Research Associate

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Research Associate**Department/Unit**
- Community Health & Epidemiology**Research Project**
- Violence Against Women Research Team**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada**Posting Number**
- GP065-24**Employee Group**
- Grant-Paid**Position Type**
- Term**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**
- 1 Year, with possibility of renewal**Employment Type**
- Full Time**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0**Salary**
- $60,000 - $70,000 per annum (35 hours per week)**About the Organization**Job Summary**
- Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Research Associate will take a leadership role in supporting all aspects of the studies, including qualitative and quantitative data collection, data management and analysis, and the preparation of manuscripts, reports, and presentations. The Research Associate will be involved in intervention research, implementation science, and partnership-based research projects using mixed methods.**Key Responsibilities**
- Support and manage research activities, including designing research protocols and intervention implementation and evaluation strategies, design and piloting surveys and interview guides,
- Support participant recruitment, conduct of surveys and interviews, engagement of non-academic partners, and organizing meetings.
- Perform qualitative data analysis, including preparing datasets, coding, and contributing to the development of thematic frameworks.
- Perform quantitative data analysis, including cleaning data, running descriptive and inferential statistics, and producing results tables and summaries.
- Prepare knowledge translation outputs, including writing academic papers and delivering presentations.
- Support and collaborate with research staff and trainees contributing to the research project.

**Note**
- The successful applicant may work in-person on campus, primarily remotely, or perform a hybrid of the two as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements.

**Required Qualifications**
- Master’s degree in health, social sciences, or related field with a minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in an academic research environment with leadership responsibilities.
- Excellent project management skills and experience managing staff or students, budgets, and other project resources.
- Experience or qualifications related to implementation science or intervention research.
- Experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection.
- Experience using qualitative (e.g., NVivo or Dedoose) and quantitative analytic software (e.g., Stata or R).
- Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, and time management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively as part of a team.
- Proven ability to publish in peer-reviewed journals or other research outputs.

**Assets**
- PhD in health, social sciences or related field.
- Mixed-methods research skills.
- Experience with grant writing.
- Experience conducting partnership-based research.
- A demonstrated interest in preventing violence against women, supporting survivors of violence, or promoting gender and intersectional equity.

**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**
- 11/27/2024**Close Date**
- 12/18/2024**Open Until Filled**
- No**Special Instructions to Applicant**

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