Research Administrator
About us:
The Precision Medicine initiative (PRiME) is a highly specialized research effort that draws on world-class research expertise across multiple academic divisions at the University of Toronto to collaborate toward new solutions for human diseases.
The vision of PRiME is to establish a globally competitive precision medicine hub to advance therapeutic drug discovery, diagnostic development, and disease biology research for improving patient health and create long-term economic benefits for society. The initiative will draw upon these strengths to produce high-impact scholarly research, and foster translational collaborations to elicit breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. Additionally, PRiME focuses on the training needs of the next generation of interdisciplinary researchtrainees. PRiME aims to unify and galvanize the core strengths of Toronto’s research community in drug discovery and diagnostic technologies to further elevate UofT’s global stature.
Your opportunity:
Under direction of the Director, Strategy & Partnerships, the candidate will support PRiME 's mission to elevate research, empower collaboration and create community by identifying funding and collaboration opportunities for PRiME researchers, assisting with the submission of grant applications, and assisting the coordination and execution of PRiME programming and offerings. Additional responsibilities will include creating content for the website, and maintaining and building PRiME’s social media presence. The candidate will also assist with logistics and organization of PRiME events, meetings, seminars, and workshops.
Your responsibilities will include:
Verifying research funding proposals are complete, accurate and adhere to sponsor guidelines
Coordinating funding application processes
Editing funding application content
Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
Coordinating meetings, taking meeting minutes
Writing news and feature stories
Creating and maintaining presence on social media platforms and disseminating information via social media
Fostering and maintaining positive relationships with targeted social media communities
Essential Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Sciences; or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
Minimum three (3) years of combined experience in a basic research setting and/or research grants administration together with junior level communications.
Experience drafting, editing, formatting information to be included in a variety of written documents, grant applications, website new stories, presentations and preparing reports.
Experience planning and coordinating events.
Experience in scheduling meetings.
Experience in taking meeting minutes.
Experience managing social media platforms and writing for a web audience.
Experience writing and editing articles for different formats (blog, articles, op-ed, peer-reviewed publications, etc.).
Excellent editing skills for web and print communications.
Excellent writing skills, with the ability to create and deliver content of a high quality across a range of formats appropriate to various media.
Experience in preparing, editing, formatting and drafting documents (ex. grant applications, CV, correspondence).
Strong communications skills (oral and written).
Detail-oriented, with demonstrated ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities and projects with conflicting deadlines, while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and quality.
To be successful in this role you will be:
Communicator
Organized
Self-directed
Team player
NOTE: This is a 1 (one) year term position.
Closing Date: 06/13/2022, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time NOTE: This is a 1 (one) year term position.
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $59,412 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $75,979. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching
Recruiter: Blythe Campbell
Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, person with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encourage to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Diversity Statement
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.
Accessibility Statement
The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.
The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.
If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.
