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**Job Title: Postdoctoral Associate**

**Position Status**: Limited Term, Full-Time (September, 2024 - September 2025) Non-Union

**Department**: DeScide Research Lab

**Supervision Received**: Dr. Ahmed Aziz, Assistant Professor of Economics

**Supervision Exercised**: Student Research Assistants

**Location**: Sault Ste. Marie or Brampton, ON

**Number of Positions**: 1

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:
A. Planning, organizing, and overseeing research projects 100%

**TOTAL** 100%

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- **Planning, organizing, and overseeing research projects (100%)**:

- Planning, organizing, and overseeing research projects; including identifying promising research areas, securing all necessary data and software for conducting research programming, and writing research papers.
- Training and managing student research assistants.
- Contributing to website content through writing about research work to engage advanced students, funders, and partner audiences.
- Managing relationships with external academic and non-academic partners and selecting suitable partners and projects for collaboration.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
**Physical Effort**_: Minimal_

Work activities require mínimal periods of physical effort, requiring a variety of muscle movements with requirements for speed and coordination.

**Physical Environment**_: Minimal_

Minimal exposure to unpleasant/disagreeable conditions.

**Sensory Attention**_: Considerable_

Work requires a frequent need to concentrate on a variety of sensory inputs for a lengthy duration requiring diligence and attention. Considerable balance of competing priorities, and extreme attention to detail, are required.

**Mental Stress**:_Considerable _

High-paced and deadline-driven environment, with frequent distractions and interruptions

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- Individuals with a PhD (completed by the start of employment) in economics, data science, statistics, quantitative social science fields or a cognate discipline are encouraged to apply.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.

**Salary: $60,000, which includes benefits and a $1500 stipend** to assist postdoctoral scholar with presenting their work at scientific meetings or participating in workshops or courses.

**CLOSING DATE**:Applications will be considered from

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, upon request, accommodation will be provided by Algoma University throughout the recruitment, selection, and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: $60,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person