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Published on March 27, 2024
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Job ID: 67133
Job Title: Global Health Foresighting Research Assistant 1
Application Deadline: Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 11:59 p.m. ET
Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. Go to the Career Centre portal and search for the posting with the Job ID listed above.
Hourly wage: $19 per hour
Hours per week: 11 hours per week
Start date: April 29, 2024
End date: August 30, 2024
Job description
Under the supervision of Professor Mary Wiktorowicz, the Global Health Foresighting Research Assistant 1 (for up to 11 hours per week) will:
- Solicit, curate, and edit content and images for the DI website
- Design attractive online and print layouts
- Organize inventory and database
- Conduct interviews and collect data
- Attend and actively participate in a weekly transdisciplinary seminar series including writing up content and other knowledge dissemination notes.
- Support researchers and complete other duties as assigned
Specific research activities the student(s) will be engaged in:
- Support Dr. Wiktorowicz’s NFRF-funded research project, Governance of One Health challenges: Fostering collaboration
- Gather data from international government agencies and research organizations
- Compile and clean quantitative and qualitative data in Excel, Word, and other software
- Conduct interviews and collect data
- Solicit, curate, and edit content and images
- Design attractive online and print layouts
- Attend and actively participate in a weekly transdisciplinary seminar series including writing up content and other knowledge dissemination notes.
- Support researchers and complete other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Current undergraduate York student. Applicants from diverse programs of study are encouraged. The Dahdaleh Institute welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), Indigenous Peoples and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation. York University is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment.
- Demonstrated interest in global health.
- Demonstrated skills, experience, and familiarity with conducting literature reviews.
- Demonstrated knowledge of research methods (quantitative and/or qualitative and/or integrative).
- Demonstrated excellent analytic skills for understanding, sorting, and categorizing complex information. Skills and resourcefulness in drawing mind-maps and tabulating information is an asset.
- Demonstrated note-taking, journal-keeping, and filing skills.
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills: professional written and interactive correspondence, public speaking and presentation.
- Demonstrated excellent computer skills (word processing, email, database, spreadsheets, forms, and slides; facility with Office 365 Apps). WordPress editing skills are an asset. Social media communication skills are an asset.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including international and cross-cultural communication.
- Ability and willingness to work both independently and as part of a team with researchers, students, and staff.
- Demonstrated an eagerness to learn, support, and take on initiative.
- Demonstrated organizational and time management skills.
Application materials
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Writing sample
If you have any questions, please email Mary Wiktorowicz
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Concluded |
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