The Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI), named for Canadian icon Terry Fox, is built on Terry's dream to end cancer through research. Established in 2007, TFRI is a registered charity and invests its funds in cutting-edge cancer research through highly collaborative, team-oriented granting programs and national research networks. Together with its many research and funding partners, TFRI empowers Canada’s brightest researchers to seek out new transformational and precision medicine discoveries to advance our understanding, diagnosis and treatment of cancer with the goal of significantly improving outcomes for patients.
About this opportunity
The Agreements Coordinator will report to the Chief Financial Officer and play a critical role in supporting the preparation, negotiation, coordination and signing of a variety of research grants and other types of operational agreements. As an intermediate Agreements Coordinator, you will have the opportunity to work on a large number of simultaneous and varied agreements between TFRI and its external research partners and vendors located all across Canada, including creating the agreements, working with cancer research institutions to agree on legal terms, resolving partner concerns, tracking progress, managing electronic signing, analyzing areas of risk and offering creative alternatives for the management of such risks. This position is located in Vancouver.
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate the drafting and preparation of research grant and other operational agreements using established templates.
- Compile and interpret work plans, financial budgets and payment schedules to ensure alignment with the agreement’s legal terms.
- Monitor progress, resolve issues and ensure timely execution of agreements, including preparing amendments as needed.
- Manage the electronic signing process for agreements with external partners, ensuring adherence to organizational policies and timelines.
- Review and analyze requested changes to standard terms and conditions for compliance with legal, regulatory and organizational requirements.
- Identify areas of potential risk in agreements and propose practical alternatives to mitigate those risks.
- Track agreement progress stages using internal systems, maintaining accurate records of correspondence, changes and executed documents.
- Attend meetings with internal and external stakeholders to discuss agreement terms and requirements.
- Serve as a liaison with Canadian research institutions, including their legal, finance and research administration teams.
- Perform a variety of research or other analyses to support agreement preparation and execution.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience, education and interest in contract law and/or health-care law and/or research agreements.
- Excellent understanding of basic contract terms, concepts and language, including analyzing and assessing the implications and impacts of proposed changes to agreement language.
- Proactive self-starter with a very strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing and tracking multiple concurrent agreements and priorities and delivering on established deadlines.
- Demonstrated ingenuity, judgment and creativity to perform all job responsibilities with excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel and SharePoint) and with the compiling of PDF documents.
- Ability to function effectively alone and in a team.
- Fluency in both Canada’s official languages would be an asset.
Benefits of working with us
- A passionate group of high-performing teammates across Canada
- Flexible schedule
- Hybrid work
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick days
- Extended Medical and Dental Coverage after three months of employment
- Group Registered Pension Plan after three months of employment
- A work culture that values excellence, creativity, teamwork, learning, fairness and integrity
To apply
Please email your cover letter and resume by December 27, 2024 to hr@tfri.ca with the subject line: Agreements Coordinator.
The candidate must be authorized to work in Canada.
We recognize the importance of diversity and equity in our workforce and encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including Indigenous persons, women, persons with disabilities, minorities and other underrepresented communities.
Salary range: $56,000 - $75,000