Research Assistant

**Regular/Temporary**
- Temporary

**Job Title**
- Research Assistant

**Job ID**
- 71889

**Location**
- Central Campus

**Open Date**
- 09/12/2025

**Job Type**
- Short Term Employee

**Close Date**
- 09/19/2025

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

**Favorite Job**

**Department**
- Gilbrea Centre for Studies in

**Salary Grade/Band**
- Grade 7

**Salary Range**
- $25.70 - $39.89 (hourly)

**Contract Duration**
- 7.6 Months

**Hours per Week**
- 21

**Posting Details**

**Schedule**

This role is 21 hours per week. Standard operating hours are 7 hours per day, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., any day between Monday to Friday inclusive, with a 60-minute unpaid lunch break.

Work hours for this role can be scheduled flexibly within those standard days and hours. The University is supportive of exploring flexible work arrangements that effectively balance operational needs and employee interests.

**Education Level**

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study

**Career Level**

Requires 2 years of relevant experience

JD#: JD00598

Location: Central Campus

Anticipated Start Date: End of September

**Unit/Project Description**:
Based within the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University, the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging serves as a critical interdisciplinary hub of research, teaching, and community engagement. Our mission is to improve all aspects of the lives of older adults in the community and in long-term care by linking research, education, policy and practice with local, national and global initiatives. This position will be chiefly focused on working with our SHARE Network. The SHARE Network provides members (older adults, 55+) the opportunity to meet, connect, socialize, and engage in discussions, research workshop initiatives.

**Job Summary**:
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.
- May be required to perform venipuncture and pipette a variety of samples.

**Requirements**:
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.Requires 2 years of relevant experience.

**Assets**:

- Previous engagement with older adults
- Previous course work in gerontology

**How To Apply**

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