Research Associate

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Research Associate

**Department/Unit**
- Psychiatry

**Research Project**
- Unifying Networks to InnovaTE (UNITE): A Whole of System Approach for Youth Mental Health

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

**Posting Number**
- GP66-25

**Employee Group**
- Grant-Paid

**Position Type**
- Term

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**
- 1 Year with possible renewal

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

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

**Salary**
- $68,105 - $84,305 (for 35 hours/ week)

**About the Organization**
- The Unifying Networks to InnovaTE**_ (_**_UNITE_**_) _**project**will mobilize an unprecedented team of multidisciplinary scientists, decision-makers, youth and community advocates to **improve youth mental health outcomes, because doing so has the capacity to generate greater personal, social and economic benefits than interventions offered at any other time in the lifespan.**There can be no health without mental health, making UNITE the best method for broad societal impact. It consists of three **critical and interrelated**projects on the pathway to societal impact: 1. Optimized Navigation Pathways; 2. Increased Data-driven Insights; 3. Strengthened Whole-of-System Capacity.

**Job Summary**
- Reporting to the Principal Investigators, the Research Associate will support the design, implementation, and evaluation of the UNITE research projects by contributing to data collection, analysis, and dissemination of findings. The Research Associate will work collaboratively with investigators, clinicians, and community partners to ensure ethical, culturally sensitive, and methodologically sound research practices.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Identify, recruit, and maintain relationships with research participants. Ensure culturally responsive, ethical, and high-quality engagement with participants in diverse settings.
- Contribute to the collaborative authorship of peer reviewed manuscripts, technical reports and policy briefs through the drafting, editing and submission of documents. Tailor outputs for academic, practitioner, and public audiences, ensuring clarity, impact, and accessibility. Develop presentations for meetings, seminars, and conferences.
- Provide mentorship to trainees, including research assistants, interns, and students, fostering their development and ensuring high-quality contributions to the research team.

**Note**
- The successful applicant will be eligible for hybrid work (combination of in-person work on campus and remote work from within Nova Scotia) as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements and university guidelines.

**Required Qualifications**
- PhD in management, psychology, applied health/health services, epidemiology or a related field, obtained in the last 3 years.
- Demonstrated experience in all stages of research, including research design; research synthesis, quantitative, qualitative and/or mixed methods.
- Record of scholarly publications and conference presentations, and public outreach/knowledge translation in the topic area.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Self-directed and able to consistently take initiative and multi-task across more than one project, with a high level of attention to detail, regard for quality, accuracy and organization.

**Assets**
- 1-2 years formal post-doc experience.
- Experience working with youth and/or community partners.
- Experience working with academic institutions and/or government agencies.
- Background in mental health and addiction research.
- Interest in advancing mental health promotion and care.
- Experience with sustainability planning.
- Experience with workshop development, facilitation and/or coaching/leadership development.

**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**
- 09/19/2025

**Close Date**
- 10/10/2025

**Open Until Filled**
- No

**Special Instructions to Applicant**

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