Careers

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute has over 2,400 personnel engaged in research in a large variety of disease areas, clinical settings and research laboratories. Clinical research, laboratory and basic science extend across many health disciplines with VCH, and there is no shortage of opportunities for new and established researchers, trainees and staff.

We also welcome graduate students, medical students, health professional students, residents, clinical fellows and postdoctoral fellows to VCHRI – your work is vital to helping us achieve our vision of healthier lives through discovery.​

Current opportunities

Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation

VCHRI invites applications for Director of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (C2E2), a senior leadership role responsible for developing and implementing the Centre’s research strategy, encouraging interdisciplinary research, and supporting investigators across VCHRI. The Director will lead C2E2’s strategic direction, governance and research initiatives that align with VCH and VCHRI’s priorities, with a strong emphasis on learning health systems. By collaborating with researchers and the health care sector, the Director will oversee research that produces meaningful, community-centered outcomes and informs policy and practice locally, provincially, and nationally. This leadership position is expected to be filled by a current UBC faculty member. Candidates should hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent, have substantial independent research experience, a record of collaborative research, leadership and administrative experience, and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. View the full job description

Research Assistant, VCHRI CRU Biobank

This position supports the day-to-day operations of the VCHRI Clinical Research Unit Biobank, providing essential services to facilitate the collection, processing and temporary storage of biospecimens for research. The role is responsible for coordinating study requests, ensuring informed consent, and maintaining the integrity, accuracy and compliance of specimen handling in alignment with established protocols, ethics requirements and regulatory standards. The position also engages with research participants, supports laboratory processes and quality assurance activities, and ensures a safe, organized and efficient research environment.

Research Coordinator, Community and Senior Care

This position supports Vancouver Coastal Health’s Community and Seniors Care team in advancing the Small Care Homes initiative by coordinating the full lifecycle of research activities, from planning through implementation and evaluation. The Research Coordinator ensures studies are delivered efficiently, on time and in compliance with regulatory and ethics requirements, while fostering collaboration across research, clinical and partner teams. Reporting to VCHRI leadership, the role contributes to study design and documentation, supports ethics and operational approvals, manages data collection and analysis, and monitors study progress. The incumbent also plays a key role in knowledge translation, supporting reports, publications and presentations to advance research impact.

Administrative Assistant, VCHRI

VCHRI is seeking an Administrative Assistant for a 12-month leave replacement position to provide confidential and professional administrative support to senior leadership within a dynamic health research environment. The role supports coordination of information flow, stakeholder engagement and day-to-day operations that enable multidisciplinary research teams to advance innovative, patient-centred research. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to impactful health research within a collaborative and mission-driven organization committed to improving health outcomes through discovery.

HR Assistant, VCHRI

The HR Assistant provides administrative and clerical support for daily HR operations under the direction of the Assistant Manager, HR. Key responsibilities include processing staff, student and faculty appointments and reappointments, managing timesheets, supporting onboarding, maintaining data accuracy in UBC and VCH HR systems and assisting with the implementation of new procedures. The role also involves communicating routine attendance and short-term absence policies and procedures.