Research Assistant
About The Position
Description of tasks: Recruitment Support: Assist with drafting and distributing recruitment emails, tracking responses, and scheduling participants for interviews and surveys. Survey & Questionnaire Administration: Help add questions to existing surveys, send questionnaires to partners, track responses, and follow up with participants. Interview & Focus Group Support: Support the development of interview protocols, attend interviews, take notes, and manage transcription. Data Management: Organize data from surveys, questionnaires, meeting notes, and interviews, and prepare visual summaries. Analysis Assistance: Contribute to the analysis of data, identify gaps and opportunities, and support the preparation of reports, presentations, and knowledge mobilization activities. Administrative & Logistical Support: Help coordinate advisory committee meetings, internal consultations, and maintain project timelines. Meeting Participation and Documentation: Attend regular team meetings, take detailed notes, and maintain organized records of decisions, tasks, and progress within shared files. Collaborative Engagement: Work closely with faculty, staff, and other RAs in a collegial and cooperative manner, providing input into research design and implementation.
Requirements
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage data.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
- Proficiency with Excel or similar data tools.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
- Proficiency with SurveyMonkey.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact respectfully with diverse participants and community partners.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset.
- Experience in conducting community-based research or needs assessments is an asset.
Responsibilities
- Assist with drafting and distributing recruitment emails
- Track responses
- Schedule participants for interviews and surveys
- Help add questions to existing surveys
- Send questionnaires to partners
- Follow up with participants
- Support the development of interview protocols
- Attend interviews
- Take notes
- Manage transcription
- Organize data from surveys, questionnaires, meeting notes, and interviews
- Prepare visual summaries
- Contribute to the analysis of data
- Identify gaps and opportunities
- Support the preparation of reports, presentations, and knowledge mobilization activities
- Help coordinate advisory committee meetings, internal consultations
- Maintain project timelines
- Attend regular team meetings
- Take detailed notes
- Maintain organized records of decisions, tasks, and progress within shared files
- Work closely with faculty, staff, and other RAs in a collegial and cooperative manner
- Provide input into research design and implementation
Benefits
- The University of Ottawa offers a generous pay and benefits package that includes a competitive salary, a defined benefit pension plan, group insurance coverage and an employee and family assistance program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
