Research Assistant Iv

**Schedule**
17.5 hours per week

**Education Level**
Completed relevant post-secondary degree

**Career Level**
Specialist - Level 4

**Hourly Rate**
$22.28 - $33.42

**Job Title**

Research Assistant IV

**Pay Grid**

Temporary

**Job Code**

INT093

**Pay Grade**

Level 4

**Department, Unit or Project Description**:

- Reporting to the Manager, the Research Assistant will work in a part-time capacity with principal investigator, research staff and stakeholders at the Department of Family Medicine Research Enterprise._

**Job Summary**:
Provides specialized research support to faculty members in their teaching/ laboratory activities. Work is performed independently.

**Accountabilities**:

- Designs, adapts and performs specialized research procedures.
- Carries out complex statistical analysis.
- Assists with recruiting participants for studies.
- Coordinates and conducts structured project participant interviews and focus groups.
- Conducts literature reviews and synthesis.
- Contributes to the writing of research related reports and manuscripts.
- Coordinates the use of laboratory equipment.
- Records, classifies, and summarizes research data according to established procedures.
- Performs other related tasks as outlined by the research coordinator.

**Qualifications**:
**Education**:Completed a relevant post-secondary degree.

**Experience**:Minimum of 12 months experience.

**Assets**:

- Completion of graduate degree in a health-related field (e.g., Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Sciences) preferred.
- Demonstrated use / expertise in Stata and Excel.
- Previous experience conducting advanced statistical analysis with large datasets.
- Strong written and verbal communication with attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and remotely with support provided from the research team through virtual meetings.

**Additional Information**:
Ability to schedule and prepare materials for team meetings

Quantitative data interpretation

Data visualization

Literature synthesis

Scientific writing skills

Preparation of abstracts and presentations for conferences

Preparation of manuscripts for journal submission

**How To Apply**

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