Program Officer - Research Operations Service & Support

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is seeking a full-time, permanent Program Officer to support the Preclinical and Molecular Sciences Divisions of the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute. Reporting to the Research Operations Managers of the two divisions, the Program Officer will play a key role in supporting scientific research and administrative operations across diverse research teams. The successful candidate will provide technical and operational support to scientists to ensure smooth execution of research projects, including laboratory workflows, regulatory compliance, and administrative coordination. This includes preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment; inventory management (samples, chemicals, reagents, office supplies, and equipment); contributing to quality assurance practices such as study monitoring, audits, and the development and updating of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); support the managers with regulatory and biosafety and ethics submissions, contract processing, monitoring of project milestones and deliverables, financial and donor reporting; assist with staff and student onboarding, training, and mentorship; coordinate cross-functional operations by liaising with departments such as Procurement, and Research Services, as well as external stakeholders as needed. The Program Officer will promote a healthy, inclusive workplace that embraces diversity, teamwork, and compliance with all CAMH, regulatory, and legislative requirements. Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health. To learn more about CAMH, please visit their website at: www.camh.ca. To view our Land Acknowledgment, please click here.

The Program Officer provides technical and operational support to scientists, including laboratory workflow management, regulatory compliance, and administrative coordination. They also assist with project milestones, financial reporting, and the onboarding and training of staff and students.

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline and possess at least three years of customer service experience, preferably in healthcare. Additionally, they require at least one year of research administration experience and hands-on laboratory skills in molecular biology techniques.

• Defined benefit pension plan • Professional development opportunities

• Quality assurancePreferred
• Data analysisPreferred
• CommunicationPreferred
• Project managementPreferred
• Inventory managementPreferred

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• Laboratory workflows
• Regulatory compliance
• Inventory management
• Quality assurance
• Standard operating procedures
• Biosafety
• Ethics submissions
• Project management
• Financial reporting
• Staff onboarding
• Molecular biology techniques
• Quantitative research methodologies
• Experimental design
• Data analysis
• Bioinformatics
• Communication
• Office Supply Management
• Courage
• Workplace Inclusivity
• Laboratory Equipment
• Workflow Management
• Ethical Standards And Conduct
• Research
• Auditing
• Mental Health
• Strategic Planning
• Certified Associate In Materials Handling
• Procurement
• Regulatory Compliance
• Standard Operating Procedure
• Innovation
• Inventory Management
• Mental Diseases
• Mentorship
• Operations Management
• Operations
• Quality Assurance
• Scientific Studies
• Social Change
• Coordinating
• Teamwork

• Science & Research
• Healthcare
• Administrative
• Management & Leadership
• Research Officer
• Program Officer
• Policy and Planning Managers
• Managers, All Other

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

2+ years

Apply by

Sep 25, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week