Research Assistant

**Regular/Temporary**
- Temporary

**Job Title**
- RESEARCH ASSISTANT

**Job ID**
- 72656

**Location**
- St. Joseph's Hospital

**Open Date**
- 10/27/2025

**Job Type**
- Short Term Employee

**Close Date**
- 11/02/2025

**Employee Group**
- Unifor Unit 1, Staff

**Favorite Job**

**Department**
- Psychiatry

**Salary Grade/Band**
- Grade 6

**Salary Range**
- $22.94 - $36.83 (hourly)

**Contract Duration**
- 9.9 Months

**Hours per Week**
- 35

**Posting Details**

**Schedule**

Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 4:00pm

(35 Hours per week)

7 hours, including a 60 minute unpaid lunch

**Education Level**
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.

**Career Level**
- Requires 2 years of relevant experience.

**Location**

McMaster University Medical Centre

Ron Joyce Children's Centre

Offord Centre

**Anticipated Start Date**
- November 3, 2025

**Union, JD**
- Unifor Unit 1, Local No. 5555; JD00592

**Unit Description**:
Ranked as one of the world’s Top 100 universities, McMaster University is devoted to the cultivation of human potential, realized through our innovative educational programs, cutting-edge research, and the diverse students, faculty, staff and alumni who make up the McMaster family. Dedicated to creating a Brighter World, we recognize that our people are our most valuable resource. Those who join McMaster will find a community of talented individuals who are inspired by the university's commitment to embodying the values of integrity, quality, inclusiveness and teamwork.

Established in 1992 and founded by the late Dr. Dan Offord, The Offord Centre for Child Studies is a Canadian children’s health research centre, affiliated with McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster Children’s Hospital.

The Offord Centre, comprised of McMaster faculty researchers and staff, primarily operates in offices at Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. The Offord Centre develops research projects, studies, and programs, designed to support children and families while informing policy systems and care worldwide.

**Job Summary**:
The **Research Assistant** will be responsible for organizing and administering one or more research projects within required deadlines under the direction of a Principal Investigator or project leader.

**Purpose and Key Functions**:

- Oversee the collection, entry, verification, management, analysis, and reporting of data.
- Use statistical software to analyze data and interpret results.
- Design and maintain databases, data collection forms, error checking methods and related programs for efficient collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Modify and reconfigure databases to ensure the optimal storage of data and minimize data entry complexities.
- Troubleshoot moderately complex computer problems.
- Write data management and operations documentation for the project.
- Liaise between the project centre and remote project sites and personnel.
- Conduct structured project participant interviews.
- Ensure that the relevant research methodology is applied and all research material is handled in accordance with established protocols, policies, and procedures.
- Participate in the development of promotional strategies and related materials to encourage participation and support for research projects.
- Develop presentations and present information and training sessions to project personnel and project participants.
- Keep project participants informed of project progress through regular reports and newsletters.
- Gather and compile information and data required for the preparation of scientific papers, abstracts, and graphs.
- Conduct literature searches.
- Oversee the extraction and compilation of data required for reports and disseminate data to research groups and collaborating partners.
- Implement and maintain the research project budget. Create financial projections and make adjustments to the research project budget throughout the fiscal year.
- Exercise appropriate budget controls, monitor, and reconcile accounts.
- Write a variety of letters and memos.
- Participate in research project meetings and propose recommendations for procedure modifications and development in the areas of data management, quality control, and assurance.
- Write, update, and archive data management and quality assurance conventions.
- Respond to inquiries received from project personnel regarding relevant project issues and procedures.

**Supervision**:

- No formal supervision of others is required.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.
- Requires 2 years of relevant experience.

**Assets**:

- Knowledge of the Early Development Instrument
- Knowledge of the Canadian education landscape with a focus on early child development
- Experience working with large datasets (SPSS, Excel, etc.)
- Proficient in scientific search engines

**How To Apply**

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