Research Associate, One Child Child; Indigenous Health), Family Medicine

Description

The Department of Family Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine invites applications for a Research Associate, One Child Every Child (Indigenous Health). This Full-time Fixed Term position is for approximately 1 year (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.

This position reports to the Principal Investigator.

The position exercises a degree of autonomy in research activities but requires the individual to have strong communication and teamwork skills. Because of the complex multi-staged nature of projects, the individual requires strong organizational and time management skills and strategies gained from previous research experience. The research associate will be required to demonstrate strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills; work collaboratively with departmental and interdepartmental teams;

work independently in performance of day-to-day activities.

All members of the team will perform training on ethical research and work with Indigenous people, communities and data. Experience with Indigenous community-based work is an asset for members of the research team.

This role supports the continued Indigenization of the University of Calgary.

• Design and advise on processes and procedures regarding data collection and participant recruitment for qualitative research tasks including interviews and survey design. Ensure team members are up to date and informed on progress and challenges of recruitment
• Work collaboratively and respectfully with Indigenous community partners and health care partners to ensure inclusion of all voices in the design and completion of the research project.
• Lead writing and developing ethics submissions and modifications for research projects as needed. Complete and manage approvals as required by the research ethics board
• Collect, consolidate, cross-tabulate and format qualitative data (i.e., interviews, group discussions, field notes) from various sources to prepare draft analysis reports and manuscripts
• Analyze data in collaboration with research leads. Engage stakeholders in member-checking
• Analyze quantitative data and prepare research reports and analyses
• Generate project reports and research dissemination products as required by each project
• Generate presentations and posters on behalf of each project, to be used when presenting to various internal and external stakeholders
• Present reports to project team and stakeholders. Conduct literature reviews, knowledge syntheses and assist with systematic reviews
• Manage own time and project tasks effectively. Demonstrate strong communication, team and interpersonal skills, and an ability to exercise judgment and take initiative to problem solve via conversation with team

• Graduate degree in health-related field (i.e. nursing, health sciences) and/or 5+ years of experience in health care setting or health research in any of the following areas:
  Indigenous health, health services research, healthy policy or systems, health-related social science research and population/public health. A combination of education and experience will be considered
• In-depth understanding of community engaged research practices, principles as Metis Research Ethics Principles, OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access, Possession) and informed prior consent, and the Tri-Council Policy Statement 2, chapter nine
• In-depth understanding of ii' taa'poh'to'p, and its key concepts, particularly parallel paths and ethical space
• Experience working with equity-deserving communities, particularly engaging with community members
• Knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative research design, methods, and methodology
• Strong inter-cultural communication skills
• A background in community or patient engagement and service user involvement is beneficial to the role
• Experience and knowledge of university research ethics procedures is required
• Experience doing interviews or focus groups in a health research environment is required
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and survey software (e.g. Qualtrics)
• Experience with quantitative (e.g. SPSS/STATA) software and qualitative analysis software (e.g. NVivo) required
• Excellent organization skills, including the ability to work independently and to multitask, and excellent attention to detail a must
• High level of effective time management, personal initiative and teamwork…