledge to promote excellence in emergency care. Our 600+ faculty members across the province have had an impressive record of research and discovery. Our research and innovation initiatives include 14 successful programs related to prevention of emergencies, improving clinical care, and system improvements. Our Emergency Medicine Royal College residency training program, distributed across 4 program sites, is the largest in the country. The Department of Emergency Medicine has also played a leadership role in the development and implementation of an Emergency Medicine Network across the province, designed to integrate and translate knowledge to support exceptional emergency care. It provides a rapid and effective avenue to exchange knowledge and experiences to support 1400 practitioners in 108 sites across the province. The research program has four years of Health Canada and Canadian Institutes of Health Research funding and is of interest to numerous provincial and national stakeholders. Substance and opioid use research is one of the key strategic initiatives of the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine. The research will focus on emergency department screening for patients with substance and opioid use disorders, identification of risk factors among these patients (including patterns and frequency of visits), treatment of overdose (e.g., naloxone and resuscitation approaches), and optimizing management approaches including provision of buprenorphine/naloxone (standard dosing and microdosing) to emergency department patients at risk for overdose. This position reports directly to the Principal Investigator (PI), but the nature of the work requires independent action. The incumbent has frequent interaction and collaboration with other research team members and with external collaborators including policy makers, data custodians, patient advocates, people with lived experience with substance use, medical students, residents and healthcare professionals both within and outside the Department of Emergency Medicine to plan and conduct research, manage data, and analyze results. Work Performed Research Office Duties Oversees all activities related to the EMED study, a randomized controlled trial of buprenorphine/naloxone standard dosing and microdosing in emergency departments, including planning, coordination, management, and timely completion of current and future study tasks. Develops training resources for the national study emergency department screening for opioid use and buprenorphine provision, and for other studies as required. Onboards, trains and supervises research assistants for the national study of emergency department opioid overdose prevention. Monitors studies' progress to ensure that deadlines are met (including reporting requirements), milestones achieved, and research is conducted in compliance with study procedures. Ensures adherence to standard operating procedures and ensures quality control for ongoing st

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