The Ontario Node of the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM) is a provincially and nationally integrated research network focused on substance use, mental health, harm reduction, treatment, health systems, and policy research. The Ontario Node, based out of the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (IMHPR) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) supports interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral research initiatives that aim to improve evidence generation, knowledge mobilization, service delivery, and policy responses related to substance use and mental health across Ontario and Canada.

The full-time, contract (12 months) Research Manager will provide scientific, operational, administrative, and strategic leadership for complex multi-site and multi-study research initiatives conducted through the Ontario CRISM Node. The position is responsible for overseeing research operations, grant administration, project implementation, stakeholder engagement, regulatory compliance, personnel management, and knowledge translation activities, while supporting investigators, collaborators, and interdisciplinary research teams in the execution of high-quality, policy-relevant research.

Providing strategic and operational leadership for the coordination and management of multi-study research initiatives within the Ontario CRISM Node

Overseeing day-to-day research operations across multiple concurrent projects, including project planning, workflow management, and cross-team coordination

Leading research project implementation activities, including study design support, ethics submissions, data governance processes, and multi-site coordination

Supporting and overseeing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research activities, including study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and synthesis across complex datasets

Managing research personnel and supporting team coordination, including supervision, mentorship, workload allocation, and performance oversight

Managing multiple PI portfolios under CRISM

Leading grant administration activities, including budget development, financial monitoring, forecasting, reconciliation, and funder reporting across multiple funding sources

Contributing to grant development and strategic funding activities, including identifying funding opportunities and supporting collaborative applications

Leading preparation of research outputs, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, technical reports, policy briefs, briefing notes, and other dissemination products

Supporting and leading knowledge translation and mobilization activities, including synthesis and presentation of findings and translation for policy, healthcare, community, and academic audiences

Engaging and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders, including policymakers, healthcare and community partners, academic collaborators, and people with lived and living experience

Coordinating and participating in internal and external meetings, advisory committees, and working groups to support research implementation and knowledge exchange

Ensuring compliance with institutional, ethical, regulatory, and funder requirements across all research activities

Contributing to strategic planning, operational development, and continuous improvement of research processes within the Ontario CRISM Node

This position will be located at 250 College Street.

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

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