The Gender and Sexual Health Initiative (GSHI) seeks a Research Coordinator
Status: Full-time 7 month, maternity leave coverage March 12th- October 5th, 2018
Job Start Date: March 12th, 2018
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
Location: Gender and Sexual Health Initiative (GSHI), BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC
Job:
Works with multidisciplinary sexual health and HIV/AIDS research team under the
direction of the GSHI Director and Principal Investigator(s). With support from the assistant
project coordinators, the Research Coordinator is responsible for the planning, development,
implementation and operation of two community- based longitudinal research cohorts: AESHA
(An Evaluation of Sex Workers Health Access) and SHAWNA (Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS:
Women’s Longitudinal Needs Assessment) Projects. For more information on both projects,
please visit the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative site.
Organization:
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), currently employs a team of Statisticians, Programmers, Data Managers, Clinical Research Assistants, Data Analysts and Data Entry Clerks who
work collaboratively on cohort-based epidemiological and clinical studies. The BC-CfE is a world-renowned HIV/AIDS Research Centre including Research Laboratory, Clinical Trials, Drug Treatment Program, Epidemiology and Professional Education Programs.
Duties:
• Manages two large research projects with GSHI, including all day-to-day activities out of two
research offices in Vancouver and mobile outreach/interviewing teams across Metro
Vancouver.
• Together with Principal Investigators and the GSHI Director, responsible for overall vision of
the AESHA and SHAWNA teams.
• Supervises the hiring, training and ongoing activities of a team of multi-lingual community
outreach workers, interviewers, peer research associates, and sexual health clinical research
staff (both experiential and non-experiential). Establish and maintain effective communication
between and within AESHA and SHAWNA teams.
• Provides on-going support, evaluation and feedback to individual team members, as well as
overall team-building.
• Supporting a diverse team of SHAWNA Peer Research Associates and Peer Mentor of
women living with HIV.
• Together with AESHA Assistant Coordinator, oversees a multi-lingual and diverse team
including experiential team members to do weekly outreach and nursing visits to indoor incall
venues and outdoor sex work settings across Metro Vancouver.
• Manages administrative activities associated with research projects including training,
scheduling and supervision of personnel, monitoring expenditures, data management and
adherence to ethics, confidentiality and privacy standards.
• Together with Data Officer, oversees both data collection and data entry on the ground,
adhering to ethical standards.
• Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with multiple community partners,
including coordination of regular Community Advisory Board meetings for SHAWNA and
AESHA.
• Liaises with statistical and data management team, including generation of monthly reports
and ensuring effective and efficient implementation of the data management software.
• Serves as program liaison to other programs, and outside community, policy, health service
and government agencies.
• Oversees the preparation of operational and community research reports for management
and regulatory agencies.
• Ensures projects are administered according to research protocols, both highest ethical and
scientific standards.
• Oversees informed consent process, with relevant Assistant Project Coordinators.
• Sets targets for and assists with recruitment and follow-up interviewing of participants from
marginalized communities.
• Supervises staff by orienting, training and giving them ongoing performance feedback.
• Ensures all research sites (including mobile outreach vans) are well-maintained and in good
repair.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.
For complete job information and application details, please visit the Careers page on the GSHI site.