@OurKidsHealth is a community-led, culturally-congruent social media parenting program designed to support families in creating responsive and nurturing home environments to promote early child development, well-being and play.
@OurKidsHealth in the Department of Pediatrics at St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto is currently looking for a Research Coordinator (I) to oversee one of the @OurKidsHealth cultural-linguistic chapters. Currently, our social-media based mental health program includes the following 10 cultural-linguistic groups: i) Punjabi, ii) Tamil, iii) Cantonese, iv) Mandarin, v) Hispanic, vi) Inuit/Inuktitut, vii) Ukrainian, viii) Black-African-Caribbean, ix) Arabic and x) Filipino/Tagalog. The program is now seeking a research coordinator representative of the Punjabi community to lead the coordination of the Punjabi Kids¿ Health chapter. This position performs research and program activities involving digital content creation, content translation, coordinating the collection, summarizing and analysis of data, posting content and gathering feedback for content. Tasks may include assisting in study administration, adhering to research protocol and working with the research manager to carry out various aspects of the project.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Completing translations of health promotion documents into Punjabi
- Assisting in setting project goals
- Liaison between community advisory group and providers and the research manager
- Completing project activities according to timelines
- General office duties e.g. filing, faxing, mailings, courier services, photocopying, etc.
- Coordinating the administration of surveys and data entry
- Creating, adapting and translating social media content (infographics and videos)
- Overseeing social media analytics and providing feedback on appropriate time to share content
- Conducting literature searches
- Interacting with various departments such as finance, research ethics and community partners
- Assist the manager in preparing monthly reports of social media chapter
- Design and posting of all digital content
- Reviewing and ensuring accuracy of all digital content
- Assisting Investigators and research manager in the interpretation and implementation of study protocols
- Assist with peer review of social media content and incorporation of feedback
- Assist with review of material by channel specific community advisory boards.
- Other additional duties as assigned by the Research Manager
- Community engagement with digital content
Qualifications:
- Minimum of bachelor's degree in health science, digital health, life science, related field or demonstrable equivalent combination of specialized education and experience. However, Masters preferred.
- Identifies as part of the Punjabi community
- Previous experience coordinating a social media channel or account preferred
- Previous research experience preferred
- Asset: Knowledge and experience creating infographics, creating social media content and editing videos
- Previous experience updating social media content based on real time use of social media analytics.
- Excellent attention to detail and proven ability to learn new skills.
- Superior organizational skills to manage multiple projects in a timely manner and flexibility to adapt to changing workload.
- Professionalism and self-motivation
- Good personal and program time/detail management skills
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent computer skills including Word Perfect, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet, database and statistical software
- Working knowledge of graphic design software (e.g. Publisher, Canva)
- Asset: experience with community-engagement based research
- Understanding of social determinants and health and inequity
