Research Associate

3 days ago


Truro, Canada Dalhousie University Full time

**Position Details**:

- Position Information**Position Title**
- Research Associate

**Department/Unit**
- Animal Science and Aquaculture

**Location**
- Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

**Posting Number**
- S177-24

**Employee Group**
- NSGEU Local 77

**Position Type**
- Term

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**
- Approximately nine (9) months

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0 FTE

**Salary**
- $29.52 - $32.44 per hour ($49,888 - $54,822 per annum, 32.5 hours per week). This is a nine (9) month term position so annual salary will be pro-rated to $37,416 - $41,117.

**Classification**
- RE03

**Provisional Statement**

**About Dalhousie University**
- Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.

**Job Summary**
- The Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University is a small research-intensive campus located in Truro, NS. Offering technical, undergraduate and graduate programs in agriculture, environment and related life and social science disciplines, the Faculty of Agriculture educates future leaders and generates knowledge and innovative solutions for healthy, sustainable societies. Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Research Associate will conduct research and development projects in Animal Genomics and Machine Learning, and their integration to breeding programs.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop and use machine learning methods for genetic/genomic evaluation, analyzing genomic data, modeling, whole genome association analyses, gene discovery and validation.
- Manage and analyze large-scale, complex datasets.
- Participate in writing and preparing research grants and manuscripts.
- Assist in the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students, including assisting with research design. Work with a variety of industry and academic partners.
- Manage the lab environment, including supplies, inventories, logistics, shipment, etc. as well as organizing lab meetings.

**Note**
- The incumbent occasionally will be required to travel to and work in field environments throughout the Maritimes. Scheduling and compensation will be in accordance with the collective agreement.
Due to operational requirements, the successful applicant is required to work in-person on campus.

**Required Qualifications**
- PhD in Animal Genomics, Machine Learning, Quantitative Genetics, Statistical Genomics or equivalent plus approximately two to three years experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow in a relevant field.
- Previous experience supervising undergraduate and graduate students.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational and problem-solving skills.

**Assets**
- Experience in and/or familiarity with molecular genetics laboratories.
- Experience in computational pipeline development.
- Experience in different programming languages such as R, Python, MATLAB.

**Job Competencies**
Self-Awareness & Professionalism
- Integrity
- Adaptability
- Knowledge & Thinking Skills
- Communication

**Additional Information**
- Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes health and dental plans, an employee and family assistance program and a tuition assistance program.

**Application Consideration**

**Diversity Statement**
- Posting Detail Information**Number of Vacancies**
- One (1)

**Open Date**
- 06/03/2024

**Close Date**
- 06/17/2024

**Open Until Filled**
- No

**Special Instructions to Applicant


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