Research Assistant

3 days ago

Halifax, Canada Dalhousie University Full time

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Research Assistant

**Department/Unit**
- Psychology and Neuroscience

**Research Project**
- Language and Literacy Lab

**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

**Posting Number**
- GP59-25

**Employee Group**
- Grant-Paid

**Position Type**
- Term

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**
- 10 months with possibility of extension

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0

**Salary**
- $34,580 - $38,220 per annum (for 35 hours/ week)

**About the Organization**

**Job Summary**
- Reporting to the Lab Manager, Research Coordinator, and the Lab Director, the Research Assistant will support all aspects of the Language and Literacy Lab’s large-scale research program dedicated to understanding the skills children and adults need to achieve full literacy.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Coordinate the data collection in schools for a longitudinal study on reading development.
- Administer experimental and standardized tasks to children and adults in a variety of settings such as schools and in the lab.
- Communicate with families, schools, collaborators, and other partners in the research.
- Assist in the development of research tasks.
- Code, enter, clean, and analyze data.
- Disseminate research findings through the creation of infographics, meetings, conference presentations, and written manuscripts.

**Note**
- The successful applicant wil**l**be based primarily in the Language and Literacy Lab at Dalhousie University and schools across the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Travel to schools, daycare and child-care centers, and other locations, as necessitated by the Language and Literacy Lab’s research program, across Nova Scotia will be required.

Due to operational requirements, the successful applicant is required to work in-person on campus or in schools.

**Required Qualifications**
- Undergraduate degree in Arts or Science with a major or minor in Psychology or other related degree/diploma/certificate (e,g,. Linguistics).
- Experience working with children and administering experimental and/or standardized tests.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to build relationships and work effectively with others.
- Excellent judgment and discretion in handling confidential and/or sensitive information. Strong time management skills and the ability to handle multiple deadlines and concurrent activities.
- Satisfactory Criminal Record, Vulnerable Sector, and Child Abuse Registry checks. Class 5 driver’s license and willingness to travel to schools in HRM and rural Nova Scotia as needed. A vehicle is not required as the Lab subscribes to CommunAtlantic (CarShare).

**Assets**
- Honours degree in Arts or Science.
- Experience working as a research assistant and/or in a school environment, conducting systematic literature reviews, using statistical software (e.g., SPSS), task programming, and social media management.

**Additional Information**
- Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a voluntary _RRSP_, health and dental plans and an employee and family assistance program._

**Application Consideration**

**Diversity Statement**

Posting Detail Information

**Number of Vacancies**
- 1

**Open Date**
- 08/19/2025

**Close Date**
- 08/26/2025

**Open Until Filled**
- No

**Special Instructions to Applicant**

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