Network Manager, CF CanACT
Status: Full-Time
Location: Hybrid (if in the Toronto area) or Remote
Cystic Fibrosis Canada is looking for our next Network Manager, CF CanACT to take us FURTHER.
Further to lengthen life-spans and improve lives. Further in ensuring the care and support needed is available. Further in accessing critical medicines. Further until all people with cystic fibrosis can and do experience everything life has to offer.
Are you ready to help us go FURTHER? Apply today and change lives tomorrow.
WHO ARE WE?
Cystic Fibrosis Canada has dramatically changed the cystic fibrosis story, advancing research and care that has more than doubled life expectancy. Since being founded by parents in 1960, Cystic Fibrosis Canada has grown into a leading organization with a central role engaging people living with cystic fibrosis, parents and caregivers, volunteers, researchers and healthcare professionals, government and donors, all working together to change lives through treatments, research, information and support. Despite remarkable progress, the fight is not yet done; children with cystic fibrosis still have only a 50% chance of living beyond their 50s. The organization’s goal is to keep pushing, keep going further, until all people with cystic fibrosis can and do experience everything life has to offer—and enjoy everything life has to offer.
THE ROLE AND IMPACT:
The Network Manager, CF CanACT, is responsible for planning, managing and coordinating research activities within CF Canada’s clinical trials network to align Network activities with the CF Canada Strategic Plan and the Network Strategy. Key responsibilities include: oversight of primary CF CanACT operations, supporting CF CanACT committees and coordinating meetings (both internal and external), monitoring and reporting Network metrics, administering site grants and payments, reporting activities for Network operating grants, resolving site issues, fostering communication amongst network sites, designing and implementing clinical research coordinator training programs, and network clinical research quality improvement initiatives.
The Network Manager, CF CanACT will work closely with CF Canada staff, including the Chief Scientific Officer and Program Director, Research, as well as industry representatives, government representatives, Principal Investigators, the Therapeutics Development Network (TDN) in the USA and the European CF-CTN to ensure a coordinated approach to clinical trials is executed in a timely and efficient manner.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH:
Network Management
Assist in the implementation of Cystic Fibrosis Canada’s strategic plan and the Network Strategy, including the planning and delivery of all clinical trials network activities and deliverables.
Serve as the primary contact and support for Network Research Coordinators, Principal Investigators (PI) and members of all CF CanACT committees.
Ensure the effective and efficient management of all CF CanACT programs.
Support CF community outreach and education efforts, especially around recruitment for genetic therapy clinical trials.
Ensure Research Coordinators (RCs) are adhering to minimum training requirements as established by government, CF Canada and the CFF-TDN.
Identify training needs and gaps, and design, implement and conduct online and in person training programs for Research Coordinators to address these gaps. Perform assessments to determine if training programs are achieving desired outcomes.
Receive and action incoming requests from pharmaceutical companies and/or academic researchers.
Act as an intermediary between the Network and pharmaceutical industry, including identifying potential sites for individual trials.
Set-up service agreements with pharmaceutical companies.
Provide program support for each CF CanACT site including RC mentoring.
Assist with CF CanACT budgeting, and financial and progress reporting.
Expert Communication
Effectively communicate with network partners including investigators, trial sponsors, research coordinators, host institutions and patient organizations.
Act as an intermediary between clinical sites and pharmaceutical industry.
Create network related communications to research sites.
Prepare reports, presentations and documents for internal and external audiences.
Participate in the development and implementation of network communications and CF CanACT policies and guidelines.
Coordinate and/or contribute to preparation of reports, briefings, presentations, and responses on issues; ensure procedures are followed, and information is disseminated in an accurate and effective manner.
WHAT YOU BRING:
Degree in a health-related discipline. MSc, PhD or nursing degree preferred.
Minimum five (5) years’ experience in a clinical research setting either as a research coordinator, nurse, investigator or equivalent.
Experience in cystic fibrosis clinical trials, rare disease clinical trials, respirology clinical trials or genetic therapies preferred.
Experience as a leader working with a team in a healthcare environment, with healthcare professionals, liaising with multiple stakeholders and funding agencies, conducting systematic reviews and publishing results in scholarly journals.
Project Management experience and PMP credential, or equivalent preferred.
Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
A demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
WHAT WE OFFER:
Please submit your resume and cover letter directly through LinkedIn
Cystic Fibrosis Canada thanks all applicants in advance. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Cystic Fibrosis Canada is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to culture, ethnicity, race, color, religion, beliefs, gender, gender identify or expression, sexual orientation, nation of origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodation at all stages of the hiring process.
For additional information on our values (connected, impactful, inclusive, and bold), Cystic Fibrosis Canada and the CF CanACT clinical trials network, please visit www.cysticfibrosis.ca
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