Graduate Research Assistant — Policy Data & Analysis

University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent Canadian academic institution is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to support research activities at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. Successful candidates will work closely with Dr. Louis‑Robert Beaulieu‑Guay to assess data quality, validate and clean datasets, and retrieve essential information. This part-time role requires at least a master's degree and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Programming skills in R and Git are assets. Applications should be sent via email.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in a public policy-related discipline.
• Currently registered in a research-oriented graduate program at the University of Saskatchewan is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess quality of systematically extracted textual data.
• Contribute to validation and cleaning of textual dataset.
• Conduct systematic manual information retrieval from PDFs.

Skills

Strong attention to detail

Ability to perform repetitive tasks

Independent planning and deadline management

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Programming skills in R and Git

Education

Master's degree in relevant public policy discipline

Currently registered in research-oriented graduate program

Job description

A prominent Canadian academic institution is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to support research activities at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. Successful candidates will work closely with Dr. Louis‑Robert Beaulieu‑Guay to assess data quality, validate and clean datasets, and retrieve essential information. This part-time role requires at least a master's degree and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Programming skills in R and Git are assets. Applications should be sent via email.