Research Assistant

at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Job Title

Research Assistant

Job Category

Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile

Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 3

Job Family Group

Staff - Non Union

Department

BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit | Department of Paediatrics | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$4,845.17 - $5,713.66 CAD Monthly

Job End Date

March 31, 2027

Posting End Date

November 10, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks

Note: Applications should be submitted through the UBC STAFF CAREERS portal. Please do not email the PI directly.

Only the Full Time Compensation Range is displayed on the job posting details advertised on the UBC Career sites.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

This research assistant position will provide research-oriented support to the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, the Data Manager and Biostatistician.

The RA will:

• Work on cleaning, preparing and analyzing injury-related data, assuring they are done in an efficient and accurate manner, that they adhere to project protocols, that they conform to applicable institutional and ethical policies and procedures and privacy legislation, and that they are completed within the required timelines.

• Prepare materials for research reports, manuscripts, grants, and other knowledge translation products.

Organizational Status

The research assistant will report directly to the Data Manager, Biostatistician and the Principal Investigator / Director of the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit.

BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) has contributed to the understanding and prevention of unintentional and intentional injury in British Columbia and beyond. BCIRPU has become a leader through its many partnerships and collaborations among provincial, national and international groups. The mission of BCIRPU is to reduce the societal and economic burden of injury among all age groups in BC. BCIRPU is housed at BC Children’s Hospital and is supported by BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the Provincial Health Services Authority/BC Centre for Disease Control, the BC Ministry of Health and the University of British Columbia.

Work Performed

• Identifies, collects, and analyzes relevant information and injury data relating to current projects

• Performs data cleaning and data manipulation of various injury datasets

• Performs data analyses based on established project protocol

• Prepares documents summarizing research results including reports, graphs, and tables

• Assist in preparation of manuscripts, grants, reports, presentations, and posters

• Conducts literature scans, reviews and summarizes emerging research, and prepares reports, briefing documents and policies and procedures for team decision-making.

• Provides input and recommendations to the project team for development, implementation, analysis, dissemination of findings, and policy/practice implications

• Assists with the dissemination of information and knowledge related to projects and key programs and initiatives under the identified priority areas through a variety of vehicles.

• Performing other related duties as required including work on other BCIRPU projects.

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