Research Coordinator
About the role
Enhancing the Prevention of Injury & Disability at Work
Thunder Bay
Part-time
Contract
Overview
The EPID@Work Research Institute is seeking two part-time Research Coordinators to join our team of project coordinators. The position is a 1-year contract, renewable depending on performance and funding. The team is responsible for leading the Northwestern Ontario Workplace and Worker Health Study (NOWWHS).
Responsibilities
The focus of the position is planning and executing data collection at various communities and businesses in Northwestern Ontario, with a team of research assistants. Responsibilities will include actively promoting the study, calling and recruiting workplaces, scheduling meetings, organizing workplace presentations, coordinating with team members, and collecting data.
Qualifications
The candidate will have a post-secondary education or equivalent with an emphasis in mental and/or physical health, workplace safety, or occupational health with previous experience as a research assistant, project coordinator, or in customer service.
Skills required:
- Comfortable cold calling workplaces for recruitment
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Critical and analytical thinking
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Effective organizational skills and time management
- Follow research ethics guidelines and have knowledge of research processes
A valid G-class driver’s license with 2 years of minimum experience is required, and the ability to work overtime outside of normal working hours, including some evenings, weekends, and overnight trips. A graduate degree and knowledge of research design and methodologies will be considered an asset.
Lakehead University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons and persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Lakehead University is committed to an environment of open access to employment opportunities. Accommodations are available for all applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at (807) 343-8334. We appreciate your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.
Why Lakehead University?
Application Deadline:
Friday, July 4, 2025 - 11:59pm
No, not eligible for benefits
Reference Number:
GEN-25-24
Application Deadline:
Friday, July 4, 2025 - 11:59pm
No, not eligible for benefits
Reference Number:
GEN-25-24
About Lakehead University
Lakehead University offers an exceptional and unconventional education that can help you become who you want to be.
The University’s focus is nurturing scholarship. Lakehead is an innovative, comprehensive university that values the potential in all its students, giving them the highest chance of success. For every student who knows what they want to achieve and is committed to their own success, we provide an education focused on independent thinking, unconventional scholarship, and a close sense of community.
Over 8,700 students and 2,000 faculty and staff learn and work in ten faculties at Lakehead Orillia and Lakehead Thunder Bay, home to Ontario’s first new Faculty of Law in 44 years. Lakehead is consistently among Canada’s Top 10 undergraduate universities in Maclean’s Magazine University Rankings), as well as ranking highly in Canada for its innovative research (Re$earch Infosource).
Lakehead Orillia maintains its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) status.
Click the link to take a virtual or an in-person tour - www.lakeheadu.ca/future-students/campus-tours
Click the link to ask questions about Lakehead University - www.lakeheadu.ca/studentcentral/ask-lakehead
For more information about Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca.
Research Coordinator
About the role
Enhancing the Prevention of Injury & Disability at Work
Thunder Bay
Part-time
Contract
Overview
The EPID@Work Research Institute is seeking two part-time Research Coordinators to join our team of project coordinators. The position is a 1-year contract, renewable depending on performance and funding. The team is responsible for leading the Northwestern Ontario Workplace and Worker Health Study (NOWWHS).
Responsibilities
The focus of the position is planning and executing data collection at various communities and businesses in Northwestern Ontario, with a team of research assistants. Responsibilities will include actively promoting the study, calling and recruiting workplaces, scheduling meetings, organizing workplace presentations, coordinating with team members, and collecting data.
Qualifications
The candidate will have a post-secondary education or equivalent with an emphasis in mental and/or physical health, workplace safety, or occupational health with previous experience as a research assistant, project coordinator, or in customer service.
Skills required:
- Comfortable cold calling workplaces for recruitment
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Critical and analytical thinking
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Effective organizational skills and time management
- Follow research ethics guidelines and have knowledge of research processes
A valid G-class driver’s license with 2 years of minimum experience is required, and the ability to work overtime outside of normal working hours, including some evenings, weekends, and overnight trips. A graduate degree and knowledge of research design and methodologies will be considered an asset.
Lakehead University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons and persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Lakehead University is committed to an environment of open access to employment opportunities. Accommodations are available for all applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at (807) 343-8334. We appreciate your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.
Why Lakehead University?
Application Deadline:
Friday, July 4, 2025 - 11:59pm
No, not eligible for benefits
Reference Number:
GEN-25-24
Application Deadline:
Friday, July 4, 2025 - 11:59pm
No, not eligible for benefits
Reference Number:
GEN-25-24
About Lakehead University
Lakehead University offers an exceptional and unconventional education that can help you become who you want to be.
The University’s focus is nurturing scholarship. Lakehead is an innovative, comprehensive university that values the potential in all its students, giving them the highest chance of success. For every student who knows what they want to achieve and is committed to their own success, we provide an education focused on independent thinking, unconventional scholarship, and a close sense of community.
Over 8,700 students and 2,000 faculty and staff learn and work in ten faculties at Lakehead Orillia and Lakehead Thunder Bay, home to Ontario’s first new Faculty of Law in 44 years. Lakehead is consistently among Canada’s Top 10 undergraduate universities in Maclean’s Magazine University Rankings), as well as ranking highly in Canada for its innovative research (Re$earch Infosource).
Lakehead Orillia maintains its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) status.
Click the link to take a virtual or an in-person tour - www.lakeheadu.ca/future-students/campus-tours
Click the link to ask questions about Lakehead University - www.lakeheadu.ca/studentcentral/ask-lakehead
For more information about Lakehead University, visit www.lakeheadu.ca.