Research Manager Ontario CRISM Node - Institute for Mental Health Policy Research
About The Position
The Ontario Node of the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM) is a provincially and nationally integrated research network focused on substance use, mental health, harm reduction, treatment, health systems, and policy research. The Ontario Node, based out of the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (IMHPR) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) supports interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral research initiatives that aim to improve evidence generation, knowledge mobilization, service delivery, and policy responses related to substance use and mental health across Ontario and Canada. The full-time, contract (12 months) Research Manager will provide scientific, operational, administrative, and strategic leadership for complex multi-site and multi-study research initiatives conducted through the Ontario CRISM Node. The position is responsible for overseeing research operations, grant administration, project implementation, stakeholder engagement, regulatory compliance, personnel management, and knowledge translation activities, while supporting investigators, collaborators, and interdisciplinary research teams in the execution of high-quality, policy-relevant research.
Requirements
- Scientific, operational, administrative, and strategic leadership for complex multi-site and multi-study research initiatives
- Overseeing research operations
- Grant administration
- Project implementation
- Stakeholder engagement
- Regulatory compliance
- Personnel management
- Knowledge translation activities
- Supporting investigators, collaborators, and interdisciplinary research teams
- Study design support
- Ethics submissions
- Data governance processes
- Multi-site coordination
- Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research activities
- Data collection, analysis, interpretation, and synthesis
- Supervision, mentorship, workload allocation, and performance oversight
- Managing multiple PI portfolios
- Budget development, financial monitoring, forecasting, reconciliation, and funder reporting
- Grant development and strategic funding activities
- Preparation of research outputs (peer-reviewed manuscripts, technical reports, policy briefs, briefing notes, dissemination products)
- Knowledge translation and mobilization activities
- Engaging and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders
- Coordinating and participating in internal and external meetings, advisory committees, and working groups
- Ensuring compliance with institutional, ethical, regulatory, and funder requirements
- Contributing to strategic planning, operational development, and continuous improvement of research processes
Responsibilities
- Providing strategic and operational leadership for the coordination and management of multi-study research initiatives within the Ontario CRISM Node
- Overseeing day-to-day research operations across multiple concurrent projects, including project planning, workflow management, and cross-team coordination
- Leading research project implementation activities, including study design support, ethics submissions, data governance processes, and multi-site coordination
- Supporting and overseeing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research activities, including study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and synthesis across complex datasets
- Managing research personnel and supporting team coordination, including supervision, mentorship, workload allocation, and performance oversight
- Managing multiple PI portfolios under CRISM
- Leading grant administration activities, including budget development, financial monitoring, forecasting, reconciliation, and funder reporting across multiple funding sources
- Contributing to grant development and strategic funding activities, including identifying funding opportunities and supporting collaborative applications
- Leading preparation of research outputs, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, technical reports, policy briefs, briefing notes, and other dissemination products
- Supporting and leading knowledge translation and mobilization activities, including synthesis and presentation of findings and translation for policy, healthcare, community, and academic audiences
- Engaging and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders, including policymakers, healthcare and community partners, academic collaborators, and people with lived and living experience
- Coordinating and participating in internal and external meetings, advisory committees, and working groups to support research implementation and knowledge exchange
- Ensuring compliance with institutional, ethical, regulatory, and funder requirements across all research activities
- Contributing to strategic planning, operational development, and continuous improvement of research processes within the Ontario CRISM Node
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
