Date Posted: 08/13/2025
Req ID: 44787
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Nursing
Department: Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00043678

ABOUT US:

Cutting edge research exploring the relevant healthcare challenges of our time is conducted at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. As one of the world’s premier programs, Bloomberg Nursing continues to build on over a century of nursing excellence in preparing students at graduate and undergraduate levels to be exceptional nursing leaders in a complex and globally connected health care landscape. Bloomberg Nursing advocates for communities and people who are under-served by our health care systems, which is at the forefront of research and education that makes a difference. They value rigorous scholarship and critical inquiry, innovation and creativity, interdisciplinarity and collaboration, as well as social justice and ethical advocacy.
The Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing launched a new brand identity ‘This is Nursing in Action’ in 2023 to exemplify Bloomberg Nursing community’s approach to nursing practice, education and research. Students and faculty have expanded their scope of leadership and excellence to include the global health landscape and are fostering new and engaging ideas to promote equitable care and a socially just society. Researchers continue to advance their scholarship, leading in areas of innovation for quality care across the lifespan.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in the health sciences (nursing, public health, medicine etc.), or social sciences
• Minimum two (2) years of relevant health-related work experience conducting research, analyzing, interpreting and reporting on results
• Demonstrated experience planning and implementing research projects, including developing research project protocols
• Demonstrated experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection, including participant recruitment, interpretation and analysis through coordination of focus groups, interviews, and validated research questionnaires
• Demonstrated experience drafting summaries of research results, preparing written materials for knowledge translation purposes and conducting literature reviews
• Experience in data management, conducting basic statistical analysis of data and other forms of quantitative data is required
• Experience performing qualitative data analysis
• Experience assisting with manuscript preparation and preparing materials for conference presentations
• Experience in preparing grant proposals and Research Ethics Board submissions
• Demonstrated experience directing the activities of research assistants
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office), database management (RedCap) and data analysis software (SPSS)
• Experience with qualitative data management packages (NVivo)
• Proficiency with reference management tools (Mendeley, Endnote)
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Demonstrates initiative and possesses a commitment to research work
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communications skills (oral and written) with an ability to multi-task and prioritize competing demands
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong commitment to accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and proven ability to meet deadlines
• Understanding of confidentiality within a research context

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

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Following rules and procedural instructions when administering research studies
• Drafting and submitting documented procedures to the Research Ethics Board (REB) for approval
• Implementing and executing qualitative and/or quantitative research methods
• Overseeing the data collection and analysis processes
• Conducting systematic literature reviews
• Directing the activities of casual staff
• Maintaining project records
• Drafting summaries of research project results

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL BE:

• Communicator
• Organized
• Possess a positive attitude
• Problem solver
• Resourceful
• Self-directed
• Team player
  Closing Date: 08/27/2025, 11:59PM ET
  Employee Group: USW
  Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
  Schedule: Full-Time