Research Associate, Associated Research

1 month ago

Halifax, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:192273
**Department/Program**:Associated Research, Research Services
**Location**: Halifax
**Type of Employment**:Temporary Hourly PT long-assignment (60% FTE) until 04/01/2026 x 1 position(s)

**Start Date**: April 2025
**Union Status**: Research, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $31.8709**:

- **$43.5513 /hour
**Closing Date**: December 06, 2024 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
Job Summary:
The Research Associate #2 is tasked with managing collaborative and multi personnel translational laboratory projects that involve using complex molecular biological techniques to process and analyze human biosamples for markers of disease.

**Responsibilities**:

- Biosample processing, biobanking, and maintenance of sample logs
- Oversight of experimental design
- Data generation/compilation/analysis
- Attendance at weekly research progress meetings, especially to present results (in both numerical and graphical forms)
- Contribution to written drafts (conference presentations, peer reviewed manuscripts) for publication
- Training and supervision of junior laboratory personnel and trainees at all levels
- Coordination of interactions among other research team members
- General support of laboratory safety, infrastructure, and reagent/supplies inventory

**Hours of Work**:
8.30 - 4.30, 7.5 hours shift per day

**Your Qualifications**:

- Minimum university graduate degree (PhD preferred) in laboratory-focused life sciences program (e.g., Immunology, Microbiology, Cell Physiology, etc.)
- Minimum 5 years of practical experience in a life-sciences research laboratory (supervisory experience an asset)
- Familiarity with current Microsoft Office and biological statistical software
- Up-to-date training in WHMIS and university-standard laboratory biosafety procedures
- Familiarity with routine laboratory standard operating procedures
- Experience with advanced molecular biological techniques and instrumentation required (especially cellular staining for TCR immunophenotyping, Luminex multiplex cytokine analysis, IFN signature RT-qPCR, RT-ddPCR multiarray miRNA analysis)

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

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