Program Officer - Geriatric Mental Health Research-camh

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is currently seeking a full-time, contract (1 year) Program Officer to support on-going activities within the division. Reporting to the Research Operations Manager, Geriatric Psychiatry Research, you will also have accountability to the Chief of Adult Neurodevelopment and Geriatric Psychiatry Division. You will assist the Research Operations Manager in: providing mentorship and coordinating support to Geriatric Mental Health Services Research team, including Research Coordinators, Research Analysts and trainees; support for some human resources management functions, such as recruitment and performance monitoring; acting as a support for clinical research activities in the division; and supporting the key accountabilities as listed below. This includes managing small projects, developing and implementing processes, training research staff and scientists on new systems, monitoring and providing and in-depth review of documentation and assisting the Research Operations Manager with large scaled projects.

Key Accountabilities

You will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements. This position is located at 1025 Queen Street West.

The successful candidate must have an Honors Bachelors Degree in a related field e.g., Health Administration, Public Health, Psychology, or Neuroscience, with a minimum of three (3) years of related professional experience working on projects in the field of mental health and addictions. At least 1 year of research operations experience is preferred. Previous research or service with individuals and/or families with mental health and addictions issues is necessary. In addition, the successful candidate will possess the following skills: