University of New Brunswick

Closing Date: February 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM

NEW BRUNSWICK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, DATA & TRAINING

At NB-IRDT we offer a creative, dynamic, and meaningful work environment where all team members are valued. We inform effective practices, programs, and policies in New Brunswick and beyond through collaboration, monitoring, robust evaluations, and knowledge transfer. We are engaged in a wide variety of research/evaluation projects in health, education, and other social sciences sectors.

WHAT WE OFFER

Full-time | (Term-Length) Term | Fredericton | Hybrid

UNB is committed to ensuring employees can maintain a healthy work-life balance. As such, we are proud to support a hybrid work approach, which includes flexible hours and work-from-home options.

Standard Work Hours: Mon - Fri | 8:15 am - 4:30 pm | 36.25 hours per week

Salary Range: $49,260 - $64,042 per annum

YOUR FOCUS

Reporting to the Deputy Director, the Research Assistant supports the researchers in conducting in-depth literature searches, preparing comprehensive reviews, applying quantitative/qualitative research methodologies, supporting data analysis, and generating outputs, such as graphs and tables, suitable for incorporation into publications and reports.

• Conduct in-depth literature searches and prepares comprehensive reviews.
• Prepare drafts of research abstracts, statistical charts, and posters for presentation at local and national conferences.
• Design data-collection worksheets for capturing study-specific data.
• Extract data from local and national data registries and perform basic statistical analysis and data interpretations.
• Undertake data analysis of survey and administrative data in the NB-IRDT and Research Data Center labs as well as data provided by research partners.
• Participate in the planning, development and implementation of new research initiatives.
• Liaise with research sponsors, funding agencies, Research Ethics Board (REB) and various other departments to ensure all necessary regulatory and logistical support is in place.
• Prepare all regulatory and study-related documents for submission to REB.

WHAT YOU BRING

• University degree with a focus on strong statistical training in health sciences, economics or statistics.
• Previous experience working in a research environment with large data sets.

Additional Strengths

• A Masters in a related field is considered a strong asset.
• Knowledge, skills and experience in preparing grant applications for research studies.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office and statistical software.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• French language skills are considered an asset.