Research Assistant

1 month ago

Vancouver, Canada University of British Columbia Full time

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile

Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 2

Job Title

Research Assistant

Department

Partnership for Work, Health and Safety | School of Population and Public Health | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$4,333.86 - $5,155.61 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date

October 22, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Apr 30, 2025

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

This is a 1.0 FTE for 7.5 months term appointment with the possibility for an extension depending on availability of future funding. The Research Assistant is an integral member of the Partnership for Work, Health and Safety (The Partnership). The Partnership is seeking a Research Assistant to work within its research team and multidisciplinary, collaborative research teams on various mixed-methods studies that critically assess workers health and Safety experiences/ trajectories in various industries and under different circumstances Canada informing policy changes.

Organizational Status

The Research Assistant will be located at the University of British Columbia. A shared workstation equipped with telephone, computer and furniture will be provided in PWHS research space.

The Partnership for Work, Health and Safety (The Partnership), is a research program within the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH), Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. This innovative research program conducted in partnership with WorkSafeBC (the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia) brings together policymakers, researchers and data resources from both organizations as well as external partners to address current and emerging issues of work-related health and workers' compensation. The Partnership uses mixed methods, both qualitative and quantitative, to evaluate of the effectives of occupational health and workers' compensation programs and policies. The Partnership takes the lead in work-related health research in BC and Canada by developing and promoting the use of routinely collected health and compensation data from multiple sources via our data partner, Population Data BC. Our research results inform the design of evidence-based policies and prevention programs to create safer and more secure workplaces, and help improve opportunities for recovery after injuries occur.

The Research Assistant will work in a team environment with research coordinators, statisticians, analysts, programmers, researchers and faculty at SPPH, Population Data BC, as well as with external data providers and other key stakeholders. This position will be hybrid and while on site, will work on the 3rd floor of the SPPH building, within the space of the Partnership for Work, Health and Safety. There are no known environmental hazards in the space.

Housed within the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) is an innovative unit that encompasses many of the health-related groupings at UBC as a collaborative venture. The School is structured around four divisions: Occupational and Environmental Health; Health Services and Policy; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Practice; and Health in Populations. The resulting mix of professions and disciplines is seen as a means of connecting individuals and learners to galvanize the relationship between health research, public health and health services and to enhance learning.

Work Performed

The Research Assistant will perform the following duties:
- Assist with participant recruitment, data collection and research coordination.- Assists team on coding template design, and the modification and development of codes.- Codes qualitative data in NVivo.- Develops data documentation including coding book and synthesizes necessary. documentation for coding team.- Conducts preliminary analyses of qualitative and quantitative data.- Develops and maintains contact with relevant community stakeholders in studies’ regions.- Perform literature searches, policy scans, data extraction and database maintenance.- Troubleshoots and problem solves research and project issues, as necessary.- Participates in team meetings.- Other related duties as assigned.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

Employees always work under strict confidentiality because of the nature of the data use in the Partnership's projects. Core activities such as database documentation of m

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