City : Vancouver

Category : Full time

Industry : Educational Services

Employer : University of British Columbia

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level A

Job Title

Senior Research Coordinator

Department

Vigo Laboratory | Department of Psychiatry | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$5,365.42 - $7,709.92 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

June 4, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

June 30, 2026

 

 

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. 

Job Summary
UBCs Department of Psychiatry is an internationally recognized academic unit that develop and implements cutting-edge research, clinical and implementation projects in the field of mental health and substance use. We work closely with decision-makers, the community, and other stakeholders to answer key challenges referred to basic science, clinical practice, health systems, population mental health, and epidemiology. Our goal is to improve delivery of mental health and substance use services to ultimately impact health outcomes of people from BC, Canada, and globally.

 

As an expert in development and design of digital mental health interventions with extensive background in public mental health issues, the Senior Research Coordinator will provide research oversight for various projects within the Mental Health Systems and Services Laboratory. The incumbent will align with the PI's leadership in the conceptualizing, implementation and evaluation of research activities and deliverables of the lab, supervise junior research staff and trainees, and act as a consultant to collaborators and external stakeholders

Organizational Status
The Senior Research Coordinator is expected to work alongside various research team members (Research Assistants, Research Associates, Data Analyst) and supervise the work of student employees and volunteers, to ensure high quality research output. In addition, the Senior Research Coordinator will work closely with Health Authorities, policy writers, mental health support and research communities, providing technical and research advice and solutions to emergent issues. The incumbent will report to the Principal Investigator (PI).

Work Performed

• Develop and plan novel research projects on digital mental health interventions and mental illness and substance use concerns, lead the lab in execution of these projects, ensuring alignment with stakeholders’ goals.

• Integrate AI in the Minder App and develop adapted content for e-intervention tools for its user subset.

• Lead novel conceptualization and design of safety and privacy safeguards applicable for the use of Natural Language Processing in chatbots.

• Develop standards, definitions and codes for digital interventions and other mental health and substance use services for use across multiple Health Authorities and government.

• Create evidence-based e-intervention content and oversee its use in developing digital tools to support other populations with mental health and substance use challenges.

• Liaise with stakeholders to keep abreast of emerging fields on novel innovation focusing on, but not limited to, digital interventions in health care, methodologies for NLP-integration, leveraging of online tools, and mental health issues.

• Serve as technical advisor to internal and external collaborators on design efficacy of digital mental health interventions, data analysis, management, and security compliance, study design and interpretation, in the context of public mental health support

• Write and edit documents related to study design and implementation, including protocols, service standards, as well technical reports for stakeholders and knowledge translation documents for the public. This involves background research on specific issues (e.g., program evaluation; systematic, scoping, or targeted reviews related to specific disorders and their treatment, etc.)

• Oversee the implementation of projects’ timelines and workplans, ensuring the projects are on track and meet the expected milestones, outputs and deliverables, and exercising independent judgment in key decision-making areas.

• Act as a mentor to junior research staff, trainees, and volunteers, providing recommendations to the PI on effective deployment of team’s knowledge and skillset to advance projects.

• Provide logistical and administrative oversight for all research projects within the lab, including liaising with UBC ethics, Office of Research Services and the University-Industry Liaison Office.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Accountability and responsibility of this position is high. The Senior Research Coordinator is expected to exhibit the utmost discretion and professionalism in the conduction of their duties. The consequences of errors could include lost data, financial difficulty, compromised integrity of research, and damaging of stakeholder relationships.

Supervision Received
The Senior Research Coordinator works independently under direction from the PI.

Supervision Given
This position will supervise a team of research staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and volunteers.

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own

- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree preferred.

• Demonstrated experience related to research project coordination, management, and administration is preferred.

• Scientific writing (including reports, grants, peer reviewed publications)

• Experience in qualitative and quantitative epidemiologic research methods, analysis and study design

• Experience with social media, web development, and e-mental health

• Applied and academic knowledge of mental health and addictions clinical research

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills is required.

• Must be able to handle confidential data with integrity and appropriate respect for privacy.

• Ability to prioritize and work effectively under pressure to meet short deadlines.

• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities.

• Ability to be thorough, accurate, and have a high level of attention to detail.

• Ability to deal with a range of people in a calm, courteous, and effective manner.

• Ability to effectively lead and plan meetings.

• Ability to analyze problems, identify key information and issues, and effectively resolve.

• Ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment.

• Ability to collaborate with partners from diverse disciplines and partners in health care, academia and the NGO field are critical.