Senior Research Scientist (Grant Funded-Opportunity

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Job Title:

Senior Research Scientist (Grant Funded-Opportunity)
Job Type: Grant Appointment
Department:
Office of the VP Research and International
Job Category:
Research
Number of Positions: 1
Date Posted (dd/mm/yyyy): 13/08/2026
Closing Date (dd/mm/yyyy): 31/08/2026
Salary (with Salary Rate): 75,000./Year
Assignment Duration From: 01/09/2026
Assignment Duration To: 01/09/2027
Salary Level:
Hours Per Week: 35
Date Position Available: 01/09/2026

Carleton University is situated on unceded Algonquin territory and bordered by the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Ottawa, Ontario. The university is just minutes from the heart of our nation's government and G-7 organizations and this capital advantage provides opportunities for staff and faculty and students to make a positive impact in our community and around the world.
Named a Top 100 Employer in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and a National Capital Region Top Employer for 10 consecutive years, Carleton University is one of Canada’s most resourceful and productive hubs of learning and research, fuelling a rich talent pipeline that is supporting social and economic renewal. The university’s smart, caring and connected community inspires and empowers individuals to become change leaders who drive impact in the world while challenging conventional modes of thinking and doing.

At Carleton, we are committed to fostering an innovative, equitable and welcoming work environment. Carleton is also a nationally certified Healthy Workplace and is a recipient of the Canada Awards for Excellence, Healthy Workplace Order of Excellence and Platinum Level Certification for Mental Health at Work.
The university’s Strategic Integrated Plan  is an ambitious vision for the future, anchored in Carleton’s strengths and student-centric, community-engaged values.

The Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (BEKH) is a collaborative, co-generated, and high-quality national data and knowledge platform that reflects the state of Black entrepreneurship in Canada, and is a key part of the Government of Canada’s Black Entrepreneurship Program. BEKH is a national network of six regional research hubs with the mandate of co-creating and co-generating community-focused research to ensure Black businesses are able reach their full potential.

The knowledge and national data generated from the Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub seeks to address the current dearth, fragmented and anecdotal state of information on Black entrepreneurship. BEKH’s aim is to deliver on important knowledge, insights and outcomes that resonate with the local regional needs of Black entrepreneurs, community members and organizations across Canada.
The senior research scientist provides technical and research expertise for the BEKH project. The incumbent oversees research design, data collection, analysis, and the development and implementation of data standardization methods. In addition to assuming responsibility for assessing and integrating outputs from targeted research initiatives, this person plays a key role in developing the State of Black Entrepreneurship Report, ensuring methodological rigor, high-quality data, and the effective translation of research findings into actionable insights for the project.

This bilingual researcher must have strong quantitative knowledge and experience, as well as strong communication and writing skills.

• Planning and leading research design and data collection methodology
• Researching and collecting data through complex techniques and procedures, library research, structured interviews or other project specific methodology
• Developing data analysis plans and identifying the analytic techniques best to address the research question(s) at hand
• Interpreting, synthesizing and analyzing of data
• Scheduling, organizing, and reporting on the status of research activities
• Planning and modifying research…