Overview
Research Manager, Research and Innovation in Surgery Jobs in Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada at Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
Title: Research Manager, Research and Innovation in Surgery
Company: Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada
Category:
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality
Company : IWK Health
Req : 219530
Department/Program: Surg / Optha Res, Research Services
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) for 12 months x 1 position(s)
Start Date: May 2026
Union Status: Research, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $37.77 – $46.7448 /hour
Closing Date:
April 22, 2026 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities.
We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization.
There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country.
We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2
SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.
The Opportunity
The Research Manager will be responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of innovative research in IWK department of surgery. This position facilitates and promotes an environment that values and enhances innovation, collaboration, and teamwork both within the Research Team, IWK, and across external stakeholders. The main responsibilities of this position will be to identify priorities to enhance research initiatives, support IWK department of surgery member key projects and collaborate with stakeholders.
The research manager will have a leadership role within the IWK department of surgery’s affiliated research centre [IWK Research and Innovation in Surgery (IRIS) – established in 2024]. The Research Manager will be accountable for managing research recruitment and enrolment and maintaining communication with program stakeholders throughout the tenure of the research studies; developing and leading training with research employees and trainees;
and overseeing and participating in program delivery, and data collection and analysis to ensure adherence to the project protocols.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Administration
• Scheduling program meetings, preparing agendas, and taking and distributing minutes with the assistance of the research administrative assistant
• Initiating ethical review applications, renewals, and amendments
• Develop and monitor research project budgets and assist with the negotiation of terms of agreement and budgets with PI’s and research…