Human Performance Research Specialist

At Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS), we’re more than just a workplace; we’re a proud community dedicated to supporting Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and their families in their daily lives. We carefully curate and provide programs and services designed to meet their unique needs and enhance their mental, social, physical, financial and familial well-being. CFMWS employees deliver programs and services including recreation, sports and fitness programs, customized financial services, retail services, access to retail savings and discounts and offers family support and organizes charity events.

Our success stems from living our values. Our employees care about their role in supporting Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and their families and act with integrity in all they do. Thriving in our close-knit environment, we act as one team with one mission. We constantly seek new ideas and creative ways to deliver the best possible programs and services.

As an employer, we offer a commitment to your health, wellness and growth. We provide a diverse range of roles across many locations and a career where you can make a meaningful impact.

As an embedded CANSOFCOM researcher, you will strengthen the readiness, resilience, and physical capability of Canada’s elite military personnel through operationally focused human performance research.

Reporting to the Human Performance Research & Development Officer, you will conduct laboratory and field assessments in austere and extreme environments and operate specialized equipment, instrumentation, and software. The resulting evidence will inform training, selection, physical employment standards, and operational decisions.

You will design studies and methodologies and implement policies and procedures to research, validate, and modernize physical employment standards, ensuring they remain scientifically defensible and operationally relevant.

Across concurrent projects, you will coordinate research; collect, analyze, interpret, and communicate human performance data; collaborate with military and multidisciplinary partners; and brief stakeholders to support evidence-based decisions.

You will mobilize knowledge through educational and promotional materials, translating scientific findings into operational application.

You will also support personnel and budget administration for a research program that advances human performance readiness and future capability.

This role offers a unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge science alongside military personnel, researchers, and performance specialists, directly influencing selection, training, and operational capability.

Education, Certifications and Licenses

Master’s degree in Kinesiology, Exercise Sciences or a related field AND some years of experience in a related field

OR

Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, Exercise Sciences or a related field AND several years of experience in a related field

AND

Current Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) certification or National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification

Basic Life Support (BLS CPR) and First Aid certification

Experience

In conducting and supervising physical fitness programs and training sessions

In designing strength and conditioning programs

In physical fitness evaluation of personnel

In designing and delivering specialized fitness training sessions for selection processes

In developing and implementing training sessions and programs based on evaluation results

In developing and implementing policies and procedures for physical fitness evaluations, programs and training

In developing, producing and publishing promotional materials

In data collection and compilation of research data

In planning and conducting presentations

Competencies

Client focus, organizational knowledge, communication, innovation, teamwork and leadership.

English Essential or French Essential. Bilingual (English and French) an asset

Reading: Functional

Writing: Functional

Oral: Functional

Health Benefits: Drug coverage, healthcare spending account, virtual care (telemedicine), Employee and Family Assistance Program, mental health support, travel insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance.

Work Life Balance: Flexible work options and a wide range of paid/unpaid leave, including paid vacation, family related leave and personal days.

Retirement Planning: A Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Group Savings Plans.

Learning and Development: Tuition Reimbursement Program, online learning opportunities including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and second language training.

Perks: Discounts through CF One Member Appreciation.

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This is a hybrid position with an assigned work location allowing the employee to work partly from a corporate office and partly from a home office in accordance with the CFMWS Flexible Work Options Policy, and with approval from the direct manager.

05 October 2026

CFMWS is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and accessible environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who can help us build a workforce that reflects the diversity of Canadian society. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or assessment, you should advise the recruitment team in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.