Historical Researcher

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada Know History Full time

Since our inception in 2011, we have completed over 350 projects for museums, Indigenous Nations, non-profits, and communities across Canada. Whether we’re producing historical documentaries or conducting research for litigation support, we work with our clients to uncover the past and tell stories that matter.
Know History is the only historical research firm in Canada that designs customized digital registry systems that help Indigenous clients connect contemporary citizens to their ancestors and historical communities. These digital registries, when paired with our comprehensive kinship and genealogical analysis, support Indigenous rights assertions and self-determination. Our specialization in large-scale research projects is rooted in technology that compiles and retrieves information from thousands of data sources at once, gleaned from genealogical documents from archives and libraries across Canada and beyond.

**About the role**:
We're seeking a Historical Researcher with a specialization in data analysis to join the team, in either our Calgary or Ottawa office.
The primary nature of the role is extracting, preparing, and analyzing a variety of qualitative and quantitative data from multiple databases, repositories, and other sources. You’ll respond to requests for data, build and run queries, and produce a variety of regular and ad-hoc statistics, reports, visualizations, and tools.
You’ll work closely with our team of Historical Researchers to process, verify, and interpret historical and genealogical data. You’ll conduct quality assurance, data verification, and database cleanups, as well as provide support for the development of data management systems and workflows to ensure we’re delivering high-quality products to our clients.

**Responsibilities & Duties**:

- Respond to and fulfil various data requests from project managers, clients, and other stakeholders
- Work with complex datasets to research, analyze and prepare statistical reports on key findings
- Build and run queries using programming language to retrieve and extract data
- Interpret, analyze, and present results using statistical and data visualization techniques
- Conduct validity and data quality checks as needed on outputs
- Perform batch updates, data entry, data cleanups, and quality assurance
- Collect weekly and monthly stats, and provides other stats requested on a regular basis by clients
- Provide research support including document management, data processing, filing, and copying files
- Provide QA and support to other team members on matters related to data
- Update and maintain research databases, datasets, and progress tracking (updating/removing tables or queries)
- Liaise with leads and other key team members to advise on issues, delays, and needs for support
- Support project administration (creating delivery lists, updating, and maintaining project standards, and other similar tasks)
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of process-driven research methodologies
- Any additional registry support or administrative tasks required

**Preferred Skills & Qualifications**:

- 2 or more years of relevant experience with research, data analysis, and statistics; preferably in a public history setting or similar field such as the humanities, social sciences, archeology, etc.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining and working with large datasets, databases, and information management systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Access, MS Excel (e.g., ETL processes, Power Query, modelling, pivot tables)
- Strong critical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills
- Able to follow workflows, assess priorities, and meet deadlines
- Experience writing queries, stored procedures, keyword searches
- Experience with preparing, presenting, and visualizing data (Experience with GIS, Adobe Illustrator, Power BI, or similar tools are assets)
- Demonstrated proficiency in SQL or similar open-source programming languages such as R or Python is an asset
- Strong written communication skills, particularly in plain language
- Prior knowledge or experience working with Indigenous and historical datasets (or similar) is an asset
- Completed post-secondary education in an applicable field; for example, History, Archeology, Library and Information Science, etc. OR Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.
- English is the working language, however, the ability to speak an Indigenous language or French is an asset.

**Additional Position Details**:

- Location: In-office (Ottawa or Calgary), or remotely within Canada
- Salary: Starting at $24-28/hour with paid vacation and sick leave, work-from-home options, and extended health and dental benefits.
- Hours: This is a full-time permanent position, with flexible hours.
- Training and equipment provided (includes laptop, dual monitor, and peripherals).

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