Description

The Department of Paediatrics in the Cumming School of Medicine invites applications for a Project Manager. This Full-time Fixed Term position is for approximately 6 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.

Project Manager will help in the coordination and management of a new national initiative examining the role of immune system function in children with chronic and complex conditions. This role will also provide critical research support to the Neurocritical Care (NCC) Research Program.

Reporting directly to the Principal Investigator at the Alberta Children's Hospital, and the Scientific Director of Clinical Research for the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, the PM will work within a dynamic and evolving research environment.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the planning, initiation, and execution of multiple projects, ensuring that each project adheres to predefined timelines, budgets, and objectives
• Coordination of project study sub-sites as well as managing the projects locally, nationally and internationally
• Coordinate and communicate with cross-functional teams, including healthcare professionals, clinical research staff, data managers, finance, legal and ethics staff to ensure seamless trial operations
• Data collection (e.g., health data from medical records, questionnaires) and data entry. This study is then paired with a long-term follow-up study that involves coordination with our follow-up clinic locally for long-term studies
• Patient screening, recruitment and consent
• Manage and maintain study databases
• Coordination and/or supporting collection of laboratory samples along with various study procedures as needed in support of adjunctive programs
• Monitor and manage the project progress and resolve any challenges that arise during the project
• Data cleaning, and assistance with data analysis
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among multidisciplinary teams involved in the project
• Contribute to the development of project strategies, including patient recruitment and retention plans that promote equity, diversity and inclusion
• Responsible for developing and maintain productive working relationships with key partners internal and external to the university
• Ensure compliance with all relevant provincial and federal regulations, guidelines, and ethical standards related to clinical trials in Alberta
• Solves complex problems taking new perspectives on existing solutions
• Oversee data collection, management, and quality control processes to ensure accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality of project data
• Exercises expert judgement based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Significant problem-solving expertise and analytical thinking
• Provides support in solving highly complex issues
• Prepare grants, regular reports and trial progress, results, and outcomes for researchers and stakeholders; as well as publications and proposals

Qualifications / Requirements

• Master's Degree required, or the ability to demonstrate the equivalent experience in research. PhD an asset
• 5 or more years' experience in Research related activities or equivalent required
• Experience with national or high-level project coordination/management required
• Experience with grant writing, proposal, and publication writing required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Experience with ethics applications and study regulatory and oversight requirements required
• Experience with RedCap required
• Experience with consent for study participants for patients with complex medical needs an asset
• Strong attention to detail is required
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to work independently, to multi-task, and to coordinate work with others
• Proficiency in working with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and research databases
• Ability to provide strategic leadership and contribute to the organizational development needs to support the values and direction of evolving programs
• Ability to provide complex, conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and knowledge of related disciplines
• Exercises expert judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Ability to impact a range of operational, and project activities within own team and other related teams working within broad guidelines and policies
• Excellent interpersonal communication skill
• Resourceful, energetic, self-directed, creative