Research Assistant

**Regular/Temporary**
- Temporary

**Job Title**
- Research Assistant

**Job ID**
- 69474

**Location**
- David Braley Health Sci Centre

**Open Date**
- 05/14/2025

**Job Type**
- Short Term Employee

**Close Date**
- 05/27/2025

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

**Favorite Job**

**Department**
- Family Med

**Salary Grade/Band**
- Grade 6

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

**Contract Duration**
- 11.1 Months

**Hours per Week**
- 7

**Posting Details**

**Schedule**
- Tuesdays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, 4 hours at HAMSMaRT clinic, the other 3 hours at DBHSC or from home

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

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

**Target salary range**:

- $21.95 to $24

Should the successful applicant be a Unifor Unit 1 bargaining unit member, who meets the eligibility conditions of Article 19.02 of the Unifor Unit 1 Collective Agreement, then the Limited Term Assignment will be defined as a Career Growth Opportunity in accordance with Article 19 of the Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

**Unit/Project Description**:
The Research Assistant will assist with participant interviews for a peer-focused, multidisciplinary harm reduction intervention for Persons Who Inject Drugs with any type of infection.

**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.
- 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, update, and archive data management and quality assurance conventions.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.
- Two (2) years of relevant experience.

**Assets**
- Previous experience in community-engagement with people who use drugs
- Understanding of harm reduction framework and trauma-informed approach
- We value the lived and living experience of people who use drugs as an asset for building relationships with research participants and providing valuable insight to the research team

**Additional Information**

The University is supportive of hybrid work arrangements that allow for arrangement where employees work both from home and from the workplace. Our workplace is located at the David Braley Health Science Centre:

- The HAMSMaRT clinic i slocated at 554 Main St. East Hamilton, ON.
- The David Braley Health Sciences Centre (DBHSC) is located at 100 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON. Our office building is accessible via public transit. Gender-inclusive public washrooms are available on site. Interviews will be conducted in person at the David Braley Health Sciences Centre.

**How To Apply**

**Employment Equity Statement**

McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement.

The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity.

Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact:

- Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247), or
- Faculty of Health Sciences HR Office at ext. 22207, or
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