Senior Research Genetic Counsellor

Staff - Non Union

Job Category
M&P - AAPS

Job Profile
AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level C

Job Title
Senior Research Genetic Counsellor

Department
Turvey Laboratory | Department of Paediatrics | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range
$8,087.08 - $12,117.08 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date
September 25, 2026

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks

Job End Date

September 21, 2027

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

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Job Summary
The Senior Research Genetic Counsellor will manage the strategic and clinical research activities of the Precision Health Initiative (PHI) within the Turvey lab at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Many rare genetic disorders defy diagnosis through conventional tests available through the health care system, and only innovative assays offered through research can find an answer for these affected patients. Each patient enrolling in this study will likely have a different, and very rare, condition, which requires flexibility, high-level clinical judgment, and strategic adaptiveness on the part of the research leadership team.

Because most patients enrolling will be children, and because most pediatric rare diseases are genetic, the research team must engage with, and be responsive to, the entire family. The Senior Research Genetic Counsellor will play a leading role in managing institutional relationships, liaising with families and their clinical care teams, explaining their options for research-based studies, and directing the unique flow of complex samples and genomic results for each case.

Organizational Status
The Senior Research Genetic Counsellor will report operationally to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Stuart Turvey. Operating with a high degree of clinical and administrative independence, the incumbent will work closely with research directors, clinical division heads, and administrative managers. They will act as the primary liaison for PHI and the Turvey lab with numerous clinicians, faculty, staff, and students throughout BCCH, UBC, and national/international research consortia.

The incumbent will directly supervise research assistants, project coordinators, and graduate-level trainees.

Work Performed
Research Leadership

Leads the planning and management of PHI research activities, setting operational and directional priorities and determining how scientific objectives are translated into clinical-genomic research approaches and processes.

Shapes the ongoing development of the program by identifying new research directions and determining how emerging clinical-genomic needs, unsolved cases, findings, and testing opportunities can be developed into patient-centered research.

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