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

The Violence Against Women Research Team, based within the Department of Community Health & Epidemiology at Dalhousie University, focuses on strengthening systems responses to violence against women and gender diverse people. The team works with community, practice, and policy partners on studies that use qualitative, quantitative, mixed, and knowledge synthesis methods to understand burdens of violence and evaluate intervention and policy responses. Over the next five years, we will be leading a program of work focused on designing, implementing, and evaluating intervention strategies that strengthen health systems responses to violence in Canada. For more information, please visit vawresearch.com.

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 We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Diversity Statement Dalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons (especially Mi'kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.

Number of Vacancies 1

Open Date 11/27/2024

Close Date 12/18/2024