Postdoctoral Fellow

**Essential Functions of the Job**:

- Work with the CUT team and community partner to implement this research project and organize regular meetings and engagement events.
- Coordinate research activities and assist in developing survey/interviews and recruitment materials.
- Assist in designing program evaluations, including curriculum design and assessment, and developing a guide for cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Participate in primary and secondary data collection, if necessary, including conducting interviews at the local research site.
- Engage in knowledge mobilization activities, such as research presentations and writing research for publication in leading international journals.
- Other activities as required.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**1. Required**
- Satisfactory criminal record check
- Fully supportive of the integration of faith and learning in a Christian university-level setting and a commitment to the Mission of Booth University College
- Ability to integrate your Christian faith within the workplace
- Experience working in an interdisciplinary environment, the ability to work well as part of a collaborative team, excellent written and oral communication skills, time management, project management, and organizational skills.
- Experience with applied research and/or with marginalized population groups and their members, organizational analysis, and qualitative methods and data analysis, are of particular interest.

This position will run for nine months from the time of hiring until completion, with the possibility of an extension, should additional funds be secured.

This is an in-person position. The postdoc fellow will be provided an office at Booth UC in downtown Winnipeg, where they will also have access to resources at the John Fairbank Memorial Library. They will maintain a flexible working schedule with time roughly divided as follows: 50% Shelter U-related research, 25% teaching, and 25% own research. The fellow will be required to attend meetings as required and to teach as preferred, at Booth, and to conduct research at the Center of Hope. Transportation costs to participate in in-person meetings at Booth or community organizations in Winnipeg will not be provided.

Booth University College offers a stimulating university college environment, a mission-driven purpose, and the opportunity to contribute to change as Booth UC moves forward on its commitment to its mission**:Education for a Better World.**

**Application Instructions**

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Applicants must be allowed to work in Canada to apply.

Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process.

**About CUT & Booth University College**
- CUT is a dynamic and growing program in the interdisciplinary field of urban studies, distinguished by its unique focus on the lived experience of urbanization. Courses focus on globally linked, local issues, including poverty, homelessness, and the (Post)colonial experience. _
- Booth University College (boothuc.ca) is a Christian university college rooted in The Salvation Army’s Wesleyan theological tradition. It brings together Christian faith, rigorous scholarship and a passion for service. The University College educates students to understand the complexities of our world, to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to be active contributors to society and to know how Christian faith compels them to bring hope, social justice and mercy into our world._
- Our campus is in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, located at 290 Vaughan Street. The campus provides a warm, comfortable, and student-centered space with the same welcoming community that Booth University College is known for._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 months

Application question(s):

- Do you have a PhD in community health, poverty, education, or organizational studies-related disciplines such as sociology, psychology, or social work, obtained in the last five years?
- Do you have project management experience?

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-11-20
Expected start date: 2025-01-02