Research Coordinator

This competition is open to all applicants however; internal candidates and applicants who were former employees of the University of Alberta will be given priority consideration before external candidates. Please log in to verify your internal candidate status.

This position has an expected end date of December 31, 2027.

Location - This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person work at North Campus Edmonton.

This Principal Investigator's (PI) Research Team is looking for a highly organized and collaborative Research Coordinator to play a central role in leading innovative, community-engaged health research. Working closely with internal and external collaborators, you ll help coordinate multidisciplinary research projects across Alberta and Ontario, ensuring studies are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest ethical and scientific standards.

In this dynamic role, you ll oversee project coordination, ethics applications, budgets, timelines, and team communications while mentoring trainees and supervising research staff. You ll contribute to all stages of the research process, from data collection, analysis, and literature reviews to writing reports, publications, grant applications, and knowledge mobilization activities. You ll also build strong relationships with community organizations, patient partners, and other stakeholders to support meaningful, impactful research.

The ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator with strong organizational and digital skills, experience in qualitative and community-based participatory research, and a passion for improving health outcomes through collaborative research. Experience in health equity, cancer care, palliative and end-of-life care, and research involving racialized communities is considered a strong asset.