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What Ontario Health offers:

Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day
• a health care spending or wellness spending account
• a premium defined benefit pension plan
• three personal days and two float days annually
• three weeks’ vacation to start (for individual contributors), increasing to four weeks after two years
• career development opportunities
• a collaborative values-based team culture
• a wellness program
• a hybrid working model
• participation in Communities of Inclusion

Want to make a difference in your career?  Consider this opportunity.

Here Is What You Will Be Doing As a Senior Research Associate, you will lead the design, execution, and dissemination of high-quality program evaluations and reporting products. Your work will directly support program design, policy development, quality improvement, and evidence-based decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of evaluations using advanced methodologies.
• Develop and apply advanced epidemiologic, statistical, and qualitative methodologies.
• Design and implement data collection instruments like surveys and interview guides.
• Manage projects effectively, including developing work plans, timelines, and status updates.
• Synthesize complex evidence into actionable recommendations for clients.
• Communicate findings through advanced written, verbal, and graphical skills.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on evaluation and survey design.
• Engage and consult with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing status updates and feedback to leadership.
• Resolve problems, identify risks, and escalate issues as needed.
• Contribute to research and evaluations within Ontario Health and with external agencies.
• Develop new tools, methods, processes, and training materials.
• Train and mentor staff in program evaluation.

Education And Experience Here is what you will need to be successful:

• Completion of a graduate degree (e.g., MPH, MSc, PhD) in epidemiology, public health, health sciences or a related field of study. PhD is an asset.
• A minimum of five years practical experience leading program evaluation, performance reporting and/or research in a public health or healthcare setting is required.
• Experience with Ontario healthcare databases and datasets is an asset.
• Experience with survey design, dissemination and analysis is an asset.
• Experience with qualitative data collection and analysis is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience in scientific publishing is beneficial

Knowledge And Skills

• Advanced analytical and interpretive skills. Proficiency with data analysis software (e.g., SAS) is an asset.
• Exceptionally detail-oriented with strong problem solving, critical thinking and negotiation skills.
• Superior and demonstrated communication skills, including listening, written verbal and graphical communication skills, with the ability to deliver technical reports and presentations effectively to a wide variety of audiences.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Highly productive and motivated; demonstrated ability to work independently in a self-directed manner with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work on multiple initiatives and prioritize competing assignments to meet timelines.
• Collaborative with the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment; experience working directly with clinical experts and/or health care administrators preferred.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a degree of ambiguity.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products and survey tools (e.g., REDCap).
• Strong knowledge of program evaluation, research methodologies, reporting requirements and data management principles.
• An understanding of Ontario’s health care system with particular emphasis on population and public health approaches, theory and practice would be considered an asset.
• Familiarity with cancer screening or the cancer system in Ontario is an asset.

Location: Toronto, Ontario (currently hybrid; subject to change)

Employment Type Permanent Full time

Contract Length N/A

Salary Band Band 5

External Application Deadline Date September 12, 2025

All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health. Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; members of Black and racialized groups; 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary individuals; and people living with disabilities. Ontario Health is an accessible employer, and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email careers@ontariohealth.ca and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.