Research Assistant ; TPT FTE

Position: Research Assistant I (TPT 0.3 FTE)

Position Information

Posting Number: IMHR
25-012E Title: Research Assistant I (TPT 0.3 FTE)
Position Status: Temporary Part-time Contract End Date: 12/01/2026 FTE: 0.3 Job Schedule: Days Department: IMHR Union: Non-union Site: Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR)
Number of Vacancies: 1

About The Royal

As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education

POSITION SUMMARY
The Research Assistant I (RA) provides research support under the direct supervision of the Supervisor/Principal Investigator.

The RA will provide support to complete a formative evaluation of the Life Goals Program for patients with bipolar disorder at the Royal. The evaluation will involve qualitative interviews and focus groups with patients to understand what they found helpful, barriers to benefiting or attending, and solutions for enhancing the program. The study also involves administering self-report questionnaires and looking at administrative data (# of hospital visits) to examine preliminary outcomes
Note this position is in addition to a 0.7 FTE OPSEU 479 rTMS Technician position (please also apply to posting # ROM
25-447)
Major Responsibilities:
Research project implementation (75%):

Abides by established IMHR policies, procedures and objectives, as well as quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control requirements, for all aspects of field and laboratory operations.

Contact research participants to obtain consent, schedule assessments or interviews, and coordinate research or clinical activities.

Obtain clinical data on research participants (., collecting, scoring, and summarizing self-report questionnaires related to symptom severity, functioning,

Conduct individual interviews with research participants and facilitate or co-facilitate focus groups

May be responsible for conducting chart reviews

Prepares detailed notes of all interactions with participants and transfers data to appropriate system.

Enters and verifies data collected, using databases and protocols set up by supervisors.

Must ensure quality of data through collection and analysis periods.

Ability to independently organize data

Assists in the modification and maintenance of electronic and paper data management systems.

Assists with qualitative and quantitative data analysis

May liaise with research collaborators, research team members, Research Ethics Board staff, IMHR grants and finance staff, study sponsors and/or regulatory bodies.

Assists researchers to ensure compliance with scientific review and research ethics processes; completes relevant application forms and obtains required signatures.

Grant, Manuscript, Abstract and Presentation Preparation (24%):

Assists in preparation of materials for presentation, publications or grants.

Organizes, edits, and drafts correspondence to publishers, grantors, contractors, and professional accreditation bodies.

Assists in drafting grant applications, abstracts, manuscripts, journal presentations, journal articles, letters to the editor, reports and research protocols.

Ensures that the necessary agency or publisher specifications are met, that all necessary authorizations and signatures have been obtained and that strict deadlines are met.

Assists researchers with literature searches of various literature databases using established search criteria or by developing appropriate search criteria.

Maintains a database of bibliographic references using appropriate software.

May manage researchers grant cost centres and coordinate financial activity (1%):

Records, monitors and signs for financial transactions, as authorized (. participant reimbursement).

Assists researcher(s) and staff members in developing budgets and budget justifications consistent with grantor/contractor eligibility requirements and IMHR policies; liaises with…