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Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in a relevant discipline awarded within the last five (5) years to be eligible.
The School of Nursing at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia invites applications for a one-year term position, 0.75 FTE at the rank of Post-Doctoral Fellow. The position is for one year and can be extended for an additional year by mutual consent. Salary will be $45,000.00 per year.
The Stigma and Resilience among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) is a team of researchers and community partners advancing research to improve the lives of LGBTQ2S and sexually exploited youth. The successful candidate will have a background in quantitative research and join a productive multi-disciplinary, mixed-methods research group with strong commitments to applied research that influence policy, practice, and health.
The successful applicant, under supervision from our Executive and Managing Directors, will facilitate an existing Indigenous Two Spirit Advisory Group of researchers, practitioners, and community members as well as be responsible for the writing of academic peer reviewed and community friendly facts sheets of the findings. They will be responsible for the writing related to complex multi-level analyses of large school-based surveys and LGBTQ disparities in British Columbia. The successful applicant will collaborate with graduate research assistants and be responsible for incorporating advisory council input into SPSS analysis and writing.
Responsibilities will include:
- Project managing SARAVYC's portion of the Indigenous Two Spirit Youth Analysis
- Facilitating Advisory Group members in writing of peer-reviewed journal articles
- Develop knowledge translation activities for communities as directed by the Advisory Group
- Conduct psychometric, logistic regression, and confirmatory factor analysis of large scale population based data
- Supervising research assistants and trainees conducting analysis
- Writing academic papers, press releases, presentations, website content, and creating info graphics
- Updating Executive and Managing Directors as well as collaborators at staff meetings, in email correspondence, and in phone conferences
Eligibility Requirements:
- Completed a Ph.D. (or shortly expect to complete) in a relevant discipline (e.g. sociology, nursing, psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, public health, statistics)
- Research record of quantitative research
- Experience with SPSS required, comfortable using R, M+, SAS, considered an asset
- Participation, knowledge of and experience conducting community-based projects with urban and/or rural Aboriginal communities in the Northwest Coast is required
- Demonstrated ability to work with Aboriginal sexual minority groups and vulnerable youth
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with excellent problem solving and communication skills
- Willing to work/meet on site at UBC and at the McCreary Centre Society
Application Requirements:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Recent published peer reviewed papers if applicable
- Cover letter outlining specific examples of experience with Indigenous Communities, quantitative analysis skills and research interests
Applications will be accepted until October 10, 2017, though review of the applications will begin in September.
Applications must be submitted online at http://facultycareers.ubc.ca/. This advertisement as well as further information about the School is available on the School of Nursing website at http://www.nursing.ubc.ca and information on the employment environment in the Faculty of Applied Science is available at http://www.apsc.ubc.ca/careers. Further information regarding the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre can be found at www.saravyc.ubc.ca.
Applicants to faculty positions at UBC Applied Science are asked to complete an equity survey at https://survey.ubc.ca/s/SARAVYC-Indigenous/. Your participation is voluntary and anonymous. The information will not be used to determine eligibility for employment. The answers will be collated to provide data that can assist us in understanding the diversity of our applicant pool and identifying potential barriers to the employment of designated equity group members. This survey takes only a minute to complete. You may self-identify in one or more of the designated equity groups. You may decline to identify in any or all of the questions by choosing "not disclosed."
All positions are subject to final budgetary approval.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.