Research Assistant 3 (CHES)

ubc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

The Research Assistant will support the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators by coordinating materials development, recruitment, data collection, and analysis. The focus is on exploring the lived experience of loneliness and isolation among students in health professions education programs.

Reporting to the PI and CHES staff, you will conduct interviews, manage data ethically, and contribute to manuscripts and presentations for publication.

Qualifications

• Completion of a relevant technical program or a university degree in a relevant discipline with 3 years of related experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives.
• Commitment to ongoing personal awareness and growth.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate materials development and recruitment of participants.
• Collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data; draft manuscripts.
• Conduct literature reviews and prepare summaries.
• Maintain data in compliance with ethics and CHES/UBC policies.
• Provide administrative support to investigators.

Skills

Qualitative research

Interviewing

Data analysis

Ethics compliance

Education

Relevant technical program or university degree

Tools

Qualitative analysis software

Job description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile

Non Union Hourly - Research Assistant /Technician 3

Job Title

Research Assistant 3 (CHES)

Department

Administrative Support | Centre for Health Education Scholarship | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$29.82 - $35.16 CAD Hourly

Posting End Date

September 2, 2026

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

Job End Date

August 31, 2029

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

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

The Research Assistant will provide support to the Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigators by coordinating materials development; recruiting participants, collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data; and drafting manuscripts.

The research aims to better understand the lived experience of loneliness of isolation of students in medicine, nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy health professions educational programs.

ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS

The Research Assistant will report to the Principal Investigator and other Co-Investigators, and may receive administrative support from the CHES Administrative Manager and other administrative personnel.

The Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES) was formed in April 2008 to enhance health education scholarship across the Faculty of Medicine through collaboration, team-building, mentorship of new faculty, successful funding applications, and other activities. CHES serves as a resource to help support best practices related to the delivery and assessment of the Faculty's educational programs. Its researchers include faculty, post-graduate fellows, and clinical education fellows engaged in various research projects.

WORK PERFORMED

• Assist with qualitative research activities, including instrument and study material revision; facilitating artistic data collection in the form of body mapping, conducting interviews; coordination of data collection, data transcription, and team meetings; and qualitative data analysis using software.
• With guidance, perform literature reviews and prepare literature summaries by conducting online searches of journal databases.
• Foster cooperative relationships with the research team and other stakeholders to facilitate the flow of information and ideas, and ensure timely completion of the project.
• Assist with the preparation and dissemination of results, including assisting in the drafting of research reports, power point presentations, and manuscripts for publication.
• Maintain and secure data and files in strict adherence to ethics protocols and to CHES and UBC policies.
• Provide general administrative and logistical support to the investigators as directed by the PI.

Working Relationships of the Research Assistant:

• Reports directly to the Principal Investigator (PI).
• Interacts/works closely with other Project Investigators and collaborators at UBC and at Harvard University as needed.
• Interacts with CHES Administrative Manager and other CHES staff as needed.

CONSEQUENCE OF ERROR

Failure to adhere strictly to protocols approved by Ethics Boards, and to CHES and UBC policies regarding security of data has the potential to cause harm to study participants, to negatively impact the reputation of the investigators, CHES, and UBC, and to threaten ethics approval, access to funding sources, and access to study participants.

Poor decisions could delay timely completion of projects, cause financial loss and be damaging to the reputation of the PI, the Director, the Centre, the Faculty of Medicine and the University of British Columbia. In addition, errors could cause misinterpretation of results in information disseminated to decision-makers, the public and academic audiences. The consequences could lead to inappropriate policy and decision-making related to health professions education.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

• The Research Assistant will receive direction from Principal Investigator.
• Co-Investigators or the CHES Administrative Manager may provide supervision under request of the PI.

SUPERVISION GIVEN

No supervision given.

Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of a relevant technical program or a university degree in a relevant discipline and a minimum three years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness,