Research Coordinator (Autism Research Centre)
About the role
Position title: Research Coordinator
Status: Temporary Full-time (1.0 FTE)
Start date: December 1, 2025
End date: November 27, 2026
Lab: Autism Research Centre (ARC)
Supervisor: Evdokia Anagnostou
Program: Bloorview Research Institute
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital and is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. It has ranked amongst Canada's top 40 research hospitals for more than a decade. Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.
The Bloorview Research Institute (BRI), embedded within the hospital, is the only university-affiliated research institute in Canada dedicated to pediatric disability, and one of very few around the world. BRI's vision is to be a global leader in transformative, equity-driven research dedicated to enabling personalized versions of a good life across the lifespan, for all individuals with childhood onset disabilities, acquired injuries and developmental differences, their families and communities.
Job Description
We are seeking a Research Coordinator with experience working with individuals with disabilities in a fast-paced research environment. It is strongly preferred that the successful candidate will have experience administering psychometric, cognitive, and language assessments to children and youth with disabilities. As a Research Coordinator within the Bloorview Research Institute, the successful candidate will be required to work alongside an interdisciplinary research team working in the field of disability research and participate in BRI-related events, committees, and meetings. Strong critical appraisal skills, effective communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills as well as excellent organization, time management, and priority setting skills are critical to the success of this position.
Key Responsibilities
- Regular, independent conduct of standardized psychometric, cognitive, and language tests in a research environment
- Recruitment of children, youth, and young adults and support with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning
- Preparation of research ethics submissions and amendments
- Preparation of reports on milestones, achievements, etc.
- Ordering supplies and equipment, and basic tracking of study finances
- Providing continuity and acting as a source of information for research participants and their families
- Taking considerable responsibility for day-to-day running of research protocol
- Exercising moderate independent judgment and decision-making using established policies and procedures to resolve technical problems
- Following established guidelines, procedures, and standards
- Initiate and maintain research files that will include original consent, documentation, general correspondence, and data collection forms
Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- A minimum of an undergraduate degree in psychology or a health-related field is required. Master's degree is preferred.
- Experience and demonstrated skill in administering standardized psychometric, cognitive, and language assessments is strongly preferred. For example, experience administering the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R) is strongly preferred.
- At least two years of clinical research experience is required, which has garnered you an understanding of research policies and procedures
- Broad knowledge of neurodevelopmental disorders will be considered assets
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to function independently, and yet collaboratively, within a research team
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Demonstrated computer software skills (including Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)
Recommended:
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit both a cover letter and a curriculum vitae (CV) as part of their application.
About Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital.
Our vision is to create a world of possibility for kids with disability. We pioneer treatments, technologies, therapies and real-world programs that give children with disabilities the tools to participate fully in life.
Holland Bloorview serves about 7,000 children each year, with about 600 inpatient admissions and 52,000 outpatient visits. Holland Bloorview is a world-class teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. We train future health-care specialists in the field of childhood disability. The Bloorview Research Institute is located onsite, allowing us to integrate cutting-edge research and teaching with frontline care to improve children's quality of life.
Research Coordinator (Autism Research Centre)
About the role
Position title: Research Coordinator
Status: Temporary Full-time (1.0 FTE)
Start date: December 1, 2025
End date: November 27, 2026
Lab: Autism Research Centre (ARC)
Supervisor: Evdokia Anagnostou
Program: Bloorview Research Institute
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital and is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. It has ranked amongst Canada's top 40 research hospitals for more than a decade. Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.
The Bloorview Research Institute (BRI), embedded within the hospital, is the only university-affiliated research institute in Canada dedicated to pediatric disability, and one of very few around the world. BRI's vision is to be a global leader in transformative, equity-driven research dedicated to enabling personalized versions of a good life across the lifespan, for all individuals with childhood onset disabilities, acquired injuries and developmental differences, their families and communities.
Job Description
We are seeking a Research Coordinator with experience working with individuals with disabilities in a fast-paced research environment. It is strongly preferred that the successful candidate will have experience administering psychometric, cognitive, and language assessments to children and youth with disabilities. As a Research Coordinator within the Bloorview Research Institute, the successful candidate will be required to work alongside an interdisciplinary research team working in the field of disability research and participate in BRI-related events, committees, and meetings. Strong critical appraisal skills, effective communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills as well as excellent organization, time management, and priority setting skills are critical to the success of this position.
Key Responsibilities
- Regular, independent conduct of standardized psychometric, cognitive, and language tests in a research environment
- Recruitment of children, youth, and young adults and support with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning
- Preparation of research ethics submissions and amendments
- Preparation of reports on milestones, achievements, etc.
- Ordering supplies and equipment, and basic tracking of study finances
- Providing continuity and acting as a source of information for research participants and their families
- Taking considerable responsibility for day-to-day running of research protocol
- Exercising moderate independent judgment and decision-making using established policies and procedures to resolve technical problems
- Following established guidelines, procedures, and standards
- Initiate and maintain research files that will include original consent, documentation, general correspondence, and data collection forms
Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- A minimum of an undergraduate degree in psychology or a health-related field is required. Master's degree is preferred.
- Experience and demonstrated skill in administering standardized psychometric, cognitive, and language assessments is strongly preferred. For example, experience administering the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R) is strongly preferred.
- At least two years of clinical research experience is required, which has garnered you an understanding of research policies and procedures
- Broad knowledge of neurodevelopmental disorders will be considered assets
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to function independently, and yet collaboratively, within a research team
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Demonstrated computer software skills (including Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)
Recommended:
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit both a cover letter and a curriculum vitae (CV) as part of their application.
About Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital.
Our vision is to create a world of possibility for kids with disability. We pioneer treatments, technologies, therapies and real-world programs that give children with disabilities the tools to participate fully in life.
Holland Bloorview serves about 7,000 children each year, with about 600 inpatient admissions and 52,000 outpatient visits. Holland Bloorview is a world-class teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. We train future health-care specialists in the field of childhood disability. The Bloorview Research Institute is located onsite, allowing us to integrate cutting-edge research and teaching with frontline care to improve children's quality of life.