Postdoctoral Fellow

Job title:

Postdoctoral Fellow

Company

Dalhousie University

Job description

The Department of Community Health and Epidemiology is seeking highly motivated candidates for a Postdoctoral Fellowship. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Alexa Yakubovich and the Violence Against Women Research Team, who focus on strengthening systems responses to violence against women and gender diverse people. The team works with community, practice, and policy partners on studies that use qualitative, quantitative, mixed, and knowledge synthesis methods to understand burdens of violence and evaluate intervention and policy responses. Over the next five years, we will be leading a program of work focused on designing, implementing, and evaluating intervention strategies that strengthen health systems responses to violence in Canada. For more information, please visit vawresearch.com.Under the supervision of Dr. Yakubovich, the Postdoctoral Fellow will take a leadership role in in supporting all aspects of the studies, including qualitative and quantitative data collection, data management and analysis, and the preparation of manuscripts, reports, and presentations. The Postdoctoral Fellow will be involved in intervention research, implementation science, and partnership-based research projects using mixed methods. The successful candidate will be supported in applying for competitive postdoctoral fellowships.Key responsibilities:

• Support and manage research activities, including designing research protocols and intervention implementation and evaluation strategies, design and piloting surveys and interview guides,
• Support participant recruitment, conduct of surveys and interviews, engagement of non-academic partners, and organizing meetings.
• Perform qualitative data analysis, including preparing datasets, coding, and contributing to the development of thematic frameworks.
• Perform quantitative data analysis, including cleaning data, running descriptive and inferential statistics, and producing results tables and summaries.
• Prepare knowledge translation outputs, including writing academic papers and delivering presentations.
• Support and collaborate with research staff and trainees contributing to the research project.
• Prepare grant and fellowship applications.

Qualifications/Requirements of PositionRequired qualifications:

• PhD in health or social sciences by the appointment start
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in an academic research environment with leadership responsibilities.
• Excellent project management skills and experience managing staff or students, budgets, and other project resources.
• Experience or qualifications related to implementation science or intervention research.
• Experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection.
• Experience using qualitative (e.g., NVivo or Dedoose) and quantitative analytic software (e.g., Stata or R).
• Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively as part of a team.
• Publication record, including as first author, in peer-reviewed journals in the health or social sciences

Assets:

• Mixed-methods research skills.
• Experience with grant writing.
• Experience conducting partnership-based research.
• A demonstrated interest in preventing violence against women, supporting survivors of violence, or promoting gender and intersectional equity.

Review of applications will begin 4 weeks from the open date and will continue until the position is filled.
Salary Range/Pay Rate $60,000 – $70,000
Additional InformationDalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons (especially Mi’kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, and persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit .Posting Detail InformationTerm of appointment 1 year with possibility of renewal, anticipated start date April 1, 2025 (flexible)
Open Date 01/10/2025
Close Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Quick Link for Direct Access to PostingDocuments Needed to ApplyRequired Documents * Cover Letter

• Résumé / Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• List of referees

Optional Documents * Sample Publication(s)

Expected salary

$60000 – 70000 per year

Location

Halifax, NS

Job date

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 07:37:11 GMT

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