NON-UNION TECHNICIANS & RESEARCH ASSISTANT Tech 4

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Staff - Non Union Job Category Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants Job Profile Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 4 Job Title NON-UNION TECHNICIANS & RESEARCH ASSISTANT Tech 4 Department Cote Laboratory | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Faculty of Medicine Compensation Range $5,220.98 - $6,124.46 CAD Monthly Posting End Date June 9, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date June 24, 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 position is for full time, Research Coordinator working on clinical and community-based research studies connected to Oak Tree Clinic. Projects from this clinic involve people living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C Organizational Status The individual will report directly to the Principal Investigator(s) of the assigned. They will work closely with other members of the research team, the Oak Tree Clinic Team, as well as clinical staff including nurses, fellows, clerks, Community Research Associates, and students. Work Performed The Research Coordinator will Lead, plan, support and monitor participant recruitment, including Indigenous participants, support and supervise study visits, perform study-related procedures, and perform data pre-processing. Be responsible for writing study IRB applications, amendments, and renewals, and may assist with inter-institutional contracts. Be responsile for managing the research study participants honoraria, for ensuring their distribution in timely manner. Be responsible for contracts with third party such as Lifelabs. Be responsible for managing grant research funds (budget) in WorkDay which includes forecast and preparation of budgets, and for filing funder's report at the end of the grant. Orient trainees, CRAs, and incoming research team members to the studies and research work environment by providing existing study materials and answering questions; ensuring study procedures are understood. Be responsible for the supervision of junior personel and trainees (e.g. Coop, URA, GRA, MPH), as well as CRA, usually 3 to 5, around the clinic and during recruitment drives outside Vancouver. Assist the PIs in the recruitment of staff by performing duties such as writing summer student proposals, participating in interviews, short listing candidate, performing references checks and providing input into hiring decisions. Facilitate data linkage applications, collaborating with PIs and health authorities to develop Information Sharing Plan agreements. Identify research space for the studies and propose/organize solutions as appropriate. Identify equipment needs for the studies, and order equipment as needed. Make recommendations for workflow and protocol improvements. Assists in the development of standard operating procedures and protocols Liaise directly between the research participants, Community Research Associates (CRAs, women living with HIV with research training who work on our study), other research staff, and the clinical team to oversee data collection and monitor participants' progress in the study while keeping a record of such interactions. Cultivate relationships with and among study stakeholders, including community representatives, community-based organizations, AIDS Service Organizations, participating faculty and investigators, ethics representatives, and finance and communications teams. Support the knowledge translation team by connecting with community partners, participating in event planning, monitoring budgets, and submitting expenses. Coordinate the implementation of new studies, support the PI(s) with budgets and contracts (inter-institutional or with third party such as Lifelabs), connect with research staff from other sites/hospitals, and develop all study materials, including SOPs, WPDs, consent forms, recruitment documents and surveys Assist in providing quality control and monitoring for data quality of the surveys, organize and facilitate focus groups, extract data from databases or medical charts, implement strategies to maximize data quality. Attend and support project meetings on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, producing summary tables and/or minutes for project meetings Contribute to the editing and proofreading of documents such as grant applications, manuscripts, abstracts, and the preparation of presentations, and/or Knowledge Translation materials. Organize and execute recruitment drives outside the Lower Mainland, submit ethics applications

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