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Graduate Reasearch Assistant - Faculty of Education

Competition Number:
83S20
Position Type:
Student Position
Closing Date:
Date of Posting:
Department:
Faculty of Education
Position:
Graduate Research Assistant
Contract:
Hours of Work:
5-10 hours per week
Salary:

$19.75 per hour (plus 4% vacation pay)

Term:

October, 2020 – May 15, 2021

Dr. Kathy Snow is seeking one Graduate level Research Assistant for the preparation of research within Inuit Nunangat on Inuit teacher education initiatives in Canada. The successful candidate must be willing to work at a distance with research co-investigators based across Canada.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties include:

  • Collect and organize relevant sources for analysis, including academic literature, government reports, data collected by team members
  • Contact research team members by email or phone to discuss plans for the ethics applications and community protocols, gather their input, report back to supervisor, integrate recommendations or utilize resources provided
  • Work with supervisor and UPEI relevant offices (Research, HR, Ethics, CELN project manager) for the preparation of documentation related to project activities
  • Liaise with community based project participants
  • Create and maintain the annotated bibliography for research publications
  • Edit, improve, revise research reports as requested, or create versions of it for different purposes
  • Communicate regularly with supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Qualifications: (candidate may be asked to provide writing sample in order to demonstrate fulfillment of some of the below criteria)

  • Enrollment in/completion of Masters of Education and or relevant K-12 teaching experience
  • Experience navigating UPEI ethics, hiring, research processes
  • Highly organized; able to plan, document and track a project from beginning to end result independently
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely in English for academic purposes, and adjust writing based on mentoring and editing from supervisor
  • Skilled at attending to detail in research and writing
  • Ability to synthesize and summarize information from multiple sources to make accurate and representative claims
  • Proficiency with APA citation formatting

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of Inuktitut (100% fluency not required)
  • Experience living and/or working within Inuit Nunangat, working with Inuit Elders and knowledge of community protocols
  • Experience working with Inuit community-based research organizations (eg. NRI, Aurora Institute etc.)

Priority will be given to University of Prince Edward Island students in accordance with Recruitment, Selection, Hiring and Employment Policies and the Procedures manual.

Application Instructions:

Please submit electronically a cover letter, quoting the competition number, a resume and reference list to be received no later than the closing date via the link posted on the UPEI Human Resources website. Applications will not be accepted via email.

If you are unable to apply online, you can drop off your resume to the Human Resources Department, Kelley Building, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P3, Fax Number (902) 894-2895.

In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Prince Edward Island is committed to gender equity in employment.

Only those applicants who are invited to an interview will be acknowledged.

UPEI encourages all qualified applicants to apply for job openings; however, in keeping with the terms and provisions of the university’s various employment and collective agreements, first priority will be given to internal candidates.